Mark Begert The Day After Interview
Dublin Core
Title
Mark Begert The Day After Interview
Subject
Day After (Motion Picture)
Lawrence (Kan.) -- History
Nuclear war
Nuclear weapons
Kansas Public Radio (Lawrence, Kan.)
Description
Segment from an interview with Mark Begert conducted by Kaye McIntyre of Kansas Public Radio for a KPR special commemorating the thirty-year anniversary of the 1983 broadcast of The Day After, a made-for-TV movie depicting the aftermath of nuclear war, which was set and filmed primarily in Lawrence, Kansas. The KPR special aired on November 12, 2013. The interview was conducted at the Watkins Museum of History on June 28, 2012. Begert played a small role in the film as a soldier picking up bodies. He describes peoples’ desperation to get cast, then the underwhelming reality of makeup and shooting.
Creator
Begert, Mark
McIntyre, Kaye
Source
"The Day After": Thirty Years Later (KPR Presents)
Publisher
Watkins Museum of History (Lawrence, Kan.)
Rights
Published with the permission of Mark Begert. This work is the intellectual property of the Watkins Museum of History, Lawrence, Kansas. The public may freely copy, modify, and share this Item for noncommercial purposes if they include the original source information. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Relation
The Watkins Museum of History also holds items related to this collection.
To listen to the Kansas Public Radio special that includes this interview, go to https://kansaspublicradio.org/show/programs-kpr-presents/2013-11-12/kpr-news-day-after-thirty-years-later
Format
WAV (audio recording)
Language
eng
Type
Oral History
Identifier
MarkBegert.wav
Coverage
Lawrence (Kan.)
1983
Date Created
2012-06-28
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Interviewer
McIntyre, Kaye
Interviewee
Begert, Mark
Location
Lawrence (Kan.)
Original Format
WAV
Duration
MarkBegert.wav: 00:03:43
Bit Rate/Frequency
705 kbps
Collection
Citation
Begert, Mark and McIntyre, Kaye, “Mark Begert The Day After Interview,” Digital Douglas County History, accessed October 9, 2024, https://history.lplks.org/items/show/2103.
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