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Fox Movietone News collection
Collection
Identifier: COD0000001-ACC 1980-0001
Scope and Contents
The collection contains seven million feet of nitrate motion picture film and four million feet of safety motion picture film documenting the national and global politics and culture from 1919 through 1934 and from September 1942 through August 1944. Paper holdings provide detailed notes generated by original camera crews as well as ephemera related to individual stories.Within the collection are elements from two distinct newsreel products. One is a silent newsreel, Fox News,...
Dates:
1919-1944
Found in:
Moving Image Research Collections (MIRC)
Harry and William Birch collection
Collection
Identifier: COD0000043-ACC 2012-0001
Scope and Contents
Comprised of over 40 hours of motion picture film and video, photographs, paper records and equipment, this collection documents the careers of two distinguished news cameramen who were also father and son. Through home movies and photographs the collection provides rare insight into the personal lives of news cameramen from the silent and early sound period. It also provides a detailed look at life as a U. S. Army Signal Corp cameraman during World War II. The 16 mm film and video elements...
Dates:
1915 - 2011
Found in:
Moving Image Research Collections (MIRC)
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