(1973),
documentation of major construction projects underway in downtown Atlanta, produced for the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
(Atlanta History Center).
Play film
The Bennet-Bird Bolivia Expedition
(1933–34),
documentation of ten Inca and pre-Inca archaeological sites, with footage of Aymara native life
(American Museum of Natural History).
Bop Scotch
(1952),
early experimental short by Jordan Belson, featuring animated close-ups of San Francisco sidewalks and byways
(Pacific Film Archive).
By the Sea
(1982),
experimental short by Toney W. Merritt, filmed from San Francisco’s Telegraph Hill
(Canyon Cinema Foundation).
The Chiefs
(1973),
footage of Atlanta’s short-lived soccer team, produced for the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
(Atlanta History Center).
Play film
Come to a Point Like an Ice Cream Cone
(1995),
documentary on early 20th century circus and sideshow culture by Heather McAdams and Chris Ligon
(Chicago Film Society).
(1971),
experimental documentary by Alexis Krasilovsky featuring Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg, the first undergraduate student film made by a woman at Yale University
(Yale Film Archive).
Fetal Pig Anatomy
(1989),
Heather McAdams’s found footage montage of atomic test footage and animal dissection
(Chicago Film Society).
Fresh Kill
(1994),
experimental activist feature directed by Shu Lea Cheang, featuring Karen Finley and an all-woman camera crew
(New York University).
Geysers, Mudpots, and Pools of Mysterious Yellowstone
(ca.1949–51),
educational film directed and edited by Chief Ranger Specialist Daniel de Lancey Condon
(Yellowstone National Park Archives).
Glimpses of Hispaniola
(1929–30),
footage of an expedition to the Dominican Republic to collect reptile and amphibian specimens
(American Museum of Natural History).
The Gold Rush
(1925),
surviving reel of the only known original tint of a Chaplin feature
(George Eastman Museum).
Great Smokies
(ca.1954–55),
home movies by Georgia politician and business magnate James Vinson Carmichael of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
(Emory University).
Halfway Home
(ca.1960),
filmed presentation on housing issues by the Citizens Advisory Committee for Urban Renewal and the City of Atlanta Planning Department
(Atlanta History Center).
Play film
The Heart of Cleveland
(1924),
sponsored film produced by the Rothacker Film Manufacturing Company for the Cleveland Illuminating Company, to encourage mass rural electrification
(Hagley Museum and Library).
Play film
Holiday Magic
(1985),
Heather McAdams’s satirical collage of hair care and beauty product commercials
(Chicago Film Society).
Indian Summer
(1960),
documentary by Jules Victor Schwerin, with music by Pete and Mike Seeger, on the construction of New York’s Cannonsville Reservoir and displacement of local communities
(Delaware County Historical Association).
The Innerview
(1972),
psychedelic avant-garde feature directed by and starring Richard Beymer
(Northeast Historic Film).
(1980),
educational film on dealing with teenage pregnancy, produced by Blackside Inc. for the Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare
(Washington University in St. Louis).
Play film
The Millionaire Vagrant
(1917),
silent feature about a millionaire who decides to live on six dollars a week, starring Charles Ray, Sylvia Breamer, and John Gilbert
(George Eastman Museum).
(1948),
portrait of the African American community of Durham, North Carolina, including the Hayti business district later destroyed by urban renewal
(Durham County Library).
Play film
The New CF&I Is Building
(ca. late 1940s),
documentation of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company’s post-WWII projects and expansion
(Bessemer Historical Society).
(early 1970s),
footage of businesses and African American neighborhoods in downtown Atlanta, produced for the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
(Atlanta History Center).
Play film
(1946),
conclusion of the “coach’s aid” instructional series featuring two-time Olympic gold winning coach Henry Iba
(Oklahoma State University).
Portrex
(1950),
home movie by Georgia business magnate James Vinson Carmichael of the U.S. military’s massive airborne-amphibious training exercise off Puerto Rico
(Emory University).
(1986),
Craig Baldwin’s kaleidoscopic collage-essay on Cold War neo-colonialism
(Anthology Film Archives).
Santa
(1932),
melodrama directed by Spanish-American silent star Antonio Moreno, one of the first features produced in Mexico with recorded dialogue
(Paso del Norte Community Foundation).
(ca.1952),
home movie of the vanished hunting lodge at the foot of Tennessee’s Great Smokey Mountains, filmed by Georgia politician and business magnate James Vinson Carmichael
(Emory University).
The Scratchman
(1980),
found footage parody of industrial filmmaking by Heather McAdams
(Chicago Film Society).
The Scratchman II
(1982),
Heather McAdams’s second found footage parody of industrial filmmaking
(Chicago Film Society).
The Shadow Line
(1985),
Toney W. Merritt’s adaptation of a chapter from a novel by Stanislaw Lem
(Canyon Cinema Foundation).
(1944),
sponsored film on the manufacturing of artillery shells by the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
(Bessemer Historical Society).
Symbols to Live By
(1956),
sponsored film narrated by Lowell Thomas, produced for the Barre Granite Association to promote the manufacturing of granite for monuments
(Vermont Granite Museum of Barre).
Ted Stevens Collection
(ca.1949),
amateur film of the Alaska Senator’s family life and travels throughout the Pacific Northwest
(Ted Stevens Foundation).
Play film
A Trip Around Yellowstone National Park
(ca.1940–42),
educational film directed and edited by Chief Ranger Specialist Daniel de Lancey Condon
(Yellowstone National Park Archives).
Vardy Community Footage
(ca.1946–47),
home movies of Tennessee’s remote Vardy valley and its Melungeon residents, filmed by a Presbyterian missionary
(Knox County Public Library).
(1960),
sponsored film for the Barre Granite Association to raise awareness of the state’s granite products, narrated by Lowell Thomas
(Vermont Granite Museum of Barre).
(1978),
Craig Baldwin’s critique of pop masculinity and consumerism, incorporating footage from Nintendo’s first arcade game released in the U.S.
(Anthology Film Archives).