Where to See More Films Preserved with NFPF Support
Providing access is the vital final step of successful NFPF projects. The list of films preserved through the NFPF grants below are currently available for viewing at the recipient institution's website or video channel. We applaud these institutions for their public-spirited approach to making their films available online. The dynamism and range of the films on display demonstrate the diverse ways that filmmakers of all types have used film to capture the vibrant spirit of American life.
Alaska Moving Image Preservation Association ( )
A. Kenneth Jones Collection
(1964),
home movies showing the aftermath of the 1964 Alaskan earthquake
(2013 Federal Grants)
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Dick Condit Collection
(1964),
footage of earthquake relief flights, shot by an Alaska Air National Guardsman
(2013 Federal Grants)
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American Dance Festival
(1959),
rehearsals and performances involving works created by Tony Award-winning choreographer Helen Tamiris
(2011 Federal Grants)
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American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee ( )
Forsake Me Not
(1958),
documentary about elderly immigrants in Israel transitioning from temporary housing to homes provided by the Jewish Distribution Committee
(2018 Federal Grants)
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Immigration of Yemenite Jews to Israel
(1949),
footage taken by the president of Alaska Airlines of the Operation Magic Carpet airlift mission, which transported 49,000 Yemenites
(2019 Federal Grants)
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Poland Postwar 1949
(1949),
documentation of the Jewish Distribution Committee’s humanitarian activities before it was forced out by the postwar communist government
(2017 Federal Grants)
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South American Children’s Colony
(1944),
footage of a Buenos Aires children’s home for German-speaking Jewish refugees
(2017 Federal Grants)
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American Museum of Natural History ( )
Bird Islands of Peru
(1930),
documentation of the Brooklyn Museum expedition to study the guano-producing fowl of the Islands of Santa Rosa and Lobos de Afuera, led by Robert Cushman Murphy
(2020 Federal Grants)
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Carl and Mary in Africa
(1926),
documentation of prominent taxidermist Carl Ethan Akeley and his wife Mary Jobe participating in the Eastman-Pomeroy-Ackeley expedition of 1926
(2016 Federal Grants)
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The School Service of the American Museum of Natural History
(1927),
time capsule of the museum’s educational activities in the late 1920s, with footage of now long-dismantled exhibits
(2009 Federal Grants)
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The Scientific Expedition to the South Pacific in the Yacht Zaca
(1934–35),
documentation of the AMNH Templeton Crocker Expedition of 1934–35 by California Academy of Sciences artist Toshio Asaeda
(2019 Federal Grants)
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Appalachian Genesis
(1971),
documentary in which the young people of Appalachia speak out about jobs, education, and poverty
(2003 Federal Grants)
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The Big Lever: Party Politics in Leslie County, Kentucky
(1982),
documentary on rural straight-party-ticket voting, inspired by Richard Nixon’s visit to Leslie County
(2018 Federal Grants)
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Buffalo Creek Revisited
(1984),
Mimi Pickering’s reexamination of the devastated community documented in her 1975 film Buffalo Creek Flood
(2005 Federal Grants)
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Catfish: Man of the Woods
(1974),
a day-in-the-life of Clarence “Catfish” Gray, a fifth generation herbal healer.
(2008 Federal Grants)
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Coal Miner: Frank Jackson
(1971),
worker’s memories of his union and his work underground
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Dr. John Parrott Home Movies
(1944–50s),
home movies of daily life in Pineville, Kentucky, shot by the coal camp doctor
(2013 Federal Grants)
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Feathered Warrior
(1973),
documentary about an Appalachian cock breeder and the illegal "sport" of cockfighting
(2007 Federal Grants)
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In the Good Old Fashioned Way
(1973),
insider’s view of worship at Appalachia’s The Old Regular Baptist Church
(2007 Federal Grants)
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In Ya Blood
(1971),
drama about a young man who must decide whether to become a miner or look for work outside his community
(2006 Federal Grants)
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John Jacob Niles
(1978),
portrait of the famed balladeer whose music helped shape the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s.
(2011 Federal Grants)
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Judge Wooten and Coon-on-a-Log
(1971),
portrait of country judge set against the backdrop of a Fourth of July competition involving dogs and raccoons
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Kingdom Come School
(1973),
documentary about a typical day at the last one-room schoolhouse in Letcher County, Kentucky
(2007 Federal Grants)
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Line Fork Falls and Caves
(1971),
documentary journey deep into the mines of eastern Kentucky
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Millstone Sewing Center
(1972),
portrait of an Appalachian facility where used clothing is repaired for the needy
(2003 Federal Grants)
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Mountain Farmer
(1973),
portrait of 82-year-old Lee Banks, among the last of Kentucky’s mountain farmers to live entirely on products from his own farm
(2005 Partnership Grants)
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Music Fair
(1972),
documentary about the first Appalachian Peoples Music Fair in High Knob, Virginia
(2003 Federal Grants)
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Nature’s Way
(1973),
profiles of folk medicine practitioners
(2007 Federal Grants)
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The Struggle of Coon Branch Mountain
(1973),
documentary by Mimi Pickering about a West Virginian community’s fight to improve roads and schools
(2008 Federal Grants)
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Tomorrow’s People
(1973),
survey of mountain music and culture, with an appearance by banjo-master Lee Sexton
(2007 Federal Grants)
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UMWA 1970: A House Divided
(1971),
documentary about the United Mine Workers union
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Woodrow Cornett: Letcher County Butcher
(1971),
portrait of the county butcher set to harmonica accompaniment
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution ( )
Art Discovers America
(1944),
documentary celebrating the coming of age of American art and featuring footage of Raphael Soyer, John Sloan, Thomas Hart Benton, and Reginald Marsh at work in their studios
(2009 Federal Grants)
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Cornelia Chapin Collection
(1932–39),
home movies by the artist known for her direct-carved animal sculptures
(2017 Federal Grants)
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Elsa Rogo in Mexico
(1930s),
footage taken by the American painter near Taxco, where she founded an art school for children
(2011 Federal Grants)
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Atlanta Club Honors Mayor William B. Hartsfield
(1961),
footage of a local social club fêting the city’s longest-serving mayor
(2023 Federal Grants)
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Atlanta: New International City
(1973),
documentation of major construction projects underway in downtown Atlanta, produced for the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
(2021 Federal Grants)
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Bill Horne’s Marietta Highway Film
(1937),
roadside portrait of a main artery into Atlanta
(2009 Federal Grants)
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Charles Longstreet Weltner Collection
(1950s–60s),
campaign films from the pro–Civil Rights Georgia Congressman, including an appearance by Ted Kennedy
(2018 Federal Grants)
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The Chiefs
(1973),
footage of Atlanta’s short-lived soccer team, produced for the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
(2021 Federal Grants)
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“Gone with the Wind” Premiere
(1939),
home movies of the Atlanta event and visits by the actors to Civil War sites
(2009 Federal Grants)
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Halfway Home
(ca.1960),
filmed presentation on housing issues by the Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal and the City of Atlanta Planning Department
(2021 Federal Grants)
