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The Film Frontier: Using Films and Videos in Your National History Day Project

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For many students, embarking upon archival research may feel like crossing a new frontier, but it’s nothing to be nervous about. For many students, embarking upon archival research may feel like crossing a new frontier, but it’s nothing to be nervous about. Still from 255-FR-4408 ( NAID 70177897 ). Army during World War II.

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Beyond Astronaut Ice Cream: How Consumer America Engineered Food for Space Exploration

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Still images from 255-FR-4408. 255-FR-6125 ). 255-FR-7013 ). 255-FR-4408 ). These films about space food are only a few of many recordings available in Record Group 255, Series FR and can be accessed at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland. Sounds appetizing, doesn’t it? Cheese sandwiches.

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Celebrating Apollo 11 Around the World

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Still image from 255-FR-8950 ). Clips from 255-FR-8945 ). Clips from 255-FR-8953 ). Clips from 255-FR-8954 ). Clips from 255-FR-8962 ). Films recordings from the rest of the tour can be found in Record Group 255, Series FR and can be accessed at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

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Practice Makes Perfect: How the Apollo 11 Crew Prepared for Launch

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You may have recently seen Todd Douglas Miller’s Apollo 11 documentary , featuring archival film from the National Archives’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) holdings. Still from 255-FR-7546. Note that a small rock was placed in the tray of dirt for Armstrong to try and capture: Item 255-FR-7459.

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Gearing Up for Launch: More Scenes from the Apollo 11 Training Program

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255-FR-7458 ). 255-fr-7466 ). 255-fr-5588 ). These still images from film 255-FR-2978 depict Astronaut Collins studying and taking notes in his office. Still images from 255-fr-2978. Note the divers with underwater cameras swimming around the tank, capturing this training from every angle for later review.

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Paralympic Torch Relay photographs now available

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Day 10 – Fr. Fortunately, image files were only present in the bottommost folders in the directory tree, so we were able to flatten the overall structure and name the files (in the archival, not IT, sense) based on the folder titles present in the directory structure. Day 9 – Thu. Mar 12, 2010 – Vancouver, BC.

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50 Years After the Moonwalk: Looking Back at Apollo 11’s Broadcast from the Moon

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Still image from 255-FR-7728 ). 255-FR-7728 ). The full film will soon be available in the National Archives catalog. These Apollo 11 films are available in Record Group 255, Series FR , Series SE , and Series AK , and can be accessed at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland. Clip from 255-AK-17 ).