Britton, South Dakota

Britton, South Dakota — Plot

Ivan Besse managed the Strand movie theater manager in Britton, South Dakota during the Depression. Besse owned a 16mm camera and used it to shoot people at their various activities around town during the day. He screened the local footage before feature films and newsreels as a lure to entice paying customers into the theater.

• Release date
• November 6, 2003
• Runtime
• 9 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Vanessa Renwick