[3] John Baxter found limited evidence of Stanley Kubrick's involvement: an early résumé sent by Kubrick to veteran New York film critic Theodore Huff in February 1953, though no physical or photographic evidence of such a résumé exists.
In the résumé and cover letter, Kubrick lists working on this film alongside his other documentaries, The Seafarers, Day of the Fight, and Flying Padre.
The résumé was uncovered by John Baxter while doing research for his own book, Stanley Kubrick: A Biography (1997).
A June 1952 article in The New York Times was also evidence by Baxter of Kubrick's involvement; the news article states, "The youthful producer-director, whose credits already include “The Day of the Fight” and “Flying Padre”, short subjects released by R.K.O., and a short on World Assembly of Youth, made for the State Department, has “a few stories he would like to film.”[4] Hundreds of delegates from 65 countries arrived in Ithaca, New York, between August 6 and 16, 1951, to attend a Youth Assembly conference, the conference itself being held at Cornell University.
After workshops during the day, the evenings held events that included exhibits of modern paintings, speakers (one of such being Eleanor Roosevelt), performances by the NBC Symphony Orchestra, and the first recording and performance of the New York City Ballet rendition of Swan Lake under George Balanchine which would not premiere officially until November 1951.