Steven Spielberg directing a scene during the filming of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" in Bay Minette, Alabama.

Actor Gene Rader is holding a caged bird, and a dog in the background is wearing a gas mask. In the film, the birds were sold as "early warning systems" to detect dangerous fumes in the air.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hamby, Dave; Simmons, Martha
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/60975
format Electronic
collection Alabama Media Group Collection
building Alabama Department of Archives and History
publisher Alabama Department of Archives and History
topic Photographs
spellingShingle Photographs
Steven Spielberg directing a scene during the filming of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" in Bay Minette, Alabama.
Hamby, Dave; Simmons, Martha
fulltopic Photographs
Rader, Gene, 1926-2014; Spielberg, Steven, 1946-; Dogs; Gas masks; Motion picture producers & directors; Motion picture industry; Bay Minette (Ala.); Baldwin County (Ala.)
description Actor Gene Rader is holding a caged bird, and a dog in the background is wearing a gas mask. In the film, the birds were sold as "early warning systems" to detect dangerous fumes in the air.
spelling MP0003285_19MP0003285Steven Spielberg directing a scene during the filming of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" in Bay Minette, Alabama.Actor Gene Rader is holding a caged bird, and a dog in the background is wearing a gas mask. In the film, the birds were sold as "early warning systems" to detect dangerous fumes in the air.1976-06-071970-1979Hamby, Dave; Simmons, MarthaMobile Press-Registersn3228Rader, Gene, 1926-2014; Spielberg, Steven, 1946-; Dogs; Gas masks; Motion picture producers & directors; Motion picture industry; Bay Minette (Ala.); Baldwin County (Ala.)Still imageNegatives (Photographs); Black-and-white negatives4000 PPI TIFFAlabama Media GroupAlabama Media Group CollectionAlabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AlabamaEnglishCopyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by the Alabama Media Group, http://www.alabamamediagroup.comhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/60975
title Steven Spielberg directing a scene during the filming of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" in Bay Minette, Alabama.
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