2006 Partnership Grants

Austin: The Friendly City—A Tour of Austin

(1943), wartime promotional film produced by the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce (Austin History Center). Play film

Baymen—Our Waters Are Dying

(1977), debut film by Anne Belle that explores the Baymen of eastern Long Island (New York Public Library).

Billion Dollar Bug

(1926), Keystone Aircraft Company film documenting the introduction of crop dusting for cotton (National Air And Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution).

Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys in Enid, Oklahoma

(1942), roadside performance designed to drum up publicity for an upcoming gig (Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum).

Citizenship Proceedings of Joseph Isaac Schneerson

(1949), documentation of the rabbi’s naturalization ceremony (Jewish Educational Media).

The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company

(1920s), industrial film documenting one of the largest steelmaking plants west of the Mississippi (Bessemer Historical Society).

Country Music Home Movies

(1942–71), Kodachrome home movie of some of Country music’s brightest stars including Hank Williams, Jr. and Dolly Parton (Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum).

Dear Janice

(1972), experimental animation by Adam Beckett (iotaCenter).

Early Animations or Quaked Jokes

(1968–71), silent, black-and-white animation by Adam Beckett (iotaCenter).

Goodlett Collection

(1936), scenes of African American educators, entertainers, and businesspeople commissioned by the founder of the Atlanta Negro Chamber of Commerce (Atlanta History Center).

Hank Williams on the Louisiana Hayride

(1951–52), the only known footage of Hank Williams performing for the Louisiana Hayride radio show (Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum).

Home for Life

(1966), cinéma vérité documentary about two elderly arrivals at a home for the aged (Kartemquin Films).

Illinois: The Humane Warder

(1930s), examination of Illinois’ prison reforms (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum).

Keystone Aircraft Home Movie Collection

(1920s), home movies shot by company president Edgar N. Gott (National Air And Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution).

Lag B’omer Parade

(1957), film of the Lag B’omer children’s parade (Jewish Educational Media).

Let There Be Light

(1946), John Huston's controversial Signal Corps documentary exploring the treatment of psychologically scarred World War II combat veterans (National Archives And Records Administration). Play film

People, Power, Change

(1968), professor Luther Gerlach’s study of the black power and Neopentocostal movements in the United States and Central America (University of Minnesota).

Rabbi Schneerson’s Visit to New York

(1929), footage of the sixth Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic Rabbi arriving at the New York harbor (Jewish Educational Media).