Video Press Kits Collection
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- Creators:
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Community Life, Div. of, NMAH, SI
Erol's Video Club.
- Dates:
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undated
1935-1993
- Size:
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24 Cubic feet (80 boxes, 11 oversized folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0748
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Video Press Kit Collection contains press kits produced from the late 1970s to the early 1990s for over 5,000 film titles for domestic and foreign productions dating from the 1930s to the early 1990s. This collection was created by Erol's Video Club in Springfield, Virginia. The date span of the collection reflects the release dates of the films profiled in the press kits.
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- Creators:
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
- Dates:
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1978
- Size:
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-024
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession contains film and sound elements used to create the exhibition film "Full Speed Ahead." This film is a presentation of Franklin D. Roosevelt talking about the role of the American merchant marine and shipbuilding industry during World War II, featuring period film.
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- Creators:
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
- Dates:
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1976
- Size:
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11.14 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes) (3 film boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-056
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of film and sound used to create the film "Celebrating a Century: The 1876 Philadelphia Exhibition." This film accompanied the exhibition "1876: A Centennial Exhibition," which opened in the Arts and Industries Building in 1976, and documents the history of the Philadelphia Exhibition. It was narrated by James Whitmore....
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- Creators:
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Smithsonian Productions.
- Dates:
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circa 1979-2001
- Size:
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5.14 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (3 film boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 14-205
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of audiovisual elements created during the production of films and videos for exhibitions at the National Museum of American History. Some materials may be footage of an exhibition or public program. In a few cases, neither the title of the video nor the exhibition is known. Materials include videotapes, film, magnetic ...
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- Creators:
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Lodge, Arthur
National Association of Manufacturers
Arthur Lodge Productions.
- Dates:
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1950 - 1959
- Size:
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42.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0507
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
INDUSTRY ON PARADE was a television series created by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) from 1950-1960. The series consisted of weekly episodes that highlighted American manufacturing and business. Hundreds of companies and products were documented during the programs decade-long run.
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Engman, David
Simmons, David
Society for Industrial Archaeology
Starbuck, David, Dr.
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1968-2000
- Size:
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26 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0688
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of the records of the Society for Industrial Archaeology, including officers' files; grant files, journals, newsletters, editorial files, films, photographs, and posters.
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Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI
Dyer, Randolph N., II
LCL Corporation.
- Dates:
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1927-ca. 1970.
- Size:
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3.6 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1170
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists mostly of films and photographs on the subjects of freight and containerization, especially railroad containerization. The containerization of building materials is the subject of most of the photographs, especially cement.
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Cincinnati Boss Company.
- Dates:
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1900-1990
- Size:
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11.75 Cubic feet (32 boxes)
3 Film reels
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0741
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection includes business records, photographs, films, and trade literature documenting the company's meat packing operations.
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- Creators:
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
- Dates:
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1981, 1995
- Size:
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 05-267
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of camera rolls used in the production of "John Bull: The World's Oldest Operable Locomotive" (5:11). This 1981 film documents the John Bull, the world's oldest operable locomotive, running down the rails under its own steam on the occasion of its 150th anniversary. It accompanies the National Museum of American Hi...
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- Creators:
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National Cotton Council
- Dates:
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circa 1945-1999, undated
- Size:
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28 Cubic feet (48 boxes)
224 motion picture films
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1177
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists primaily of photographs and films created by the National Cotton Council (NCC) to document cotton production and use and to support the advocacy and educational work of the organization.