(1968),
controversial profile of counter-culture Greenwich Village pastor, Rev. Al Carmines, which drew objections from its sponsor, the World Council of Churches (NYU Cinema Studies Dept.)
(New York University).
Art Discovers America
(1944),
documentary celebrating the coming of age of American art and featuring footage of Raphael Soyer, John Sloan, Thomas Hart Benton, and Reginald Marsh at work in their studios
(Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution).
Play film
(1980),
Joe Gibbons’ confessional self-portrait
(Bard College).
Construction of the Fort Peck Dam
(1939–50),
civil engineer’s home movies of the Public Works Administration project, with footage of President Truman’s visit
(Montana Historical Society).
Play film
(1976),
Andrea Callard’s study of light in lower Manhattan and the plant life it supports
(New York University).
Play film
Gilbreth Collection, Part 2
(1927–61),
research films by efficiency expert Lillian Gilbreth exploring home management improvements and help for disabled homemakers
(Purdue University).
(1949–55),
fundraiser profiling students of the Mather School, a Baptist mission school founded in Beaufort, South Carolina, in 1868 to educate freewomen
(American Baptist Historical Society).
Grays Harbor County
(ca. 1925–33),
a series of community portraits of coastal Washington shot on 35mm by a local photography studio
(University of Washington).
Play film
Indian Family of the Desert
(1964),
educational film depicting the life and traditions of the Cahuilla Indians of the Coachella Valley, as recounted by a tribal elder
(Agua Caliente Cultural Museum ).
In the Mountains Is a Place Called Home
(1959),
campus-made promotional film for the Presbyterian college serving southern Appalachia
(Lees McRae College).
(1973),
challenges of balancing motherhood and career, as documented by Claudia Weill and Joyce Chopra
(New York Public Library).
Judge Arthur E. Hopkins Collection
(1930s),
home movies exploring sites linked to Abraham Lincoln, revolutionary war hero George Rogers Clark, and Kentucky history
(Filson Historical Society).
Play film
Last of the Line
(1914),
Western in which Joe Goodboy, as leader of his tribe, must atone for his son, played by Sessue Hayakawa, who returns from school corrupted by the white man
(Museum of Modern Art).
(1934),
industrial short for promoting home appliances, commissioned for Southern California Edison and thought to be among the first live-action films produced in the three-strip Technicolor process
(Huntington Library).
Play film
My, My Michaelangelo
(1974),
stop-animation film by “No Wave” pioneer Amos Poe
(New York University).
(1964),
documentary of the museum’s seventh zoological trip to the island, foregrounding the contribution of native New Guineans on the collecting team
(American Museum of Natural History).
(1966),
profile of the pediatric teaching hospital, highlighting the facilities designed for babies born with congenital heart defects
(Children's Hospital Boston).
The Story of Creative Capital
(1957),
animated film sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce explaining the role of the investor in making capitalism work
(Hagley Museum and Library).
Play film
(1938),
footage of Bahamian coral reefs shot by underwater photography pioneer E.R. Fenimore Johnson
(Academy of Natural Sciences).
The Velvet Underground Tarot Cards
(1966),
Andy Warhol’s performance film of the legendary rock band
(Andy Warhol Museum).
Village Sunday
(1960),
loving portrait of Greenwich Village created by Stewart Wilensky and narrated by humorist Jean Shepard
(New York Public Library).
VT Fuze Collection
(1940s),
World War II films relating to the variable-time fuse, the technological breakthrough that increased the effectiveness of anti-aircraft shells
(Johns Hopkins University).
William and Evaline Gill Collection
(1930s),
home movies documenting the Matanuska Colonization Project, the New Deal program for relocating dust bowl farmers to Alaska
(Alaska Moving Image Preservation Association).