article thumbnail

The U.S. Forest Service Presents: Winter Olympics

Unwritten Record

The 1960 games marked the first time American households could watch events in a live broadcast format. The film Winter Olympics is from Record Group 16: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture and was produced by the Department of Agriculture to document the contributions of the U.S.

article thumbnail

306-NT: Photographic File of the Paris Bureau of the New York Times, ca. 1900–ca. 1950

Unwritten Record

A large range of subjects and personalities are covered within the series, including: U.S.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Special Media Catalog Updates

Unwritten Record

General Radio Programs Recordings Relating to Secretaries of Agriculture, 3/8/1941 – 1/19/1993 (NAID 100989, Local Identifier 16-GENERALa) (1483 new item descriptions, no audio files). Moving Images Relating to Military Activities, ca. Portfolio Series of Ship Engineering Drawings, 1908 – 1938 (NAID 559596).

article thumbnail

50 Years Makes a Difference! How Film Research Has Changed Since the 1972 Conference on Audiovisual Archives

Unwritten Record

What you may not know is that the National Archives sponsored a similar event in 1972, the Conference on the Use of Audiovisual Archives as Original Source Materials, held at the University of Delaware. 3] Cinema’s Military Industrial Complex. 4] These films belong to all of us, and they should be studied and used. Jackson, David L.