2001 Partnership Grants

Consuelo di Capri

(1926), a silent melodrama, the first production from the La Jolla Cinema League (San Diego History Center).

De Forest Phonofilms

(1920–25), six pioneering sound shorts by Lee de Forest, documenting President Coolidge at the White House, Eddie Cantor, Abbie Mitchell, and celebrated vaudeville routines (Library of Congress).

DuMont Advertising Program for 1955

(1955), promotional film for retailers selling DuMont television sets (National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution).

Ethnic Communities in Detroit

(1952), Detroit's ethnic neighborhoods before urban development, documented by the university (Wayne State University, Walter P. Reuther Library). Play film

Kellett Farm Crops

(1930s-40s), five films tracking the life-cycle of sugar beets, potatoes, beans, corn, and alfalfa, compiled by the farmer who grew them (Nebraska State Historical Society).

LeTourneau Machinery

(1940s–50s), three films documenting the innovations of R.G. LeTourneau, the inventor of the bulldozer (LeTourneau University).

Migration Mysteries

(1960s), silent film by naturalist Walter Breckenridge documenting animal migration across Minnesota (University of Minnesota, Bell Museum of Natural History).

Multiple Sidosis

(1970), droll trick film by amateur filmmaker Sidney Laverents, named to the National Film Registry (UCLA Film & Television Archive). Play film

USS Constitution at Sea

(1931), "Old Ironsides," filmed in Portland, Maine, by a home moviemaker (USS Constitution Museum).

Will Rogers and Wiley Post

(1935), last known moving images of Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post before their tragic air crash (University of Alaska Fairbanks).

The World in Texas

(1968), promotional film for HemisFair, San Antonio's World Fair, and the "confluence of civilizations in the Americas" (University of Texas at San Antonio).