Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project (2016)

Source: Nine PBS Special. 

The Big City (1956)

Sponsor: City of St. Louis. Production Co.: Charles Guggenheim & Associates. Director/Writer: Charles Guggenheim. Producer: Richard Hefferon. Camera: Victor Duncan. Music: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Transfer Note: Scanned from a 16mm print held by the Library of Congress. Running Time: 24 minutes.

St. Louis’s annual report to taxpayers. The Big City visually illustrated how tax dollars were put to good use and was considered a “graphic, fluent and compact documentary” by Howard Thompson.

Resources
“St. Louis Taxpayers Get Film Report,” American City 71 (June 1956): 16–18; Howard Thompson, “New Arrivals in the 16mm Field,” New York Times, June 9, 1957, 125.

16 in Webster Groves (1966)

16 in Webster Groves is a 1966 documentary TV special produced by CBS News focusing on the experiences of adolescents growing up and living in Webster Groves, Missouri, United States. 

Produced by Arthur Barron and narrated by Charles Kuralt, the program was inspired by a survey conducted by the University of Chicago. 

Initial release: 1966

Director: Arthur Barron

Cast: Charles Kuralt

Source: Wikipedia

KMOX News Reports on Pruitt-Igoe (1968)

Two KMOX TV news stories on Pruitt Igoe Housing problems in November 1968 with reporter Fred Porterfield. Missouri History Museum.

Source: Missouri Historical Society