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

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Archival films and videos can help bring your NHD topic alive, allowing your audience to engage with and understand historical events in exciting ways. Whether or not your documentary focuses on a filmed event, videos downloaded from the National Archives Catalog can help weave a rich tapestry of images for your viewers. Documentary.

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

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The paper finding aids and preservation books in our research room often have more information on these recordings than can be found in the catalog. This is why original paper finding aids remain valuable. Speeches, President Roosevelt’s fireside chats, and talks by military personnel are also present. Rights Issues.

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Spotlight: Finding Footage for National History Day Projects

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In recent months, the National Archives’ Education Updates blog has posted a series of pieces focusing on award-winning National History Day documentaries. National History Day is an annual contest for students in grades 6-12 to produce a variety of project types, including exhibits, websites, papers, performances, and documentaries.

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AI Risks

Schneier on Security

It’s likened to monsters like the Lovecraftian shoggoths, artificial servants that rebelled against their creators, or paper clip maximizers that consume all of Earth’s resources in a single-minded pursuit of their programmed goal. If we’re not careful, it could kill everyone or enslave humanity.

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