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Hartsfield’s Mayoral Career
(ca.1940–71),
retrospective of William B. Hartsfield’s six terms as mayor of Atlanta
(2023 Federal Grants)
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Mayor Hartsfield and Margaret Mitchell Selling War Bonds
(ca.1940–45),
footage of Atlanta’s longest-serving mayor alongside the author of Gone with the Wind
(2023 Federal Grants)
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Mayor Hartsfield at Okefenokee Swamp
(ca. 1950–60),
footage of Atlanta mayor William B. Hartsfield on vacation in the wildlife refuge
(2023 Federal Grants)
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Mayor Hartsfield’s 1940 Campaign, Parts I & II
(1940),
promotional films for the reelection of Atlanta’s mayor
(2023 Federal Grants)
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Orly Field, Paris
(1962),
footage of members of the Atlanta Art Association prior to their fatal Air France crash
(2009 Federal Grants)
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Peachtree Street Footage
(early 1970s),
footage of businesses and African American neighborhoods in downtown Atlanta, produced for the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
(2021 Federal Grants)
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Austin: The Friendly City—A Tour of Austin
(1943),
wartime promotional film produced by the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce
(2006 Partnership Grants)
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When Granddad Fought the Indians
(1934–35),
locally produced Chamber of Commerce film showcasing points of interest in Central Texas
(2007 Federal Grants)
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Birds of Grenfelland
(ca.1931),
documentation of ornithologist Alfred Otto Gross’s research in Newfoundland and Labrador, featuring medical missionary Sir Wilfred Grenfell
(2017 Federal Grants)
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The Heath Hen
(ca.1932),
rare footage of the last surviving Heath Hen, nicknamed Booming Ben
(2017 Federal Grants)
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Visiting with the Eskimos of Smith Sound
(1930),
educational film by Arctic explorer Donald B. MacMillan about the indigenous people of northwestern Greenland
(2010 Federal Grants)
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Bridgeport, Connecticut in the Blizzard of 1934
(1934),
amateur footage of the snowstorm that buried Bridgeport under 28 inches of snow
(2019 Federal Grants)
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Ice Cutting
(1930s),
film demonstrating ice harvesting by the Southern New England Ice Company
(2007 Federal Grants)
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Memorial Day Parade
(1920s),
parade footage showing downtown Bridgeport
(2007 Federal Grants)
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Some of Our Bravest and Finest
(1912),
fire fighters parade in Bridgeport, Connecticut, shot by the local photographer Lewis Corbit
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Punish or Train
(1937),
film created by the Whittier State School for Boys to put a favorable spin on its infamous juvenile correction programs
(2012 Federal Grants)
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1944 Republican National Convention
(1944),
color footage of the convention and its delegates shot by amateur filmmaker Ellwood Hoffmann
(2015 Federal Grants)
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The Mirror
(1950),
award-winning amateur thriller by Arthur H. Smith about a mirror which reveals the future
(2010 Federal Grants)
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Wallace Kelly Collection
(1930–39),
films by award-winning home moviemaker Wallace Kelly
(2008 Partnership Grants)
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Chakra
(1969),
Jordan Belson’s abstract film evoking the states of human consciousness
(2007 Federal Grants)
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Dockum Color Organ Films
(1965–69),
three films demonstrating Charles Dockum’s Mobilcolor organ
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Meditation
(1971),
contemplative visual poetry by Jordan Belson
(2008 Federal Grants)
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3 Goats and a Gruff
(1960s),
JoAnn Elam’s revision of the children’s fable through the lens of youth culture and revolutionary politics
(2020 Federal Grants)
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8 Flags for 99 Cents
(1970),
Chuck Olin’s profile of a Chicago blue-collar community and the Vietnam War
(2011 Federal Grants)
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Adam’s Film
(1963),
experimental work by Lawrence Janiak, combining abstract designs and live action
(2013 Federal Grants)
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American Revolution II
(1969),
Film Group documentary on the alliance between the Black Panthers and Chicagoans from a white working class neighborhood
(2017 Federal Grants)
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Beauty and the Beast
(ca. 1973),
JoAnn Elam’s experimental melding of shadow puppets and scenes of farm and home life
(2020 Federal Grants)
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Black Moderates and Black Militants
(1969),
discussion between two African Americans—a Black Panther Party member and high school principal—on how to promote social change
(2005 Partnership Grants)
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Camera on Chicago
(1940–83),
documentation of Chicago’s changing face and cultural diversity by amateur filmmaker Warren Thompson
(2019 Federal Grants)
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Capitulation
(1969),
abstract exploration of Chicago’s urban spaces by Robert Stiegler
(2018 Federal Grants)
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Chocolate Cake
(ca. 1973),
caustic vignette on domesticity and sexism by JoAnn Elam
(2020 Federal Grants)
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Cicero March
(1966),
film documenting an African American protest march through a white suburban neighborhood
(2005 Partnership Grants)
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The City
(ca. 1961),
portrait of Chicago and its citizens by Maurice Bailen
(2020 Federal Grants)
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Confrontation
(ca. 1968),
montage film by Maurice Bailen critiquing consumerism, government corruption, and racism
(2020 Federal Grants)
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The Corner
(1963),
profile of the Vice Lords, a Chicago street gang
(2012 Federal Grants)
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Disintegration Line #1
(1960),
abstract exploration of texture by Lawrence Janiak
(2013 Federal Grants)
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Disintegration Line #2
(1970),
abstract color experiment by Lawrence Janiak
(2013 Federal Grants)
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Faces and Fortunes
(1960),
sponsored film about corporate branding, made by Chicago’s Goldsholl Design Associates for Kimberly-Clark
(2013 Federal Grants)
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Fairy Princess
(1956),
stop-motion animation by award-winning amateur filmmaker Margaret Conneely
(2005 Federal Grants)
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From A to Z: The Story of Special Summer Schools
(1964),
sponsored film made by Goldsholl Design Associates for the Chicago Board of Education
(2015 Federal Grants)
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Harold is Gone
(1988),
Bill Stamets’ documentation of the funeral of Chicago mayor Harold Washington
(2023 Federal Grants)
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I’ve Got This Problem
(1966),
Don B. Klugman’s satiric short tracing the relationship of a young couple
(2007 Federal Grants)
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Law & Order Versus Dissent
(1969),
one of four films by the Film Group exploring the final two days of the 1968 Democratic National Convention
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Lie Back and Enjoy It
(1982),
JoAnn Elam’s dialectical examination of the politics of representation and the power imbalance between male filmmakers and female subjects
(2020 Federal Grants)
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Lord Thing
(1969),
fictionalization of the rise of the Vice Lords gang in Chicago
(2012 Federal Grants)
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A Matter of Opportunity
(1968),
Chuck Olin film, shot at Howard University Hospital and sponsored by two professional associations, about opening up medicine to African Americans
(2011 Federal Grants)
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Metro!!!: A School Without Walls
(1970),
profile of a Chicago-based progressive experimental high school
(2015 Federal Grants)
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Mi Raza: A Portrait of a Family
(1973),
cinéma vérité study of the daily life of Mexican-American immigrants
(2008 Federal Grants)
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Nightsong
(1964),
Don B. Klugman’s portrait of the Chicago Near-North folk club and nightlife scene.
