Larry Yusts most significant contribution to educational film was through a finely crafted intriguing and intellectually stimulating series of dramatic films made for Encyclopaedia Britannica from roughly 19651975 Yusts Short Story Showcase films are one of the great serial dramatic bodies of work of the 19651985 era of educational film In addition to his film work Yust is an accomplished photographer as evidenced by his book Salvation Mountain The Art of Leonard Knight 1998