David J. Cazalet

In about 1979, the toll on his polio-damaged leg forced him to retire on disability.

, Dave produced "My Name Is Paul," a film about promoting fellowship between the peoples of North and South America for the 1968 San Antonio Hemisfair. He continued to work at AV Corp. , which was eventually acquired by Tracy Lock.

In 1959, his wife, Madeline, had asthma and doctors recommended a dry climate for her health. So, Dave sold his business in Manhattan and took a job as a editor and director at White Sands Missile Range filming and creating films of the early rocket tests. Next, he was employed by Convair, now General Dynamics, the military aircraft manufacturer located in Fort Worth, Texas. There he made films intended to sell Convair's planes to the military, particularly the B-58 attack bomber. He spent one year at a small film shop in Dallas, Texas, before accepting a job as editor and director for AV Corporation in Houston, Texas. AV had the contract with NASA to film the history of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs. They also did extensive commercial film work. While at AV Corp.

When The March of Time went out of business in 1946, Dave was able to purchase some of its film editing equipment and went into business for himself as David J. Cazalet, Inc. He also joined the stagehand union and worked on many of the theaters in New York. It was during this period that he created "Hands That Made America," "Wild Women of Wongo" and "A Mighty Fortress. " "Hands that Made America," based upon the Time-Life table book about the growth of the United States.

Dave grew up in the tenements of New York. His father was pressmen on newspaper row in Manhattan, but he was a heavy drinker and often spent most of his pay in saloons. Dave got polio when he was about 10-years-old. He luckily survived, but his right leg was withered by the disease. He joined the Army in 1941, but after he had completed training, the Army decided that his leg disqualified him from serving. He obtained employment at The March of Time, a popular radio and newsreel company of the time, owned by Henry Luce. He was employed as an apprentice film editor.