(2007 Federal Grants)
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Novo Dextro: Purity and Danger
(1982),
Bill Stamets’ documentary on an American Nazi Party rally in Chicago and its protesters
(2023 Federal Grants)
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On the Shores of Lake Michigan
(1948),
travelogue of the region’s touristic and industrial highlights by Illinois photographer Julian Gromer
(2019 Federal Grants)
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Paying the Piper
(ca.1936),
anti–New Deal snipe produced by the Jam Handy Organization
(2021 Federal Grants)
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The People’s Right to Know: Police Versus Reporters
(1968–69),
Chicago Film Group’s look back at the confrontations between police and demonstrators at the 1968 Democratic National Convention
(2005 Partnership Grants)
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Peoria Community Fund Campaign Film
(ca.1935),
portrait of 23 local charitable organizations in need of support
(2021 Federal Grants)
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Police Power and the Freedom of Assembly: The Gregory March
(1969),
one of four films by the Film Group exploring the final two days of the 1968 Democratic National Convention
(2006 Federal Grants)
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The Right to Dissent: A Press Conference
(1969),
one of four films by the Film Group exploring the final two days of the 1968 Democratic National Convention
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Rox Sox Disco Sux
(1979),
experimental documentary by Bill Stamets of Chicago’s notorious “Disco Demolition Night”
(2023 Federal Grants)
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Rudy Lozano
(1983),
Bill Stamets’ examination of southside Chicago’s response to the murder of the Mexican American labor rights activist
(2023 Federal Grants)
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A Soil for Growth: A Story of the Gifted Child Program
(ca. 1966),
sponsored film made by Goldsholl Design Associates for the Chicago Board of Education
(2015 Federal Grants)
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Variety Show at the Peoria Palace Theatre
(ca.1934),
showcase of local performers backed by a band of female musicians
(2021 Federal Grants)
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You’re Putting Me On
(1969),
Don B. Klugman’s film following a Chicago couple who “psychoanalyze” their relationship en route to a swinging sixties party
(2007 Federal Grants)
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Al G. Barnes Circus
(1931),
footage of regional circus troupes in the Midwest
(2008 Federal Grants)
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Christy Bros. Circus Film
(ca.1930),
footage of the independent circus troupe on tour during the Great Depression
(2016 Federal Grants)
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Paul Van Pool Circus
(1928–39),
footage of regional circus troupes in the Midwest
(2008 Federal Grants)
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Sparks Circus Film
(1928),
footage of the independent circus troupe performing in Macon, Georgia
(2016 Federal Grants)
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Coe College—1965
(1965),
a portrait of life at a small liberal arts college before the student unrest of the late 60s
(2003 Federal Grants)
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Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes ( )
Decision for Happiness
(1958),
sponsored film about a young woman’s decision to join the Sisters of St. Agnes convent in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
(2017 Federal Grants)
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Council Bluffs Public Library ( )
Man Power
(1930),
town booster film created to lure back businesses to Council Bluffs, Iowa
(2012 Federal Grants)
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Quetzalcoatl
(1961),
documentary about the fresco created for the college by Mexican artist José Clemente Orozco
(2010 Federal Grants)
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Dover’s Fourth Annual Baby Parade
(1926),
small town celebration
(2008 Federal Grants)
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Asheboro, North Carolina
(1940),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2003 Federal Grants)
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Asheboro, North Carolina
(ca. 1938–39),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2002 Partnership Grants)
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Caroleen, Avondale, and Henrietta, North Carolina
(1940),
town portraits by H. Lee Waters
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Cliffside, North Carolina
(1937),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Cliffside, North Carolina
(1940),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Erwin, North Carolina
(ca. 1937–39),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina
(ca. 1937),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Granite Falls, North Carolina
(ca. 1941–42),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2003 Federal Grants)
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Kannapolis, North Carolina (Reel 1)
(1941),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2003 Federal Grants)
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Kannapolis, North Carolina (Reel 2)
(1941),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2003 Federal Grants)
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Kannapolis, North Carolina (Reel 3)
(1941),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2003 Federal Grants)
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Lexington, North Carolina
(ca. 1937–45),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2004 Federal Grants)
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Lexington, North Carolina
(ca. 1935–53),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2004 Federal Grants)
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Lillington, North Carolina
(ca. 1939),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Louisburg, North Carolina
(ca. 1936–37),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Madison and Mayodan, North Carolina (Reel 1)
(ca 1939–41),
town portraits by H. Lee Waters
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Madison and Mayodan, North Carolina (Reel 2)
(ca 1939–41),
town portraits by H. Lee Waters
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Madison and Mayodan, North Carolina (Reel 3)
(ca 1939–41),
town portraits by H. Lee Waters
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Martinsville, Virginia
(ca. 1937–39),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Mooresville, North Carolina
(ca. 1937–39),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Pilot Mountain, North Carolina (Reel 1)
(ca. 1939),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Pilot Mountain, North Carolina (Reel 2)
(ca. 1939),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Salisbury, North Carolina
(1940),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2003 Federal Grants)
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Siler City, North Carolina (Reel 1)
(ca. 1937–39),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2009 Federal Grants)
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Siler City, North Carolina (Reel 2)
(ca. 1937–39),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2009 Federal Grants)
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Statesville, North Carolina
(1940),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2004 Partnership Grants)
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Taylorsville, North Carolina
(1939),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Thomasville, North Carolina (Reel 1)
(ca. 1936–40),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Thomasville, North Carolina (Reel 2)
(ca. 1936–40),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Thomasville, North Carolina (Reel 3)
(ca. 1938–39),
town portrait by H. Lee Waters
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Negro Durham Marches On
(1948),
portrait of the African American community of Durham, North Carolina, including the Hayti business district later destroyed by urban renewal
(2021 Federal Grants)
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East Tennessee State University, Archives of Appalachia ( )
Alex Stewart: Cooper
(1973),
demonstration of the use of traditional tools in making wooden buckets and barrels
(2000 Federal Grants)
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Buna and Bertha
(1973),
traditional ballads sung and discussed by two North Carolina mountain women
(2002 Federal Grants)
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Edd Presnell: Dulcimer Maker
(1973),
film of the noted craftsman at work
(2002 Federal Grants)
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Gandy Dancers
(1974),
short documentary showing railroad men singing chants as they lay track
(2000 Federal Grants)
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The Kidnapper’s Foil
(1948),
production by itinerant filmmaker Melton Barker shot in Elizabethton, Tennessee
(2004 Federal Grants)
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Ott Blair: Sledmaker
(1973),
demonstration of the craft of building wooden farm sleds
(2000 Federal Grants)
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Robbins Clinic
(1955),
profile of a clinic dedicated to treating speech and hearing problems
(2013 Federal Grants)
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Strong Hand—Helping Hand
(1960),
profile of a clinic dedicated to treating speech and hearing problems
(2013 Federal Grants)
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Thayer–Lindsley Nursery
(1966),
promotional film for a new facility helping children with speech and hearing problems
(2013 Federal Grants)
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Judge Arthur E. Hopkins Collection
(1930s),
home movies exploring sites linked to Abraham Lincoln, revolutionary war hero George Rogers Clark, and Kentucky history
(2009 Federal Grants)
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Judge Arthur E. Hopkins Collection
(1930s),
amateur films documenting visits to New York, New Orleans, and Kentucky
(2013 Federal Grants)
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Florida Moving Image Archives ( )
Marine Studios, Ocean World, Aquatarium, and Florida Land
(early 1950s–76),
footage of regional amusement parks
(2008 Federal Grants)
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Ringling Brothers Circus
(1929),
amateur film, with intertitles, documenting a special circus performance at E.F. Hutton's estate
(2003 Federal Grants)
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Adirondack Minstrel
(1977),
film portrait of Lawrence Older, the Northeast lumberjack, singer, and storyteller
(2007 Federal Grants)
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The Cradle Is Rocking
(1967),
jazz documentary created for the United States Information Agency featuring trumpeter George “Kid Sheik” Cola
(2011 Federal Grants)
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Dink: Pre-Blues Musician
(1975),
scholar Cecelia Conway’s portrait and performance film of African American banjo player Dink Roberts
(2019 Federal Grants)
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Watermen
(1968),
Romas Slezas and Holly Fisher’s documentary portrait of Chesapeake Bay’s “skipjacks,” the last operating fleet of sailing workboats in the U.S.
