“It Happened in Springfield” on the cover of Newsweek in 1945, with Charles Drake (far left), Andrea King (far right), and Warren Douglas in front of her, as they observe a teacher and her integrated, interfaith classroom of students.
Andrea King plays a teacher in “It Happened in Springfield” (Warner Bros., 1945). This short film dramatizes a 1939 educational program from Massachusetts that attempted “to teach young people that persons of all faiths and creeds can live together, work together, play together in cultural unity and understanding.”
Andrea King visits with a student in “It Happened in Springfield.” Warner Bros., 1945.
An advertisement for “It Happened in Springfield,” originally titled “The Springfield Plan.” Warner Bros., 1945.