John L. Brom films
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Various film materials shot in Africa during, primarily, the fifties by John Brom, a Czech filmmaker. Suppemental materials: photographs, audio tapes, publicity materials, books. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As …
University of Illinois educational film collection
Collection consists of approximately 20 educational films relating to Japanese society and culture that were being retired from the University of Illinois-Urbana Asian Educational Media Service. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation …
Penn State educational films
Collection consists of at least 15 film prints retired from Penn State's Audio-Visual Services Library. Comprises two accessions: 1991.08 and 1993.15. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may …
Hubert Smith collection
Video recordings (color sound)
Film footage and edited films of Hubert Smith. Film projectes represented in the collection include Single Parent, The Living Maya, and a work on leadership of the Aymara of Boliva, made from the American Unviersity Field Staff Faces of Change Series films. Please note that the contents of the collection …
Man TV
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Collection consists of 37 episodes of the Japanese documentary series Man TV. The tevision broadcast series was produced by Jun'ichi Ushiyama for Nippon A-V (NAV). Film crews would spend extended periods, often over several years, with the cultural groups documented. The series was originally produced for Japanese audiences and later modified …
Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection
Chickering, Lisa
7 Sound tape reels
5 Electronic discs (DVD)
1 Videocassettes (U-matic)
5 Videocassettes (Digital Betacam)
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18 Sound discs (vinyl)
4 Cassette tapes
The Lisa Chickering and Jeanne Porterfield collection documents their work as travel filmmakers, photographers, and writers from 1954-2015. Their films are an example of the travel lecture film, a genre which combined silent travelogue films with live narration. Chickering and Porterfield presented their films throughout the United States and Canada in the 1960s and 1970s before turning to freelance still photography and travel writing in the early 1980s. The audiovisual and photography collection begins with their first joint travels in the 1950s and covers a range of their professional activities through the early 2000s, mainly encompassing original travel footage, edited travelogues, and travel still photography. Supporting documentation includes film scripts, lecture recordings, personal and professional manuscripts, financial and professional records, and a substantial amount of newspaper and magazine articles which serve as a record of the press generated by and about Chickering and Porterfield.
REMC 2 educational film collection
Titles are educational films of ethnographic interest dating back to late 40s but primarily from 60s and 70s. Some film titles came with teacher instructional information found in film cans. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of …
Edward Higbee films
Films created and collected by Edward Higbee. Films were donated in three groups: Edited film "Capetown to Cairo" and outtakes shot and edited by Edward Higbee in 1929. Films shot by E. C. Higbee c. 1925 and 1926 in Bermuda and the British West Indies; Kodak Cinegraph titled HAITI, JAMAICA, NASSAU, AND CURACAO …
Films Inc. educational films collection
Collection consists of 35 titles selected from a list of preview prints Films Inc. was seeking to gift to various archives. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its …
Sandra Nichols collection
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Collection comprises the edited films and outtakes of several films: Maragoli (1976); The Fragile Mountain (1982); The Fountains of Paradise (1984); The Water of Ayole (1988); An African Recovery (1990). May also contain uncut footage from an uncompleted project in Cameroon. Suppplementaty materials: audio recordings, field notes, production logs, transcripts of interviews, photographs. Please note …