(2016 Federal Grants)
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Welcome to Spivey’s Corner
(1978),
documentary on the “National Hollerin’ Contest” held annually in rural South Carolina
(2013 Federal Grants)
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Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio ( )
George L.K. Morris Travel Films
(ca. 1934),
home movies of the abstract painter’s Far Eastern travels
(2016 Federal Grants)
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Travel Films of George L.K. Morris
(1934),
home movies of the abstract painter’s sojourn in the Far East
(2018 Federal Grants)
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Travel Films of George L.K. Morris
(1934),
home movies of the abstract painter’s travels through Indonesia, Myanmar, and Thailand
(2019 Federal Grants)
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Travel Films of George L.K. Morris
(1934),
home movies of the abstract painter’s travels through China and India
(2020 Federal Grants)
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5 on 105
(1974),
promotional short for Polaroid’s 105 film, featuring Walker Evans and four other photographers
(2018 Federal Grants)
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A Connecticut Skunk Farm
(1914),
industrial film shot by the Kalem Company
(2016 Federal Grants)
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Eyes of Science
(1930),
industrial film by James Sibley Watson, Jr., about the Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
(2005 Federal Grants)
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Fly Low Jack and the Game
(1927),
romantic narrative by Rochester homemaker Marion Gleason that was used by Kodak to introduce home-moviemaking to the public
(2007 Federal Grants)
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Hollywouldn’t
(1925),
film industry satire spoofing a penny-pinching studio and star-struck fans
(2012 Federal Grants)
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Joan Crawford Home Movies
(1940–41; 1950s),
home movies capturing the Hollywood star with her children and on hunting trips
(2004 Federal Grants)
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The Latest Kinks in Canning
(ca. 1917),
industrial film from the Paramount-Bray Pictographs series
(2016 Federal Grants)
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Love or Justice
(1917),
silent melodrama produced by Thomas Ince, involving a drug-addicted lawyer’s redemption by a woman from the underworld
(2017 Federal Grants)
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Montage II: Ephemeral Blue
(ca. 1960),
visual response to a poem by Beat Charles Plymell
(2010 Avant-Garde Masters Grants)
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Montage I: Paint and Painter
(ca. 1959),
profile of Wichita painter Corban LePell and his work
(2010 Avant-Garde Masters Grants)
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Montage IV: The Garden of Eden
(1962),
reflection on the eccentric sculpture of Civil War veteran S.P. Dinsmoor
(2010 Avant-Garde Masters Grants)
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Montage V: How to Play Pinball
(1963),
energetic film set to the music of Jean Eichelberger Ivey
(2010 Avant-Garde Masters Grants)
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Operation Breadbasket
(1969),
actor Robert Culp’s documentary about the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s program to create jobs for African Americans in Chicago
(2011 Federal Grants)
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Tomato's Another Day/It Never Happened
(1930),
sound film by the American avant-garde pioneer James Sibley Watson, Jr.
(2000 Partnership Grants)
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Freewheelin’
(1976),
sponsored film from B.F. Goodrich, documenting the 1976 “National Truck-In” at Bowling Green, Kentucky
(2023 Federal Grants)
Play film
The Heart of Cleveland
(1924),
sponsored film produced by the Rothacker Film Manufacturing Company for the Cleveland Illuminating Company, to encourage mass rural electrification
(2021 Federal Grants)
Play film
The Romance of Iron and Steel
(1938),
sponsored film from the American Rolling Mill Company on the process of steel production, the earliest surviving work by Cinecraft Productions
(2022 Federal Grants)
Play film
Where’s Joe?
(1972),
warning to American steelworkers about foreign competition, co-sponsored by the United Steelworkers Union and several steel companies
(2023 Federal Grants)
Play film
Hiram Percy Maxim Collection
(1920s–30s),
11 reels shot by the inventor and Amateur Cinema League founder, including footage of the New England Flood of 1927 and the Maxim Silencer Company headquarters
(2022 Federal Grants)
Play film
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum ( )
Hoover Kodacolor Home Movies
(1928–30),
films taken by Herbert Hoover’s family showing trips and White House activities
(2015 Federal Grants)
Play film
Hoover Institution, Stanford University ( )
ALSOS Mission Films
(1943–45),
footage documenting the secret task force that investigated Nazi Germany’s atomic bomb program
(2016 Federal Grants)
Play film
ALSOS Mission Films Part II
(1943–45),
footage documenting the secret task force that investigated Nazi Germany’s atomic bomb program and secured the surrender of Thanheim
(2017 Federal Grants)
Play film
Francis Bishop Film
(1930),
rare moving images of Soviet Russia taken by an American student of physiologist Ivan Pavlov
(2014 Federal Grants)
Play film
Frederick L. Anderson Collection
(1942–45),
footage shot by a U.S. Air Force major general including a holiday trip with Winston Churchill to Cuba
(2015 Federal Grants)
Play film
John Kenneth Caldwell Collection
(1930s),
home movies shot by an American diplomat in China and Thailand
(2012 Federal Grants)
Play film
Lieutenant Colonel William P. Miller Collection
(1943–45),
color home movies shot in North Africa, France, and Germany during WWII
(2013 Federal Grants)
Play film
Soviet Russia Through the Eyes of an American
(1935),
travelogue shot in Russia and Soviet Georgia by mining engineer Charles Stuart shortly before the implementation of Stalin's five-year plan
(1999 Partnership Grants)
Play film
Concello Troupe Film
(1937),
only known footage of the Flying Concellos, the renowned husband-and-wife trapeze act
(2010 Federal Grants)
Play film
The Inner World of Aphasia
(1968),
innovative medical training film on patients unable to communicate verbally that was named to the National Film Registry
(2017 Federal Grants)
Play film
Japanese American National Museum ( )
Akiyama Collection
(ca. 1935),
home movies by Issei businessman Masao Akiyama
(2005 Federal Grants)
Play film
Aratani Collection
(1926–40),
home movies by Setsuo Aratani, community leader and founder of the Guadulupe Produce Company in central California
(2004 Federal Grants)
Play film
Evans Collection
(1943),
16mm footage of the Japanese American detention camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming
(2003 Federal Grants)
Play film
Fukuzaki Family Collection
(1942),
