(1969),
amateur footage by a USS Hornet crewman documenting the recovery of the module from the first spaceflight to land humans on the moon
(USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space Museum).
Play film
(1997),
dramatic feature on the efforts of an underground band of LGBT+ activists to expose political corruption surrounding the AIDS epidemic
(Frameline).
Clumsy Boxer
(1956),
physique modeling film by photographer Bob Mizer
(Bob Mizer Foundation).
The Clutch of Circumstance
(1918),
silent melodrama starring Corinne Griffith as an actress whose marriage is imperiled by success on Broadway
(George Eastman Museum).
Cranbrook Institute of Science Collection
(1935–38 & 1955–60),
eight educational films produced by the Institute on biology, botany, astronomy, and geology
(Cranbrook Educational Community).
The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy
(1980),
short feature by Kathleen Collins about three Puerto Rican brothers hired to renovate the home of an elderly Irish widow in New York
(Yale Film Archive).
David E. Finley Collection, Part III
(1928–35),
home movies of domestic life in Virginia and amateur theatricals by the first director of the National Gallery of Art
(National Gallery of Art).
(1973),
footage accompanying Fossey’s NGS lecture on research into gorilla behavior in the Virunga mountains of East Africa
(National Geographic Society).
Play film
(1920),
dramatized documentary produced by the National Organization for Public Health Nursing on challenges faced by medical workers during the 1918 flu epidemic
(Southern Oregon Historical Society).
(1981),
documentary by New York Times proofreader David Loeb Weiss on the last night the newspaper was printed entirely on “hot type”
(New York University).
Farmer and the Boxer
(1959),
physique modeling film by photographer Bob Mizer
(Bob Mizer Foundation).
Francis Lee: Whitemen and Missionaries on the Yukon Delta
(ca. 1970–73),
documentation of a Yup’ik village elder speaking about the first encounters between Lower Yukon native peoples and white men
(Alaska Moving Image Preservation Association).
Hiram Percy Maxim Collection
(1920s–30s),
11 reels shot by the inventor and Amateur Cinema League founder, including footage of the New England Flood of 1927 and the Maxim Silencer Company headquarters
(Hartford Public Library).
Play film
If This Ain’t Heaven
(1983),
poetic documentary by Roberta Cantow about a middle-aged, African-American New Yorker and his cat Africa
(New York Public Library).
In a Vacuum
(ca. 1956),
film of Sybil Shearer’s solo dance on the mechanization of the individual, first performed during her 1941 debut at Carnegie Hall
(Chicago Film Archives).
Life in the Department of Interior Architecture and Decoration at Moore
(1961),
fiction short repurposed from footage of Tehran’s Jewish ghetto filmed by Mohammad Ali Issari, official cinematographer to the Shah of Iran
(American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee).
No Peace on Earth
(ca. 1956),
photographer Helen Morrison’s documentation of a solo dance by Sybil Shearer
(Chicago Film Archives).
(early to mid-1960s),
footage of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens’ family life and travels, including documentation of the 1964 Good Friday earthquake
(Ted Stevens Foundation).
Play film
(early 1970s),
filmed report to constituents by Senator Ted Stevens, concerning the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(Ted Stevens Foundation).
Play film
The Romance of Iron and Steel
(1938),
sponsored film from the American Rolling Mill Company on the process of steel production, the earliest surviving work by Cinecraft Productions
(Hagley Museum and Library).
Play film
Royal Leonard Film Collection
(mid-1930s to early 40s),
footage shot by an elite aviator during service in wartime China
(Pan Am Historical Foundation).
Salute to Old Friends: Agnes de Mille
(ca. 1956),
Sybil Shearer’s solo dance tribute to a fellow dancer, set to music by the Dave Brubeck Quartet
(Chicago Film Archives).
Salute to Old Friends: Doris Humphrey
(ca. 1956),
Sybil Shearer’s solo dance tribute to a fellow dancer, set to music by Miles Davis
(Chicago Film Archives).
Salute to Old Friends: John Martin
(ca. 1956),
Sybil Shearer’s solo dance tribute to the New York Times’ dance critic, set to music by the Benny Goodman Quintet
(Chicago Film Archives).
Salute to Old Friends: Walter Terry
(ca. 1956),
Sybil Shearer’s solo dance tribute to the New York Herald Tribune’s dance critic, set to music by the Count Basie group
(Chicago Film Archives).
Santa
(1932),
melodrama produced by El Paso–based Azteca Films and directed by Spanish-American silent star Antonio Moreno, that was one of the first Mexican features made with recorded dialogue
(Paso del Norte Community Foundation).
Spang’s First Century
(ca. 1926),
feature-length sponsored film about Pittsburgh-based pipe manufacturer Spang Chalfant & Co.
(Pittsburgh Sound + Image).
(1921),
mystery-western about a wealthy young man who goes west to learn the truth about his parents, starring Tom Mix and Eva Novak
(UCLA Film & Television Archive).