Collection Items
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Film, VideoCicada Uses close-up, stop motion photography to portray the life cycle and habits of cicadas in brood 10 of 1936.- Contributor: Hyslop, James Augustus - American Film Center - United States. Department of Agriculture. Motion Picture Service - Turvey, Carl - Evans, Raymond
- Date: 1939
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Film, VideoAmerican scrapbook Dramatized incidents show various phases of life in the United States: the use of the centralized traffic control to direct the passing of two trains on a single track; the use of...- Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - General Electric Company
- Date: 1954
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Film, VideoManchukuo
Alternate title from main titles: Manchuria Depicts the Japanese occupation of Manchukuo. Describes the mechanization of industry. Includes scenes showing coal and iron mines, steel mills, railroads, government buildings, new housing, native Chinese life, shops and trade, the...- Contributor: Bryan, Julien H. (Julien Hequembourg) - Eastman Kodak Company. Teaching Films Division
- Date: 1938
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Film, VideoNews parade of the year 1945 MP3043 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: Castle Films, Inc.; 15Nov45; MP3043. Editor, Eugene W. Castle. Contents from MAVIS record. Not viewed. Sources used: M/B/RS Film and Television catalog card; original cataloging record (fi...- Contributor: Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Castle, Eugene W. - Castle Films, Inc
- Date: 1945
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Film, VideoFrom wheat to bread Demonstrates primitive methods of making bread; depicts a pioneer grist mill and a modern flour mill with its complex machines such as sifters, and purifiers; and shows the mixing, kneading, steaming, rising,...- Contributor: George Eastman House Collection (Library of Congress) - Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc - Eastman Teaching Films, Inc. (Rochester, N.Y.)
- Date: 1945
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Film, VideoAmericanism wins, Coolidge elected
RMA title: Calvin Coolidge as Governor of Massachusetts, 1919 | RMA title: Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge and their sons Views of Calvin Coolidge in the months surrounding his re-election as Massachusetts Governor, autumn 1919. Close shot of Coolidge, his wife Grace, and their sons John and Calvin, Jr., on porch of...- Contributor: Kinograms Publishing Corp - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1919
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Film, VideoJamestown Exposition, 1907 Scenes of Theodore Roosevelt at the Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk, Virginia, in April and June, 1907, participating in Jamestown's tercentennial celebration on April 26, its opening day, and later on Georgia Day,...- Contributor: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1907
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Film, VideoInternational naval review, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1907 Ships of foreign countries and the U.S. Atlantic Fleet participate in the international naval review which marks the opening of the Jamestown Exposition April 26, 1907. TR, with his family and guests,...- Contributor: Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1907
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Film, VideoThe Forbidden City, Pekin
Variant title from Roosevelt Memorial Association file: City of Pekin, China, 1903 | Panoramic view of the Forbidden City | Panorama of Forbidden City Views of the Forbidden City (Imperial Palace), Peking, China: camera, probably located atop the Meridian Gate (Wu Men) pans from the east, past the Gate of Great Harmony (T'ai Ho Men) with...- Contributor: Ackerman, Raymond - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Biograph Company - Theodore Roosevelt Association Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1903
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Film, VideoA day with Thomas A. Edison Documentary recording the 74-year-old Edison's collaborations with his staff, conversations with industrial leaders, and supervision of the factory's production line. The majority of the film chronicles Edison's trip to the incandescent light...- Contributor: Edison Collection (Library of Congress) - Bray Studios - General Electric Company
- Date: 1922
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Film, VideoThe living cell "Shows the division and growth of single-celled organisms, including yeast, amoebae, and paramecia, and of progressively more complex organisms, including the hydra and flatworm. Shows tissue cells, ciliated epithelium, and plant and...- Contributor: Hoke, George Wilson - Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc - Eastman Teaching Films, Inc. (Rochester, N.Y.)