home movies of Los Angeles' Terminal Island before the Japanese American fishing community was forced into World War II detention camps
(2002 Federal Grants)
Play film
Hashizume Collection
(1945),
home movie showing the daily routines of the Japanese Americans interned at the Heart Mountain detention camp
(2003 Federal Grants)
Play film
Kiyama Collection
(ca. 1935),
home movies by the owner of the 7th Street Produce Market in Los Angeles
(2005 Federal Grants)
Play film
Palmerlee Collection
(1942–45),
color films of life in the World War II Japanese American detention facility in Tule Lake, California, made by teacher Charles Palmerlee
()
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Sasaki Collection
(1927–1969),
films of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki
()
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Tatsuno Collection
(1938–60),
home movies, including Dave Tatsuno's documentation of the World War II detention camp near Topaz, Utah, honored by induction into the National Film Registry in 1996
()
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Yamada Collection
(ca. 1930s and 1950s),
home movies of the wedding of Tsuneko Kato and Yaju Yamada and their silver anniversary party twenty-five years later
(2005 Federal Grants)
Play film
John and Mable RIngling Museum of Art ( )
The Biggest Show on Earth Thrills the Coolidges
(1928),
footage of John Ringling hosting President Coolidge and his wife at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus
(2020 Federal Grants)
Play film
VT Radio Proximity Fuze
(1945),
public information film from the university’s Applied Physics Laboratory
(2007 Federal Grants)
Play film
Josef and Anni Albers Foundation ( )
Josef Albers at Yale
(1954),
documentary by John Cohen showing Albers in the classroom
(2005 Federal Grants)
Play film
Knox County Public Library ( )
Our Southern Mountaineers
(ca. 1918),
newsreel scenic showing Appalachian culture and life
(2010 Federal Grants)
Play film
Don Perry Collection
(1968–69),
nine films documenting the 1968 and 1969 New Orleans International Jazz Festivals
(2017 Federal Grants)
Play film
Snoozer Quinn
(1932),
only known sound footage of the legendary jazz guitarist
(2009 Federal Grants)
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Bath Iron Works Collection
(ca. 1937–56),
documentation of ship-launchings at the important national shipyard, including the 1937 America’s Cup winner Ranger
(2020 Federal Grants)
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Arthur Piver Collection, Part 1
(1960–65),
footage of the testing, construction, and launching of sailing vessels designed by the "Father of the Modern Multi-hull."
(2005 Partnership Grants)
Play film
Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum ( )
Marie Dickerson Coker Collection
(1942–53),
home movies by the African American jazz musician, including scenes filmed in Honolulu after Pearl Harbor
(2011 Federal Grants)
Play film
Medical University of South Carolina ( )
Contractile Force
(1948),
heart experiment film
(2011 Federal Grants)
Play film
The Call of the Cheyenne
(1953–55),
first film by a Mennonite on the church’s work
(2008 Federal Grants)
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Metro Theater Center Foundation ( )
Augustus Sassa Collection
(ca. 1959–68),
footage shot by a home movie-maker of John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy on campaign
(2016 Federal Grants)
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Mid-Atlantic Regional Moving Image Archive ( )
The Fitzgeralds in Hollywood
(1927),
footage of Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald, along with actresses Lois Moran and Carmel Myers
(2019 Federal Grants)
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WPA Construction at Camp Ripley
(ca. 1935),
documentation of Works Progress Administration builders assembling the camp’s National Guard training facility
(2016 Federal Grants)
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Montana Historical Society ( )
Ceremonial Dances of the Pueblo Indians
(1934),
performances of the Buffalo Dance and the Flag Dance at San Ildefonso Pueblo
(2010 Federal Grants)
Play film
Construction of the Fort Peck Dam
(1939–50),
civil engineer’s home movies of the Public Works Administration project, with footage of President Truman’s visit
(2009 Federal Grants)
Play film
Daly Family Collection
(1919),
home movies of leisure activities pursued by the founding family of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company
(2018 Federal Grants)
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Escape to Montana’s Glacier Park
(ca. 1970),
state-sponsored travelogue, narrated by pioneering newscaster and native son Chet Huntley
(2013 Federal Grants)
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Growing Baby Beef in Montana
(1933–34),
ranch manager Glenn C. Morton’s documentation of work at the Green Ranch
(2010 Federal Grants)
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Montana and its Aircraft
(1968),
sponsored film from the Montana Aeronautics Commission on the need to improve state airports
(2015 Federal Grants)
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Montana and the Sky
(1952),
sponsored film from the Montana Aeronautics Commission on the daily use of aviation
(2015 Federal Grants)
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Montana…Land of the Big Sky
(1973),
tour of the state’s recreational offerings, narrated by Montana native Chet Huntley
(2012 Federal Grants)
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Montana’s On the Go
(1956),
promotional film showing Governor J. Hugo Aronson on the Montana campaign trail for reelection
(2017 Federal Grants)
Play film
Rosebud County Fair and Rodeo
(1926),
home movies by an entrepreneurial photographer from Forsyth, Montana
(2011 Federal Grants)
Play film
Senator Lee Metcalf Collection
(1965–66),
“Washington Reports” filmed by the senator to inform his Montana constituents of his positions on conservation issues and water management
(2016 Federal Grants)
Play film
Wilson-Hibbs Oil Speech
(1956),
documentation of Governor J. Hugo Aronson’s stance on oil and gas leasing in Montana
(2017 Federal Grants)
Play film
Moore College of Art and Design ( )
Design at Moore: A Story of Training
(ca. 1940s),
documentation of student work at the first and only women’s art and design school in the U.S.
(2022 Federal Grants)
Play film
Fashion Design Class at Moore
(ca. 1940s),
documentation of student work at the first and only women’s art and design school in the U.S.
(2022 Federal Grants)
Play film
Fashion Show 1940: Philadelphia School of Design
(1940),
documentation of student work at the first and only women’s art and design school in the U.S.
(2022 Federal Grants)
Play film
Life in the Department of Interior Architecture and Decoration at Moore
(ca. 1940s),
documentation of student work at the first and only women’s art and design school in the U.S.
(2022 Federal Grants)
Play film
Moore Program of Study
(ca.1960s),
documentation of student work at the first and only women’s art and design school in the U.S.
