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Dr. Wilbur G. Voliva espouses his flat-earth story

Title cards: "Prophet Voliva still convinced earth is flat after recent cruise around world" & "Editor's note: Dr. Wilbur G Voliva, overlord of Zion City, Ill., a communistic scheme, began with net assets of 87 cents and has since amassed a fortune - he claims yields a gross income of 6,000,000" / SOT Voliva talks with a reporter; believe he believes the earth is flat; says the seas are level; shape is that of a plate or a pie pan; "I reject this theory because there is not a single fact in the universe to prove it. I hold that the Earth is a stationary plane which is proven by the fact that all bodies of water, undisturbed by wind, are level and that with the naked eye objects at a distance of 80 to 100 miles have been plainly seen, which would be impossible if the Earth were a globe" / Note: exact month/day not known
Title cards: "Prophet Voliva still convinced earth is flat after recent cruise around world" & "Editor's note: Dr. Wilbur G Voliva, overlord of Zion City, Ill., a communistic scheme, began with net assets of 87 cents and has since amassed a fortune - he claims yields a gross income of 6,000,000" / SOT Voliva talks with a reporter; believe he believes the earth is flat; says the seas are level; shape is that of a plate or a pie pan; "I reject this theory because there is not a single fact in the universe to prove it. I hold that the Earth is a stationary plane which is proven by the fact that all bodies of water, undisturbed by wind, are level and that with the naked eye objects at a distance of 80 to 100 miles have been plainly seen, which would be impossible if the Earth were a globe" / Note: exact month/day not known
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Editorial #:
1285473925
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
January 10, 1931
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
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Clip length:
00:01:27:02
Location:
Zion City, Illinois, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr004514_02_01