- Date: 1945
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Film, VideoGhosts A tragedy in which the sins of a father are visited upon his children as revealed in the story of a young man who unknowingly falls in love with his half-sister. When...- Contributor: Alden, Mary - Smith, Russell E. - Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale) - Filson, AL - Griffith, D. W. (David Wark) - Afi/Killiam (Paul) Collection (Library of Congress) - Mutual Film Corporation - Ibsen, Henrik - Majestic Motion Picture Company - Nicholls, George - Blake, Loretta - Afi/Yale University Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1915
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Film, VideoThe river Depression-era documentary which chronicles the exploration and exploitation of the Mississippi River from the Civil War through the 1920s.- Contributor: Van Dyke, Willard - Afi/Sheerin (Robert M.) Collection (Library of Congress) - Museum of Modern Art Collection (Library of Congress) - Chalmers, Thomas - United States. Farm Security Administration - Zochling, Leo - Nosler, Lloyd - Lorentz, Pare - Crosby, Floyd - Woodard, Stacy - Young (Robert) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1938
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Film, VideoAngel. Togetherness
Togetherness Angelique, known as Angel, moves from France to the United States to marry American architect, John Smith. The newlyweds set up housekeeping in Los Angeles, California. She tries her best to be...- Contributor: CBS Television Network - Feldman, Edward H. (Edward Henry) - Oppenheimer, Jess - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Lynch, Kenneth - Keefer, Don - Davenport, William - Molin, Bud - Singleton, Doris - Daniel, Eliot ... CBS Television Network - Feldman, Edward H. (Edward Henry) - Oppenheimer, Jess - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Lynch, Kenneth - Keefer, Don - Davenport, William - Molin, Bud - Singleton, Doris - Daniel, Eliot - Burlingame Productions - De Grasse, Robert - CBS Films - Trump, Gerald - Johnson, Lamont - Fargé, Annie - Thompson, Marshall - Pelletier, Louis
- Date: 1961
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Film, VideoThe cry of jazz Uses dramatic dialogue, direct address argumentation, realist documentary illustration, an innovative music soundtrack, and essayistic construction to argue for jazz music as an expression of the situation of Black Americans. Seeing jazz...- Contributor: Miller, James - Leist, Norman - Higgins, Eddie - Waller, George - Hill, Nelam L. - Macfadyen, Gavin - Horton, Dorothea - Priester, Julian - Severson, Paul - Bland, Ed ... Miller, James - Leist, Norman - Higgins, Eddie - Waller, George - Hill, Nelam L. - Macfadyen, Gavin - Horton, Dorothea - Priester, Julian - Severson, Paul - Bland, Ed - Duncan, Andrew - Starr, Hank - Khtb Productions - Inman, Laroy - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - Kennedy, Mark - Dillon, Melinda - Alk, Howard - Sun Ra
- Date: 1959
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Film, VideoTo live as free men This film is about the Penn School, a school for African Americans in the Sea Islands of South Carolina. It discusses the history of slavery on the islands and the school's role...- Contributor: Silver, John - Hathen Productions - Silver (John) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1942
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Film, VideoAll my babies...a midwife's own story
Midwife's own story A training film for midwives. Shows in detail a complete delivery and demonstrates the approved procedures to be used by the midwife before, during, and after delivery. Follows a midwife, Mrs. Mary...- Contributor: Mitchell, Hannah D. - Columbia University. Press. Center for Mass Communication - Association of American Medical Colleges. Medical Audio-Visual Institute - Applebaum, Louis - Stoney, George C. - Cadwallader, Marian F. - Cummins, Sylvia K. - Georgia. Department of Public Health - Bond, Peaslee
- Date: 1953
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Film, VideoA trip down Market Street before the fire "Produced as part of the popular Hale's Tours of the World film series, the film begins at the location of the Miles Brothers film studio, 1139 Market Street, between 8th and 9th...- Contributor: Miles Brothers
- Date: 1906
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Film, VideoSan Francisco earthquake and fire, April 18, 1906 Shows the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906, and the devastation resulting from the subsequent three-day fire. The earthquake struck at 5:12 a.m. San Francisco, with thousands of...- Date: 1906
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Film, VideoCasey at the bat