(2022 Federal Grants)
Play film
NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory ( )
Union City, Oklahoma Tornado
(1973),
scientific documentation that helped scientists improve the ability to forecast tornado activity
(2014 Federal Grants)
Play film
National Archives And Records Administration ( )
Why We Fight
(1942–45),
seven films commissioned by the U.S. War Department to explain the World War II effort to nine million Americans in uniform and to help overcome the isolationism still common in many parts of the country
()
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The Yellowstone Kodacolor
(ca. 1930–32),
early Kodacolor home movies of Yellowstone National Park
(2014 Federal Grants)
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National Geographic Society ( )
Canyon de Chelly
(1924),
filmed exploration of the National Monument’s rock formations and Navajo culture by archaeologist Neil Judd
(2017 Federal Grants)
Play film
Dian Fossey Gorilla Lecture Film
(1973),
footage accompanying Fossey’s NGS lecture on research into gorilla behavior in the Virunga mountains of East Africa
(2022 Federal Grants)
Play film
Dzibilchaltún Archaeological Expeditions
(1957–60),
lecture film by Dr. E. Wyllys Andrews of the NGS–Tulane University expedition that excavated one of the largest Mayan sites on the Yucatán peninsula
(2019 Federal Grants)
Play film
Pueblo Bonito
(1922),
footage of the New Mexico expedition led by archaeologist Neil Judd to explore the pre-Columbian great house
(2017 Federal Grants)
Play film
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution ( )
Claudia
(1972–73),
Jorge Prelorán’s playful portrait of a five-year-old girl
(2010 Avant-Garde Masters Grants)
Play film
Roaches’ Lullaby
(1973),
humorous documentary by Eliot Noyes and Claudia Weill in which three zealous New York roach-haters share extermination techniques
(2010 Federal Grants)
Play film
11 thru 12
(1977),
avant-garde meditation by Andrea Callard on the principles of the I Ching
(2009 Federal Grants)
Play film
Fluorescent/Azalea
(1976),
Andrea Callard’s study of light in lower Manhattan and the plant life it supports
(2009 Federal Grants)
Play film
Laserimage
(1971–72),
Ivan Dryer’s celluloid forerunner to the Laserium light show
(2017 Federal Grants)
Play film
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum ( )
Twin Peaks Tunnel
(1917),
sponsored film celebrating the construction of the trolley tunnel that opened settlement of western San Francisco
(2010 Federal Grants)
Play film
North Carolina State Archives ( )
H. Lee Waters in Burlington
(1939–40),
film from the Movies of Local People series shot by the itinerant filmmaker
(2010 Federal Grants)
Play film
H. Lee Waters in Burlington
(1939–40),
profile of the Carolina town
(2011 Federal Grants)
Play film
North Carolina State Fair
(ca. 1974),
a daylong glimpse of the Raleigh-based event, including an appearance by Bob Hope
(2014 Federal Grants)
Play film
South Pacific Air Force Films
(ca. 1942–44),
amateur footage of the daily life of WWII Air Force personnel stationed on various islands
(2016 Federal Grants)
Play film
North Carolina State University ( )
4-H Boys Camp
(1961),
promotional footage with scenes of chainsaw and bowsaw demonstrations
(2023 Federal Grants)
Play film
4-H Camp Outtakes
(early 1960s),
scenes of crafts and dancing in a North Carolina mountain camp
(2023 Federal Grants)
Play film
4-H Forestry Field Day
(1930s),
educational film used for forestry demonstrations and club meeting training
(2023 Federal Grants)
Play film
4-H Millstone Camp
(1961),
scenes of swimming, canoeing, and tree-planting at the North Carolina camp founded in 1939
(2023 Federal Grants)
Play film
North Scituate Public Library ( )
Lewis J. Boss Collection
(early 1930s),
community portraits of North Scituate, featuring hand-tinting and humorous intertitles, by a local amateur filmmaker
(2014 Federal Grants)
Play film
Lewis J. Boss Collection, Part 2
(1929–32),
community portraits of North Scituate, featuring hand-tinting and humorous intertitles, by a local amateur filmmaker
(2015 Federal Grants)
Play film
Cyrus Pinkham Collection
(ca. 1938),
four scripted films from the amateur filmmaker
(2011 Federal Grants)
Play film
Rapid River Races
(1940),
scenes from the first National White Water Championship, held on the Rapid River in Maine
(2011 Federal Grants)
Play film
Northern Arizona University ( )
Apache Indian Camp Life Among the White Mountain Apaches in Arizona
(1940),
educational film by Southwest photographer Tad Nichols
(2012 Federal Grants)
Play film
Navajo Indian Life
(1939–40),
educational film by Tad Nichols
(2012 Federal Grants)
Play film
Navajo Rug Weaving
(1938–39),
early documentary by Southwest photographer Tad Nichols
(2009 Federal Grants)
Play film
Yaqui Easter Celebration
(1941–42),
documentation by Tad Nichols of a seven-week tribal ceremony and fiesta
(2012 Federal Grants)
Play film
Oklahoma Historical Society ( )
CCC Company 810 in Heavener, Oklahoma
(1930s),
footage of the New Deal program at work in Oklahoma
(2013 Federal Grants)
Play film
The Kidnapper’s Foil
(mid–1930s),
production inspired by Our Gang, starring townspeople from Shawnee, Oklahoma
(2003 Federal Grants)
Play film
Flying Farmers
(1947–49),
documentation of conventions held by the national association of farmers who utilized aircraft, staged as part of OSU’s Farm and Home Week
(2019 Federal Grants)
Play film
Beach Hike
(1958),
conservation film about a 3-day hike protesting a proposed coastal highway along the Olympic Peninsula
(2015 Federal Grants)
Play film
The Boy Mayor
(1914),
Progressive-Era short profiling Portland, Oregon’s juvenile government system, and teenage mayor Eugene J. Rich
(2012 Federal Grants)
Play film
Raymond Rogers Home Movies
(1940s),
documentation of major events in Portland, Oregon
(2012 Federal Grants)
Play film
Phoenix Arts Alliance ( )
Gaudi
(1962),
artist Beryl Sokoloff’s riff on the architecture of Antoni Gaudí
(2011 Avant-Garde Masters Grants)
Play film
Albina Mural Project
(1977),
story of the project by eight Portland artists to create a 120-foot mural in an African American neighborhood.
(2011 Federal Grants)
Play film
The Seventh Day
(1970),
student-made documentary about the May 1970 strike at the university following the Kent State shootings
(2010 Federal Grants)
Play film
Pueblo City-County Library District ( )
Frank D. Muramoto Collection
(ca. 1930s–40s),
home movies by the owner of a photography studio in Pueblo, Colorado, documenting family life and the local Japanese American community
(2019 Federal Grants)
Play film
Gilbreth Collection, Part 3
(1940–60),
time efficiency studies conducted by Lillian Gilbreth
(2010 Federal Grants)
Play film
San Francisco Media Archive ( )
Blackie the Wonder Horse Swims the Golden Gate
(1938),
newsreel story covering the Wonder Horse’s legendary transbay swim from Marin to San Francisco
(2010 Partnership Grants)
Play film
San Francisco Silent Film Festival ( )
Flowing Gold
(1924),
silent melodrama on the early days of the Texas oil boom, directed by Joseph de Grasse and starring Milton Sills and Anna Q. Nilsson
(2020 Federal Grants)
Play film
Jane’s Declaration of Independence
(1915),
tale of a young woman who defies her family to marry a soldier, filmed in the Presidio of San Francisco
(2018 Federal Grants)
Play film
Smithsonian Institution Archives ( )
The Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition to Liberia
(1940),
footage from the National Zoological Park's collecting expedition, complementing personal papers and scrapbooks from Zoo Director William Mann and his wife
(2000 Partnership Grants)
Play film
Southern Methodist University ( )
The Blood of Jesus
(1941),
landmark African-American independent feature, written and directed by Spencer Williams
(2008 Partnership Grants)
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Carib Gold
(1956),
African American crime drama set among the shrimpers of Key West, with Ethel Waters and Cicely Tyson
(2009 Partnership Grants)
Play film
ANCSA
(1971),
documentation of a 1971 speech by Senator Ted Stevens on the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(2021 Federal Grants)
Play film
Personal Films
(early to mid-1960s),
footage of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens’ family life and travels, including documentation of the 1964 Good Friday earthquake
(2022 Federal Grants)
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Report to Alaskans: ANCSA w/ Alaska Constituents
(early 1970s),
filmed report to constituents by Senator Ted Stevens, concerning the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(2022 Federal Grants)
Play film
Ted Stevens and Richard Nixon
(1970s),
footage of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens and President Nixon in Washington D.C.
