He co-founded and was the first director of The March of Time, which added topical issues to newsreels. He also produced feature film documentaries that based dramatic narrative on factual records, including "The House On 92nd Street" (1945), which used real FBI files, "Boomerang!" (1946), it included a reenactment of an actual murder case and a biography, "Martin Luther" (1953).
2018Secrets of British AnimationMovieas Self (archive Photo)1967Her Name Was Ellie, His Name Was LyleMovieProducer1961The Roman Spring of Mrs. StoneMovieProducer1960Man on a StringMovieProducer1958Windjammer: The Voyage of the Christian RadichMovieDirector1952Walk East on BeaconMovieProducer1951The Whistle at Eaton FallsMovieProducer1951A Day With The F.B.I.MovieDirector · Producer1949Lost BoundariesMovieProducer1947Boomerang!MovieProducer194713 Rue MadeleineMovieProducer1945The House on 92nd StreetMovieProducer1943Youth in CrisisMovieDirector · Producer1943Show-Business at WarMovieProducer · Director1942We Are the MarinesMovieDirector1942Africa, Prelude to VictoryMovieDirector · Producer1940The Ramparts We WatchMovieDirector1939The Movies March OnMovieProducer1938Inside Nazi GermanyMovieProducer
1936The March of Time: An American DictatorMovieProducer · Director1934The First World WarMovieEditor
1930Meet Me Down at Coney IsleMovieDirector