Title from M/B/RS preliminary cataloging record: DeWolf Hopper, Casey at the bat | Title from MAVIS database: De Wolf Hopper: Casey at the bat | Title on donor inventory: De Forest "De Wolf Hopper recites the poem, 'Casey at the bat,' by E.L. Thayer"--M/B/RS Film and Television catalog card.- Contributor: Hopper, De Wolf - Thayer, Ernest Lawrence - De Forest Phonofilm Corporation - Afi/Zouary (Maurice) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1922
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Film, VideoThe stenographer's friend, or, What was accomplished by an Edison business phonograph
What was accomplished by an Edison business phonograph It's a busy day at the office, and the stenographer is exhausted from trying to keep up with the demands on her skills. Even when she stays late, she cannot catch up...- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Edison Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1910
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Film, Video[Theater commercial--Flash cleaner]
Product ads Film advertisement for Flash Cleaner, "cleans the hands and homes of millions." Features triple-exposure shots appealing to both the factory mechanic and the housewife.- Contributor: Afi/Keene State College Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 192?
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Film, Video[Theater commercial--Warner's corsets]
Warner corset advertisement A fictionalized story of "Warner's fashionable rust-proof corsets, guaranteed not to rust, break or tear." On the way to bed, a little girl spies her mother's corset and tries it on in...- Contributor: Afi/Raes (Walter K. And Marika A.) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 191?
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Film, Video[Theater commercial--electric refrigerators]. Buy an electric refrigerator
Buy an electric refrigerator. Largely graphic commercial for electric refrigerators in general and a refrigerator show, presumably in Pittsburgh, in particular.- Contributor: Afi/Kalinowski (Eugene) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1926
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Film, Video[Vitagraph paper print fragments. No. 5] Copyright: each fragment registered separately; copyright information given in content notes. Running time of 19 minutes for digital file includes added titles. All acetate material copied from bromide photographic paper prints deposited...- Contributor: Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Vitagraph Company of America
- Date: 1908
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Film, Video[Vitagraph paper print fragments. No. 7] Copyright: each fragment registered separately; copyright information given in content notes. Running time of 21 minutes for digital file includes added titles. All acetate material copied from bromide photographic paper prints deposited...- Contributor: Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Vitagraph Company of America
- Date: 1908
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Film, Video[Vitagraph paper print fragments. No. 8] Copyright: each fragment registered separately; copyright information given in content notes. Running time of 22 minutes for digital file includes added titles. All acetate material copied from bromide photographic paper prints deposited...- Contributor: Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Vitagraph Company of America
- Date: 1908
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Film, Video[Vitagraph paper print fragments. No. 9] Copyright: each fragment registered separately; copyright information given in content notes. Running time of 17 minutes for digital file includes added titles. All acetate material copied from bromide photographic paper prints deposited...- Contributor: Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Vitagraph Company of America
- Date: 1908
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Film, Video[Vitagraph paper print fragments. No. 13] Copyright: each fragment registered separately; copyright information given in content notes. Running time of 24 minutes for digital file includes added titles. All acetate material copied from bromide photographic paper prints deposited...- Contributor: Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Vitagraph Company of America
- Date: 1909
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Film, VideoLand of the free
Automotive industry Presents the panoply of American history, the richness of American human and natural resources, and the greatness of American freedoms. Reviews the country's industrial and agriculture wealth and relates the stories of...- Contributor: Wilding Picture Productions. Distribution Department - Wilding Picture Productions - Chrysler Corporation. Dodge Division - Weeks, AL - Pelletier, Vincent
- Date: 1940
