When 8th grader Emma Burtt of San Anselmo thought making a short film on the history of trains in San Anselmo and Fairfax was a good idea for a school project, her father, Ben Burtt, 4 time Academy Award winner for his sound work, agreed.
Their finished work, “Emma’s TIME MACHINE" comprised 2 short films, the Train Running Through San Anselmo and the Fairfax Incline Railroad. This success was followed by a third in the series, The Mystery on White’s Hill which describes the events in May of 1946 when a B17 bomber crashed into the hills of Fairfax. All 3 of these short films will be shown on September 25… the school project of 2006 8th grader Emma, directed and produced by Ben Burtt.
