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With Strings Attached: Rice, Murder, and Awkward Communist Puppets

by Heidi Holmstrom, posted in Motion Pictures

Let’s suppose you have a child, and that child loves puppet shows. You might decide to introduce your child to The Muppets Take Manhattan or the Thunderbirds television series. Or, you could introduce them to something much darker: a 1952 United States Information Agency (USIA) production titled Tomas and the Huks. Marionettes were fairly popular … Continue reading With Strings Attached: Rice, Murder, and Awkward Communist Puppets

The World of Tomorrow: The 1939 New York World’s Fair

by Audrey Amidon, posted in Motion Pictures, Universal News Collection

The 1939 New York World’s Fair opened 75 years ago this week. The international exposition was partly a trade show where companies like General Motors and Westinghouse showcased their newest technology, like the latest car models or home appliances, and partly a venue for sixty foreign governments to display their national art, culture, and industry. … Continue reading The World of Tomorrow: The 1939 New York World’s Fair

This Week in Universal News: Beaux-Arts Ball, 1931

by jkonicek, posted in Motion Pictures, Universal News Collection

On January 23, 1931, architects dressed up as the buildings they designed for the Beaux-Arts Ball in New York.  In this week’s featured story, they are pictured  from left to right, A. Stewart Walker as the Fuller Building, Leonard Schultze as the Waldorf-Astoria, Ely Jacques Kahn as the Squibb Building, William Van Alen as the Chrysler Building, … Continue reading This Week in Universal News: Beaux-Arts Ball, 1931

I Saw Kitty Hawk: Film, Memory, and Archives

by Audrey Amidon, posted in Motion Pictures, Preservation

A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about the 110th anniversary of The Great Train Robbery, a film that pioneered editing techniques that are so commonplace as to be invisible to viewers today and is acknowledged as the first example of modern film fiction narrative. But this wasn’t the only important innovation taking place in December … Continue reading I Saw Kitty Hawk: Film, Memory, and Archives

From Top Secret Vault to Open Stacks: Declassification of Moving Images

by lmacondray, posted in Motion Pictures, Preservation

Have you ever wondered how moving images and sound recordings get declassified? The process isn’t as simple as you might think. Because our records are media based – film, video or audio – the review process takes a few extra steps. Agencies transfer classified moving images and sound recordings to NARA according to Records Control … Continue reading From Top Secret Vault to Open Stacks: Declassification of Moving Images

Declassified Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings – 1st Quarter

by lmacondray, posted in Audio Recordings, Declassification Quarterly Reports, Motion Pictures, Video Recordings

In an effort to provide information on recently declassified motion pictures and sound recordings the Motion Picture, Sound and Video Branch will publish a quarterly list of newly declassified records. The United States Army (USA), United States Air Force (USAF), and the Department of Energy (DOE) have declassified nearly 200 films and sound recordings in the past few … Continue reading Declassified Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings – 1st Quarter