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Film, VideoBehind your radio dial This program presents a backstage view of radio and television broadcasting. It includes capsule summaries of the departments making up the NBC network organization, scenes of rehearsals and broadcasts by NBC's top...- Contributor: Shulman, Alan - Sullivan, Neil - Montagne, Edward J. - Reisman, Philip H. - Grauer, Ben - Toscanini, Arturo - RKO-Pathe - National Broadcasting Company
- Date: 1949
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Film, VideoThe lost battalion Based on the experiences of soldiers in the American 77th Infantry Division, about 550 of whom were isolated and surrounded by the Germans during the Battle of the Argonne in World War...- Contributor: Young, Tammany - Davenport, Blanche - King, Burton - Coakley, Marion - D'albrook, Sidney - Macmanus Corporation - Logue, Charles A. - Robson, May - Learn, Bessie - Macmanus, Edward A. - W.H. Productions Company - Ferguson, Helen - Glass, Gaston
- Date: 1919
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Film, VideoInterior N.Y. subway, 14th St. to 42nd St
Interior New York subway, Fourteenth Street to Forty-second Street | Title from Biograph production log: Interborough Subway 8 from 14th St. to 42nd St | Variant title from Biograph production log: Interborough subway from 14th St. to 42nd St | Variant title from the Internet movie database: New York subway | Variant title from the Internet movie database: In the N.Y. subway | Variant title from the Internet movie database: Interboro subway | Interborough Subway 8 from 14th St. to 42nd St. | Interborough subway from 14th St. to 42nd St. | New York subway | In the N.Y. subway | Interboro subway The camera platform was on the front of a New York subway train following another train on the same track. Lighting is provided by a specially constructed work car on a parallel...- Contributor: Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Bitzer, G. W. - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1905
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Film, VideoParade, fiftieth anniversary, Atlantic City, N.J.
Parade, 50th anniversary, Atlantic City, N.J. Shows a parade held in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of Atlantic City in 1854. Includes views of patriotic floats, a U.S. Army Drum and Bugle Corps, and the...- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress) - Waters, Percival L.
- Date: 1904
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Film, VideoBattle of Chemulpo Bay A historical re-enactment of a naval battle in Chemulpo Bay off the coast of Korea during the Russo-Japanese war. Shows a Japanese ship damaging one Russian vessel and sinking another.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Porter, Edwin S. - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1904
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Film, VideoThe life of Buffalo Bill. Parts I-III
Life of Buffalo Bill | Erroneous title: Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Far East Several events from Buffalo Bill Cody's life are reenacted in the form of dreamed flashbacks. Many scenes are from the Wild West show scenarios, including Buffalo Bill taking the scalp of Yellow...- Contributor: Buffalo Bill & Pawnee Bill Film Co - Ernst (Louise) Collection (Library of Congress) - O'Brien, John B.
- Date: 1912
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Film, VideoConey Island at night Shows concessions at Thompson and Dundy's Luna Park and Dreamland on Coney Island. Taken at night by the light of the concessions themselves. Shows both close-up and distance shots, elevated and at...- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Porter, Edwin S. - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1905
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Film, VideoSkirmish between Russian and Japanese advance guards
Former erroneous title: Japanese outpost on the Yalu River Renactment of a skirmish that was likely to have occurred in the Russo-Japanese War. Opens with an establishing scene entitled "A Japanese outpost on the Yalu River," which shows the Japanese soldiers...- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Porter, Edwin S. - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1904
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Film, VideoMystic Shriner's Day, Dreamland, Coney Island A parade of Mystic Shriners in ritual costumes and traditional hats, carrying a banner reading "Mecca"; some walk, some are mounted on horses, a few ride on camels and on one elephant....- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1905
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Film, VideoNative woman washing a Negro baby in Nassau, B.I. A woman puts a toddler-aged boy into a washtub outdoors and vigorously washes him; camera pans left to show other women and children who scatter.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1903