(2022 Federal Grants)
Play film
Ted Stevens Collection
(ca.1949),
amateur film of the Alaska Senator’s family life and travels throughout the Pacific Northwest
(2021 Federal Grants)
Play film
Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound ( )
Kidnapper’s Foil
(1949),
itinerant filmmaker Melton Barker’s town portrait of Bristol, Tennessee, inspired by the Our Gang series and starring local children
(2010 Federal Grants)
Play film
Texas Archive of the Moving Image ( )
George Sealy, Jr. Collection
(1931),
Galveston civic leader’s Kodacolor footage of the 1931 Pageant of Pulchritude, a Miss Universe precursor
(2017 Federal Grants)
Play film
The Kidnapper’s Foil
(ca. 1930),
itinerant filmmaker Melton Barker’s production of his Our Gang–inspired script made with the townspeople of Childress, Texas
(2005 Federal Grants)
Play film
The Kidnapper’s Foil
(ca. 1940),
itinerant filmmaker Melton Barker’s second production featuring the townspeople of Childress, Texas
(2006 Federal Grants)
Play film
Story Sloane Collection
(1915–25),
events filmed in and around Houston
(2011 Federal Grants)
Play film
Claude and ZerNona Black Collection
(ca. 1955),
home movie by civil rights activists from San Antonio, Texas
(2013 Federal Grants)
Play film
Tulane University, Amistad Research Center ( )
African American Carnival Balls
(1955–56),
Mardi Gras carnival balls captured by photographer Robert Green
(2014 Federal Grants)
Play film
Bon Temps Carnival Balls
(1960–65),
home movies of African American Mardi Gras carnival balls
(2015 Federal Grants)
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UCLA Film & Television Archive ( )
Behind Every Good Man
(1966),
pioneering portrait of gay life in Los Angeles
(2013 Federal Grants)
Play film
Freight Yard Symphony
(1963),
modernist animation by visual–effects pioneer Robert Abel
(2018 Federal Grants)
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Multiple Sidosis
(1970),
droll trick film by amateur filmmaker Sidney Laverents, named to the National Film Registry
(2001 Partnership Grants)
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The Savages
(1967),
ironically titled cinema verité documentary about the impoverished African American community of West Venice, California
(2017 Federal Grants)
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The Way of Peace
(1947),
an animated plea for pacifism written and directed by Frank Tashlin for the American Lutheran Church
(2015 Federal Grants)
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Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company Collection
(1948–58),
footage of the largest African American insurance company in the West, including a tour of its landmark office designed by Paul Revere Williams
(2015 Federal Grants)
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Instant Guide to Synanon
(1973),
profile of the controversial peer-led drug rehabilitation program, made by the program’s in-house film unit
(2012 Federal Grants)
Play film
USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space Museum ( )
Apollo 11 Recovery Mission
(1969),
amateur footage by a USS Hornet crewman documenting the recovery of the module from the first spaceflight to land humans on the moon
(2022 Federal Grants)
Play film
Norton Home Movies
(1948–50),
home movies by a captain on the USS Hornet aircraft carrier of aircraft operations and launches
(2022 Federal Grants)
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Training for Apollo 12
(1969),
footage of mission crew’s spacecraft exit training in the Gulf of Mexico
(2022 Federal Grants)
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ( )
Murray Goldblatt Collection
(1943–45),
home movies of wartime Europe by a Jewish American soldier, with scenes of Ingrid Bergman and Jack Benny entertaining troops and footage from the Buchenwald concentration camp
(2018 Federal Grants)
Play film
Siege
(1940),
Julien Bryan’s Academy Award nominated short about the fall of Poland
(2008 Federal Grants)
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Construction of the Airships U.S.S. Akron and U.S.S. Macon
(1929–33),
footage of the largest airships of their time, produced by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
(2018 Federal Grants)
Play film
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Films
(1931–33),
35mm nitrate film of the construction of the U.S.S. Akron, one of the largest airships of its time
(2014 Federal Grants)
Play film
University of Alaska Fairbanks ( )
Alaska ’35
(1935),
footage by glaciologist William Osgood Field documenting fjord research and farmers in the New Deal settlement program at Alaska’s Matanuska Valley
(2016 Federal Grants)
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Clarence McMillin Collection
(1930–48),
home movies of the Pribilof Islands of Alaska, filmed by a U.S. government agent sent to manage its Aleut population
(2020 Federal Grants)
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Harry Leonard’s Wiseman Films
(1930–48),
home movies of the small mining community of Wiseman, Alaska, and its multicultural inhabitants
(2019 Federal Grants)
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Seppala Collection
(1926–46),
footage shot by the sled dog breeder whose heroic delivery of diphtheria serum in 1925 inspired the annual Iditarod race
(2003 Partnership Grants)
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We Live in the Arctic
(1947),
lecture film about the Alaskan adventures of Bud and Constance Helmericks
(2015 Federal Grants)
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Opportunity for Arkansas—The Buffalo National River
(ca. 1964),
film by conservation activist Dr. Neil Compton, made to rally public support for the protection of the Buffalo River
(2011 Federal Grants)
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University of California, Santa Barbara ( )
Russia
(1971),
observational documentary on the Soviet Union by Theodore Holcomb, with narration by journalist Harrison Salisbury
(2020 Federal Grants)
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Dr. Mont Rogers Reid Surgical Films
(ca. 1935),
footage of operations performed by the author of The Mont Reid Surgical Handbook
(2016 Federal Grants)
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Ethridge Home Movie Collection
(1939–56),
home movies taken on the historic Shields-Ethridge Heritage Farm
(2006 Federal Grants)
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Fitzgerald, Georgia
(1947),
town portrait
(2009 Partnership Grants)
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Kaliska-Greenblatt Collection
(1920s–30s),
home movies showing Atlanta’s first Jewish country club, the carving of Stone Mountain, and the University of Georgia
(2005 Federal Grants)
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Louis C. Harris Collection
(1947–53),
home movies by reporter Louis C. Harris documenting life in Augusta and a 1953 atomic bomb test
(2005 Federal Grants)
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Max Moore Collection
(1942–52),
footage from behind the scenes of “King Biscuit Time,” one of the first radio shows to feature live blues performances
(2008 Federal Grants)
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Harry Webb Marsh Collection, Part 1
(1926–30),
three films documenting mining in Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene region
(2007 Partnership Grants)
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Harry Webb Marsh Collection, Part 2
(1940s–50),
home movies of northern Idaho mining, shot by a mining engineer
(2008 Federal Grants)
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University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign ( )
Joseph T. Tykociner’s Sound Experiments
(1922),
early sound-on-film demonstrations by the university’s first Research Professor of Engineering
(2013 Federal Grants)
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( )
A.R. Cole, Potter
(1969),
Terry Wayne Rushin’s documentary on Arthur Ray Cole and his daughters at work in the family pottery
(2019 Federal Grants)
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The First 100
(1964),
recruiting film for the North Carolina Volunteers, the groundbreaking citizens’ corps that became a model for VISTA
