This 1953 NBC interview conducted by Hugh Downs looks at the inspirations, achievements, and philosophy of renown American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The camera is mostly on Wright as he explains these different factors with interjections of some of his famous works such as the Bear Run house, his two Taliesin houses, a Unitarian Church, and the Johnson building.

0:06 Title “Central Washington State College Audio Visual Library”, 0:20 Title “A Conversation with Frank Lloyd Wright”, 0:33 Hugh Downs, the interviewer, sits down next to Wright and begins interviewing him, 1:06 a picture of Wright’s first house at in Oak Park, 1:13 Wright keeps talking, 7:18 different angles of the famous “Bear Run House”, 8:22 overlook over the countryside of Southern Wisconsin, 8:46 different shots of Wright’s own house “Taliesin”, 9:13 camera on Wright again as he talks, 11:09 different angles of “Taliesin West” which is in the desert, 11:43 Wright keeps talking, 18:06 different angles of a church built by Wright for the Unitarian religion, 21:27 different outside and inside angles of a factory designed by Wright called the “Johnson building”, 22:29 Wright continues talking with the camera on him, 29:05 Man with a ruler drawing as the credits roll

Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect that lived from 1867-1959. He designed more than 1000 structures and was an influential figure in 20th Century architectural movements and took hundreds of apprentices over the years. He is most renown for his notion of “organic architecture,” which called for architecture to harmonize between humanity and nature.