Author: Ashley S Behringer

Behind the Scenes: Providing Access to Supreme Court Oral Arguments

by Ashley S Behringer, posted in Audio Recordings

412_DSP_WashingtonDC_018_8x10, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5997922 Today’s post was written by Dan Rooney, Director of NARA's Special Media Records Division.  The National Archives Catalog Newsletter recently highlighted that the Moving Image and Sound Branch has made the totality of its Supreme Court audio recordings available for research in the National Archives Catalog. The Catalog can now facilitate access to … Continue reading Behind the Scenes: Providing Access to Supreme Court Oral Arguments

Voice of America Meets the Harmon Foundation

by Ashley S Behringer, posted in African American History, Native Americans

"The Crocodile Hunt," H-HN-AA-3A-2 Among the tens of thousands of Voice of America [VOA] programs in the National Archives are quite a few about… the National Archives [NARA]! In recent processing, we found a specific and interesting VOA/NARA crossover. McKeever Interview with Nancy Malan, 306-VOAa-73-8334 In 1973, VOA reporter Linda McKeever interviewed NARA archivist Nancy … Continue reading Voice of America Meets the Harmon Foundation

X-15A Flight No. 3-7-14: To the Edge of Space

by Ashley S Behringer, posted in Motion Pictures, NASA, U.S. Air Force, Uncategorized

Separation from B-52. 342-USAF-30182, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/68330 The X-15 did not take off. It must have stuck out its thumb, because it hitched a ride into flight. On July 17, 1962, Air Force Maj. Robert White took to the air with his X-15 mounted under the wing of a modified B-52. After separating from the mothership, he … Continue reading X-15A Flight No. 3-7-14: To the Edge of Space

A Marquee Show at Valley Forge

by Ashley S Behringer, posted in Motion Pictures, National Park Service

"George Washington's Tent," 79-HFC-482 Without context, "George Washington's Tent" may seem a bit odd even by the standards of government filmmaking. Three minutes of a man silently writing? (You can jump to 3:10 in if you want some action.) Further, it won't take a cinematic expert to note that this work is one long take … Continue reading A Marquee Show at Valley Forge

Fat Bear Week 1978

by Ashley S Behringer, posted in Alaska, Animals, Motion Pictures, National Park Service

79-HFC-383x1 Every fall, the brown bears of Katmai National Park embark upon one of the greatest food binges in the natural world. Entering a state of hyperphagia (hypereating), they pack on up to four pounds a day as they prepare to hibernate over the winter. Some bears weigh over 1000 pounds by the end of … Continue reading Fat Bear Week 1978

A User’s Guide to World War II-Era Radio in the National Archives

by Ashley S Behringer, posted in United States Information Agency (USIA), World War II

"A Mobile Radio Unit Is Installed In This Jeep Of The 323rd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, Based At Bassingbourne, England; Lt. Stull Is The Driver Of The Vehicle. 22 May 1943", 342-FH-3A12741-69518AC The National Archives’ extensive holdings of World War II-era radio broadcasts have long been overshadowed by our flashier newsreel holdings. Nonetheless, a … Continue reading A User’s Guide to World War II-Era Radio in the National Archives

Korean War Refugees in Signal Corps Films

by Ashley S Behringer, posted in Films, Korean War

The displacement and violence of the conflict that would ultimately become the Korean War began years before the invasion of South Korea on June 25, 1950. As Soviet troops entered the Japanese-occupied Korean peninsula from the north and America and its allies entered from the south, the two parties agreed in 1945 to establish sectors … Continue reading Korean War Refugees in Signal Corps Films

You Can’t Do Business with Hitler

by Ashley S Behringer, posted in World War II

Office for Emergency Management, 179-WP-28, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/533886 The Office for Emergency Management created several radio series for the American homefront during World War II. Among these was You Can't Do Business with Hitler. We in the Moving Image and Sound Branch branch have recently worked to process this and other freshly-digitized materials from the OEM. You … Continue reading You Can’t Do Business with Hitler

Sinking the Fleets of World War I

by Ashley S Behringer, posted in Uncategorized

Some of the National Archives’ finest footage of the bombardment and sinking of World War I-era ships dates from after the war. In 1921, 1923, and 1931, the United States Navy, in cooperation with the Army Air Forces, bombarded American and German vessels with bombs ranging in size from 25 to 2000 pounds. These spectacles … Continue reading Sinking the Fleets of World War I

Lesser-Known and “Hidden” Newsreels of NARA

by Ashley S Behringer, posted in Military, Motion Pictures, World War II

You may be familiar with some of the big series of newsreels we hold here at NARA: March of Time, Universal, United News, and War Pictorial News. Recently, as part of an online course about newsreels, I took a deep dive into other newsreels domestic and foreign, which are frequently interfiled in other series. NARA … Continue reading Lesser-Known and “Hidden” Newsreels of NARA