4-H Activities at the Mississippi Valley Fair

(mid 1940s), footage of the baking, sewing and livestock competitions at the fair in Scott County, Iowa (Davenport Public Library).

Agriculture in Iowa

(ca. 1940), footage of haymaking and cornhusking competitions (Davenport Public Library).

(ca. 1942), Scott Nixon’s pilgrimage to some 30 places sharing the name of his hometown (University of South Carolina, Moving Image Research Collections). Play film

(1924), fountain-of-youth melodrama with Corinne Griffith and Clara Bow (George Eastman Museum).

(1941), landmark African-American independent feature, written and directed by Spencer Williams (Southern Methodist University). Play film

(1962–74), films documenting the museum’s groundbreaking ceremony, dedication, and early activities (Los Angeles County Museum of Art).

(late 1940s), documentary about Yup’ik Eskimo life on St. Lawrence Island, filmed by a third-generation fur trader (Alaska Moving Image Preservation Association).

(1931), chronicle of an expedition to the headwaters of the Paraguay River, filmed by Floyd Crosby with synchronized sound (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology).

(1946–48), celebration commemorating the town’s ingenious circumvention of temperance laws (Davenport Public Library).

(ca. 1940), promotional film for the Victor film projector (Davenport Public Library).

(1930–39), films by award-winning home moviemaker Wallace Kelly (Center for Home Movies). Play film

(1933–45), home movies from the formative days of Las Vegas tourism (Nevada State Museum).