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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 | 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 Hand, an Indian attack on a wagon train, and a posse chase of a bandit named "Buck McCandell". The film is bookended by shots of the real Buffalo Bill preparing to nap...- Contributor: Buffalo Bill & Pawnee Bill Film Co - Ernst (Louise) Collection (Library of Congress) - O'Brien, John B.
- Date: 1912-01-01
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Film, VideoBuffalo Bill's Wild West parade
Parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West The film shows a parade down Fifth Avenue, New York. In the foreground many children, both black and white, can be seen following alongside the parade. The participants in the parade include cowboys, Indians, and soldiers in the uniform of the United States Cavalry on horseback and riding horse-drawn coaches. Buffalo Bill can be seen on horseback, lifting his hat to the crowd.- Contributor: Armitage, F. S. - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1901-01-01
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Film, VideoBuffalo Bill--peaux rouges
Buffalo Bill--redskins | Cirque Buffalo Bill--peaux rouges | Collection of Lumière films from the Cinémathèque française Indians from North America dance and perform in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.- Contributor: Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques - Cinémathèque Française Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1896-01-01
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Film, VideoParade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. No. 2
Variant title from Edison motion pictures: Buffalo Bill's Wild West show Crowds of people watch a parade of Buffalo Bill's Wild West in Newark, New Jersey. In the procession are mounted cavalry, American Indians, Arabs, Cossacks, Turks, Abysinnians, hosts of other riders, and many carriages.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Heise, William
- Date: 1898-01-01
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Film, VideoBuffalo dance Three Sioux Indians in full regalia perform a "buffalo dance", while two others use drums to supply a rhythm. The three dancers move around in a circle as they perform the various actions that are part of the dance. All three wear feathers in their headbands and two wear decorative tails.- Contributor: Hair Coat - Strong Talker - Parts His Hair - Last Horse - Pine - Heise, William - Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie) - Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1894-01-01
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ArticleLittle big man Jack Crabb is 121 years old. And he's done it all. He's been a full-fledged Cheyenne, an Indian fighter, a snake oil merchant, master gunman, drinking buddy of Wild Bill Hickok, colleague of Buffalo Bill, and is the only survivor of Custer's Last Stand. Crabb is either the Old West's most neglected hero or the biggest liar ever to cross the Mississippi.- Contributor: LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1983
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Film, VideoWild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS & Modern American Espionage Author Douglas Waller discusses "Wild" Bill Donovan and his role in the OSS and modern American espionage, the subject of his new book.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2011
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Film, VideoSioux ghost dance
Ghost dance "One of the most peculiar customs of the Sioux Tribe is here shown, the dancers being genuine Sioux Indians, in full war paint and war costumes. 40 feet"--Edison films catalog.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie) - Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress) - Heise, William
- Date: 1894-01-01
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Film, VideoJazz conversation with Jim Hall videorecording | videorecording ; 57 min. | Recorded on March 30, 2009 (Date). Speaker Biography: Jim [James Stanley] Hall was born in Buffalo, Dec. 4, 1930. After studying composition at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Hall moved to Los Angeles where he studied classical guitar and began working with Chico Hamilton's Quintet and the Jimmy Giuffre Three. A gifted, thoughtful improviser, Hall is best...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Hall, Jim - Appelbaum, Larry
- Date: 2009
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Film, VideoBucking broncho
Bucking bronco | Bucking bronchos "A fine exhibition of horsemanship by Lee Martin, a genuine cowboy. This particular broncho is an unusually wicked one. 40 feet"--Edison films catalog, no. 105.- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie) - Heise, William
- Date: 1894-01-01
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personal narrativeJames Ross Reed Collection Staff Sergeant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Clearwater, Florida; Gulfport, Mississippi; Buffalo, New York; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Brownsville, and Dallas, Texas; Reno, Nevada; Nashville, Tennessee; Naples and Rome, Italy; Paris, France; Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; Africa. Staff Sergeant, Air Force, Cold War - Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri.- Contributor: Americans Remembered, Inc - Diane Amoresano Ditizii - Reed, James Ross - National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) - Swanson, Gary - Babcock, Robert
- Date: 1942
- Resource: Interview / Recording - Video - 00:53:04.8
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Film, VideoAfrican American Doctors of World War I. Historians W. Douglas Fisher and Joann H. Buckley discuss their book, "African American Doctors of World War I: The Lives of 104 Volunteers." Inspired by his grandfather's diaries and letters, Fisher and Buckley share the stories of the doctors who cared for the 40,000 men of the 92nd and 93rd Divisions, the Army's only black combat units.They bring to light a significant yet overlooked...- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Serial & Government Publications Division
- Date: 2017
