2004 Federal Grants

Angola and Nigeria

(1929-30), footage of the Frederick H. Rawson expedition to West Africa (Field Museum).

Aratani Collection

(1926–40), home movies by Setsuo Aratani, community leader and founder of the Guadulupe Produce Company in central California (Japanese American National Museum). Play film

Around the World

(1932), films taken during sculptress Malvina Hoffman’s around-the-world expedition to prepare for her series “The Races of Mankind,” commissioned by the museum (Field Museum).

Art of Shipbuilding

(1930), five more segments of a 57-part training film produced by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company to demonstrate modern naval construction techniques. (Mariners' Museum).

Burials

(1981), conclusion of Allen Ross’s trilogy about his dying grandfather (Chicago Filmmakers).

A Challenge Met, A Story in Preventive Medicine at Clemson College

(1963), documentary on the public health importance of vaccination (Clemson University).

Chappell Dairy

(1952), advertisement showing the milk production and distribution system of a now-defunct Harlan County dairy (East Tennessee State University, Archives of Appalachia).

Community Development at Bethel

(1960), documentary about a citizen group’s civic improvement efforts (Clemson University).

Construction of the New Long Island Jewish Hospital

(1952–53), documentation of the building of the award-winning medical facility known for innovative features such as pneumatic tube communications and building-wide air conditioning (North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Foundation).

The Devil’s Cleavage

(1973), George Kuchar’s camp feature made with his students at the San Francisco Art Institute (Pacific Film Archive).

Dimond Collection

(1927–1930), 9.5mm home movies of Minneapolis (Walker Art Center).

Du sang, de la volupte, et la mort

(1947-48), first film by the late Gregory Markopoulos (Temenos).

Fannie Hurst

(ca. 1930), newsreel story on the popular writer (University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center).

Far From Alone

(1955), temperance film that draws its message from the story of an athlete who declines participating in a TV program sponsored by a beer company (United Methodist Church, General Commission on Archives and History).

Film Feedback

(1972), Tony Conrad’s classroom project demonstrating the interplay of negative and positive in filmmaking (Anthology Film Archives).

Films of the Mayo Clinic

(1926–1945), documentation of anesthesiology, neurology, and internal medicine departments at the renowned clinic (Mayo Clinic).

The Flicker

(1966), Tony Conrad’s acclaimed experimental work constructed entirely of rapidly edited black-and-white frames (Anthology Film Archives).

Florida Home Movies

(1927–41), four amateur films of Palm Beach, the Everglades, hurricane devastation, and Miami’s Art Deco district before World War II (Florida Moving Image Archives).

Gandy Dancers Laying Railroad Tracks

(1940s), documentary about the railroad construction techniques prior to the introduction of modern machinery (East Tennessee State University, Archives of Appalachia).

Gillet Collection

(1950s), three films documenting the life of an American missionary family in Mozambique (Emory University).

Glick Collection

(1939), footage of the resettlement of European Jews in South America taken by the American representative of the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum).

It Sudses and Sudses

(1962), comic short about the perils of shaving, by amateur filmmaker Sid Laverents (UCLA Film & Television Archive).

Japan

(1957), acclaimed International Film Foundation documentary on modern Japan (New York Public Library).

Jesús T. Piñero

(1947), portrait of the island’s first native-born Governor, filmed with the assistance of former Farm Security Administration photographers Jack Delano and Edwin Rosskam (Archivo General de Puerto Rico).

Joan Crawford Home Movies

(1940–41; 1950s), home movies capturing the Hollywood star with her children and on hunting trips (George Eastman Museum). Play film

The Johns Hopkins Medical Units: WWII

(1942-46), footage documenting the wartime work of the university’s two civilian medical units serving the Pacific theater (Johns Hopkins University).

Kentucky Scenes

(1950), footage of small-town Kentucky after World War II (East Tennessee State University, Archives of Appalachia).

The Kidnapper’s Foil

(1948), production by itinerant filmmaker Melton Barker shot in Elizabethton, Tennessee (East Tennessee State University, Archives of Appalachia). Play film

Lexington, North Carolina

(ca. 1937–45), town portrait by H. Lee Waters (Duke University). Play film

Lexington, North Carolina

(ca. 1935–53), town portrait by H. Lee Waters (Duke University). Play film

Manischewitz Collection

(1924–57), home movies of the family whose name is synonymous with kosher products in America (National Center for Jewish Film).

Memorial Day Pelham NY 1929

(1929), town celebration film commissioned by the local American Legion post (Town of Pelham).

Middle East

(1958), International Film Foundation documentary surveying the diverse peoples of the region (New York Public Library).

Morgenthau Trip to Israel

(1951), footage of the visit to Israel by the former Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau (National Center for Jewish Film).

Pat Hennessey Massacre Pageant

(1939), film of the Wild West pageant celebrating the history of Hennessey, Oklahoma (Hennessey 2010 Association).

Peaches—Fresh For You

(1973), university-produced documentary that follows the peach production cycle from orchard to market (Clemson University).

Pennington Gap, Virginia

(1949–50), footage of the Tobacco Festival in Pennington Gap, Virginia (East Tennessee State University, Archives of Appalachia).

Regional and Rural Scenes from Pennington Gap, Virginia

(1953), footage showing the operations of the Old Dominion Power Company (East Tennessee State University, Archives of Appalachia).

Sallie Wagner Home Movie Collection

(1928–50), home movies, edited and intertitled by the filmmaker, showing daily life on the Navajo Reservation (New Mexico State Records Center and Archives).

Serpent Handlers’ Mountain Stream Baptism Ceremony

(1943), color footage of an immersion baptism service (East Tennessee State University, Archives of Appalachia).

Straight and Narrow

(1970), Tony Conrad’s further exploration of the flicker effect with music by Terry Riley and John Cale (Anthology Film Archives).

United May Day Parade

(1950), footage of the New York City May Day celebration, including shots of Paul Robeson on the dais (National Center for Jewish Film).

The Wheat Breeding Methods of John Overby

(1955), demonstration by John Overby of the techniques used decades earlier to develop Marvel and Spinkota wheat (South Dakota State University, South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum).

Whelpley Collection

(1941), footage of Cherry Hospital, originally known as the North Carolina Asylum for the Colored Insane, shot by its superintendent (Cherry Foundation).

Williams Collection: Part 1

(1933–34), footage of the around-the-world trip of journalist and university president Walter Williams, filmed by his photojournalist wife Sara Lockwood Williams (University of Missouri—Columbia).

Worship: A Family’s Heritage

(1952), documentary showing how the Methodist church responded to the growth in family churchgoing in the early fifties (United Methodist Church, General Commission on Archives and History).

Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club

(1962–80), footage of the Mardi Gras festivities of the African-American Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club (Historic New Orleans Collection).