KDN Videowork's award winning Lustron video a hit
MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Detroit's connection to
the assembly line is not only tied to the automobile industry but the housing
industry as well. Henry Ford probably didn't have any idea his model of the
assembly line would be used to build houses. Immediately after World War II,
houses covered with porcelain-enameled steel, the same resistant finish found
on bathtubs and appliances, were fabricated on an assembly line and then
erected here in Detroit and all across the country. They were called Lustron
homes.
The story of Carl Strandlund and Lustron homes was researched and
chronicled in a documentary produced by KDN Videoworks Inc., in Madison
Heights, Michigan. The one-hour documentary, "Lustron - The House America's
Been Waiting For," tells the story of Chicago inventor Carl Strandlund and his
ultimate demise in his crusade to revolutionize homebuilding by mass-producing
steel houses and will be broadcast on Detroit Public Television on Monday,
January 5, 2004 at 9 p.m.
"We're delighted to be bringing this documentary to our viewers," said
Jeff Forster, vice president of production and station enterprises for WTVS
Channel 56 - Detroit Public Television. "The story is intriguing, has a
Detroit connection and showcases our local film production talent."
According to Bill Kubota, Lustron producer and cinematographer, "Lustron
was a tragedy. It had the potential not only for revolutionizing the way
houses were made, marketed, and sold, but, even more frightening for some,
would have radically altered the American social landscape. Ultimately,
Lustron's failure had nothing to do with great ideas and everything to do with
politics."
The documentary has won several awards including Best Documentary from the
Santa Fe Film Festival, a regional Emmy Award and a Cine Golden Eagle. There
are approximately 2,000 Lustron homes still standing. Several can be found
locally in Detroit, Oak Park and Ann Arbor.
"It is difficult to avoid comparing Lustron with Coppola's movie, 'Tucker:
The Man and His Dream,'" said Lustron producer and narrator, Ed Moore. "The
themes are the same; and the stories are similar. Strandlund and Tucker both
made the better mousetrap and both were toppled by politics and corruption.
In the end, Tucker made 50 cars, Strandlund built 2,500 homes."
KDN Videoworks Inc. (http://www.kdnvideo.com ) is a full service video production
facility, specializing in broadcast, corporate, and satellite communications.
KDN provides staffing and equipment solutions to network news operations,
magazine shows, sports and entertainment programs to cover worldwide events.
KDN also produces documentaries, and videos for businesses helping them
communicate more powerfully and efficiently. The company, with more than 15
years experience is located in Madison Heights, Michigan.
SOURCE KDN Videoworks Inc
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Related links:
http://www.kdnvideo.com
CONTACT:
Dean Potter of KDN Videoworks Inc,
+1-248-585-9696
NOTE TO EDITORS: If you would like a preview copy of "Lustron -
The House America's Been Waiting For," please contact Dean Potter
at +1-248-585-9696 or email him at dean.potter@kdnvideo.com .
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