(2008 Federal Grants)
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Jarrell and Cockerham
(1971),
Blanton Owen’s documentation of old-time music performances by banjoist Fred Cockerham and fiddler Tommy Jarrell
(2019 Federal Grants)
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Luther Cressman Field Work Films
(1938–54),
documentation of the influential archaeologist's excavations into Oregon’s ancient human history
(2016 Federal Grants)
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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology ( )
Tode Travelogue Collection
(1930),
ten films from the Asian travels of Arthur Tode, founder of the Propeller Club of New York
(2007 Partnership Grants)
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University of South Carolina, Moving Image Research Collections ( )
The Augustas
(ca. 1942),
Scott Nixon’s pilgrimage to some 30 places sharing the name of his hometown
(2008 Partnership Grants)
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Kate Gleason Collection
(1928-1931),
home movies from the pioneering engineer and businesswoman
(2014 Federal Grants)
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Robert M. Weir Collection
(early 1930s–40s),
color amateur films of family travels through pre-war Nazi Germany
(2016 Federal Grants)
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Spartan Mill as a Community
(ca. 1938),
footage of a South Carolina cotton mill town, shot by mill owner Walter S. Montgomery
(2022 Federal Grants)
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Willie Lee Buffington Collection
(1950s),
home movies from the founder of Faith Cabin Libraries, which built some 100 libraries for underserved African American communities in rural Georgia and South Carolina
(2013 Federal Grants)
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University of Southern California, Moving Image Archive ( )
Vorkapich Home Movies
(1940),
playful family montage by the experimental filmmaker who headed the USC School of Cinematic Arts from 1949 to 1951
(2012 Federal Grants)
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Agricultural Experiment Station Films
(1940s),
three films by rural sociologist Robert Carter documenting techniques for harvesting hay by hand and by machine
(2007 Federal Grants)
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Grays Harbor County
(ca. 1925–33),
a series of community portraits of coastal Washington shot on 35mm by a local photography studio
(2005 Federal Grants)
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Grays Harbor County
(ca. 1925–33),
a series of community portraits of coastal Washington shot on 35mm by a local photography studio
(2009 Federal Grants)
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Washington University in St. Louis ( )
Code Blue
(1972),
recruitment film to bring minorities into the medical profession by Blackside Inc., producer of Eyes on the Prize
(2017 Federal Grants)
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Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon Parks
(1973),
portrait of the photographer/director at home and at work filming Shaft’s Big Score (1973)
(2019 Federal Grants)
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The Maid of McMillan
(1916),
possibly the earliest extant student film, filmed on campus and in St. Louis
(2020 Federal Grants)
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A Matter of Respect
(1980),
educational film on dealing with teenage pregnancy, produced by Blackside Inc. for the Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare
(2021 Federal Grants)
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The Streets of Greenwood
(1963),
civil rights documentary about African American voter registration in Greenwood, Mississippi, with performances by Pete Seeger and Theodore Bikel
(2016 Federal Grants)
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Won by a Sweet
(1929),
sponsored film from the National Confectioners’ Association on the health benefits of candy for athletes
(2018 Federal Grants)
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Wayne State University, Walter P. Reuther Library ( )
Ethnic Communities in Detroit
(1952),
Detroit's ethnic neighborhoods before urban development, documented by the university
(2001 Partnership Grants)
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WSU Historic Films
(ca. 1925–32),
student activities, including athletic events and inter-class games
(2015 Federal Grants)
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Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy
(1968),
American-produced film made during the Prague Spring featuring interviews with future president Vaclav Havel, economist Ota Sik, as well as ordinary citizens
(2015 Federal Grants)
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Wethersfield Historical Society ( )
Wethersfield’s Tercentenary Parade
(1934),
color footage of the 300th-year anniversary celebrations of a Connecticut town
(2012 Federal Grants)
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Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research ( )
Campus Smiles
(1920),
playful look at the University of Wisconsin-Madison made by two fraternity brothers
(2008 Federal Grants)
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The Lumberjack
(1914),
short made in Wausau, Wisconsin, by the Paragon Feature Film Company and featuring town residents
(2011 Federal Grants)
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Our Own Gang in the Chase
(ca. 1933),
local production inspired by the Our Gang series, shot in Madison, Wisconsin, by an itinerant film company
(2011 Partnership Grants)
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Tellin’ the World
(1972),
public service announcement made to encourage working-class and minority youth voting after the passage of the 26th amendment
(2019 Federal Grants)
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Wisconsin Family Vacation
(ca.1937–43),
home movies of a railroad trip to the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition
(2012 Federal Grants)
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Wisconsin Historical Society ( )
Bill's Bike
(1939),
William Steuber's independently produced tale of a Wisconsin boy and his bike
(1998 Partnership Grants)
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“Fun for the Money” Home Movie
(1949),
home movie of one of TV’s earliest primetime game shows, shot by an audience member
(2013 Federal Grants)
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Lunt and Fontanne Collection
(1928–39),
home movies from Ten Chimneys, the Genesee Depot estate of renowned theatrical couple Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
(2014 Federal Grants)
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16 Millimeter Earrings
(1979),
filmed recreation of Meredith Monk’s multimedia solo performance
(2017 Federal Grants)
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The Boy Who Saw Through
(1958),
live-action tale, produced by Mary Ellen Bute and directed by George Stoney, of a teenage boy’s quest to learn “the facts of life”
(2008 Federal Grants)
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Chemical Architecture
(1968),
film by Frank Mouris and Peter Schlaifer commissioned for the “Plastic as Plastic” show at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York
(2015 Federal Grants)
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Quick Dream
(1967),
first film by Academy Award winner Frank Mouris
(2015 Federal Grants)
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You’re Not Real Pretty But You’re Mine...
(1968),
early student film by Frank Mouris
(2015 Federal Grants)
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Yosemite National Park Archives ( )
Rangers’ Club
(ca.1920),
footage of the dedication ceremony conducted by Stephen Mather, the first Director of the National Park Service
(2013 Federal Grants)
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World
(1970),
a film by Jordan Belson exploring metaphysical concepts through abstract imagery
(2001 Federal Grants)
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