Edmund Reek (19 March 1897 – 28 October 1971Edmund Reek dies at 73) was a producer of newsreels in the United States. Several of his films were nominated for best short film Academy Awards and some won. He arranged for a newsreel to capture images of Pearl Harbor.
A letter to him from Bill Burch survives.
Academy Awards Year Title Category Won 1943 Champions Carry On Best Live Action Short Film 1944 Blue Grass Gentleman Best Live Action Short Film 1945 Along The Rainbow Trails Best Live Action Short Film 1946 Golden Horsed Best Live Action Short Film 1948 Symphony of a City Best Live Action Short Film 1950 Why Korea? Best Documentary (Short Subject) 1955 Survival City Best Live Action Short Film
Filmography Champions Carry On (1943), about athletes' support for war efforts Blue Grass Gentlemanhttps://books.google.com/books?id=39ZkAAAAMAAJ&q=blue+grass+gentleman+edmund+reek&dq=blue+grass+gentleman+edmund+reek&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiEm7X176SSAxUIw_ACHdqgIWgQ6AF6BAgMEAM (1944) Along the Rainbow Trail (1946)https://books.google.com/books?id=VvspAAAAYAAJ&q="along+the+rainbow.trail"+edmund+reek&dq="along+the+rainbow.trail"+edmund+reek&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_t4m676SSAxXEVTABHaCHMq0Q6AF6BAgJEAMhttps://books.google.com/books?id=9Xs7AAAAMAAJ&q="along+the+rainbow.trail"+edmund+reek&dq="along+the+rainbow.trail"+edmund+reek&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_t4m676SSAxXEVTABHaCHMq0Q6AF6BAgHEAM Golden Horses (1946)https://books.google.com/books?id=QaMqAAAAYAAJ&q="golden+horses"+1946+thorgersen&dq="golden+horses"+1946+thorgersen&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjkl-HA7qSSAxVKTDABHTiKH1EQ6AF6BAgMEAM Symphony of a City (1949), about Stockholm, Sweden Why Korea? (1950), about the Korean War Survival City (1955), about the effects of an atomic bomb hitting an American town
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