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8 More Movies Added to the Online Field Guide to Sponsored Films
Eight movies now join the Online Field Guide to Sponsored Films, the free screening room of entries from The Field Guide to Sponsored Films, written by Rick Prelinger and published by the NFPF in 2006.
Viewers can enjoy 185 sponsored films in the screening room. They were commissioned during the 20th century by a grab-bag of organizations: businesses promoting commercial products, charities highlighting good works, advocacy groups bringing attention to social causes, and state and local governments explaining their programs. All eight new additions are derived from HD scans created by the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center of the Library of Congress.
Two of these films have never before appeared online. Memo to Mars (1954), made by Wilding Picture Productions for the U.S. … Read more
7 Movies Join the Online Field Guide to Sponsored Films
The NFPF has added another seven films to its Online Field Guide to Sponsored Films, a free digital screening room that presents entries from The Field Guide to Sponsored Films, written by Rick Prelinger and published by the NFPF in 2006.
The screening room hosts a total of 177 sponsored films, commissioned during the 20th century by a variety of American organizations: businesses promoting commercial products, charities highlighting their good works, advocacy groups bringing attention to social causes, and state and local governments explaining their programs. Though several of the new films are already online in low-resolution copies made from analog transfers, our videos are derived from HD scans created by the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center of the Library of Congress.
Time Out for Trouble (1961) … Read more
12 Movies Join the NFPF's Online Field Guide to Sponsored Films
Today the NFPF adds 12 movies to its Online Field Guide to Sponsored Films, a free digital screening room that presents entries from The Field Guide to Sponsored Films, written by Rick Prelinger and published by the NFPF in 2006.
The screening room hosts a total of 171 sponsored films, commissioned during the 20th century by a host of American organizations: businesses promoting commercial products, charities highlighting their good works, advocacy groups bringing attention to social causes, and state and local governments explaining their programs. Though several of the films circulate online in low-resolution copies made from analog transfers, the new videos on our site are derived from HD scans created by the Library of Congress.