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Film, VideoPreserving Public Broadcasting at 50 Years The Library of Congress and Boston's WGBH celebrated the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 with a series of panels featuring pioneers and experts in public broadcasting. The symposium included discussions on news and public affairs talk shows, documentaries and educational uses of public broadcasting. Speakers included Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, Letitia King, Jon Abbott, Newton Minow,...- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2017
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Film, VideoBird's-eye view of San Francisco, Cal., from a balloon As early as 1874, passenger balloon flights were being made over San Francisco. San Franciscans - and Americans in general - were fascinated with the thrills and dangers of flight. Although balloon technology had not advanced greatly by the turn of the century, attempts at man-powered flight were sustaining public interest. The era of powered flight arrived in 1903 with the Wright brothers' flight...- Contributor: Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1902-01-01
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Film, VideoJack Kemp, An American Idealist Morton Kondracke discussed the life and political career of Jack Kemp. Kemp served nine terms in Congress as a representative from New York and as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under the George H.W. Bush administration. He is known as a leading advocate of supply-side economics, and co-sponsored the law that resulted in the 1981 tax cuts under President Ronald Reagan. Kemp was...- Contributor: Library of Congress - John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2012
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Film, VideoJack Kemp: A Congressman Who Changed America A discussion on Jack Kemp's congressional career, leadership and influence on the Republican Party and the nation.- Contributor: Library of Congress - John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2013
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personal narrativeWilliam Augustus Read, Jr. Collection Lieutenant Commander, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Pensacola, Florida; San Diego, California; Pacific Theater.- Contributor: Traill, David - Read Jr., William Augustus - Metzger, Charles - Suncoast Community High School
- Date: 1942
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Film, VideoA Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove: A History of American Women Told Through Food, Recipes and Remembrances Laura Schenone, author of "A Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove: A History of American Women Told Through Food, Recipes and Remembrances," gave a lecture followed by a book-signing. Her book celebrates the power of food throughout American history and in the lives of women. It recounts how American women have gathered, cooked and prepared food for lovers, strangers and family, from prehistory to...- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division
- Date: 2005
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Film, VideoJack Kemp & the Reagan Revolutionaries in the House I. The Jack Kemp Foundation and the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress co-hosted this symposium that brought together colleagues of Republican Congressman Jack Kemp, along with journalists who covered his career, to elicit and record their recollections and reflections upon Kemp's successes and failures as a leader in Congress, and his place in the history of the Reagan Revolution, the Republican...- Contributor: Library of Congress - John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2012
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Film, VideoThe Comic Book Legal Defense Fund: Comics & the Power of Intellectual Freedom Charles Brownstein shared the history of comic book censorship from the medium's origins to the present day. He discussed the censorship trend that began in the 1940s, and how history informs legal challenges to graphic novels today. This program is the sixth annual SPX Festival program sponsored by the Library of Congress through its Serial and Government Publications Division.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Serial & Government Publications Division
- Date: 2017
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personal narrativeDenton W. Crocker Collection Technician Four, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - New Guinea; Morotai Island (Moluccas); Philippines; Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Japan.- Contributor: Crocker, Denton W. - Crocker, Denton
- Date: 1942
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Film, VideoFrontera Sin Frontera A panel of experts discusses the poetry traditions of the United States and Mexico and the literary exchanges between the two countries, shedding light on the historical, political and cultural heritages of both nations.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office
- Date: 2011
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Film, VideoConnecting American Indian & Federal Libraries: Native American Research & Resources Presentations on the American Indian Library Initiative (AILI) of FEDLINK, the Federal Library and Information Network. AILI identifies and establishes federal networks of value to American Indian libraries. These include preservation, digitization, cataloging, reference services, event and training opportunities on core information services and access to existing federal resources in legal and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) knowledge collections. The program featured a...- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2015
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Film, VideoAlice Marie (Reynolds) Lee and Daniel Elmer Lee interview conducted by Brent A. Bjorkman, 2014-06-24 Born two-and-a-half miles from the Mammoth Cave entrance, Daniel Lee's family moved to Cave City when he was ten after their land was enveloped by the National Park designation. He took a job in the park service after leaving the military in 1948 and married his wife, Alice, that same year. He talks about his 31-year career in the National Park Service, moving between...- Contributor: Occupational Folklife Project - Lee, Daniel Elmer - Lee, Alice Marie - Björkman, Brent
- Date: 2014-01-01
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personal narrativeAntonio Montognese Collection Corporal, Army, Korean War, 1950-1953 - Korea.- Contributor: Thomas A. Sawyer - Aib College of Business, Des Moines, Iowa - Jane A. Carson - National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) - Montognese, Antonio - Wright, Ann
- Date: 1950