Productions
Object Details
- Names
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- National Broadcasting Company, Inc.
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs
- Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Information
- Smithsonian Museum Service
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
- Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
- Shepard, Alan B. (Alan Bartlett), 1923-1998
- Topic
- Smithsonian (Television program)
- Ascent of Man (Television program)
- Leaf Thieves (Motion picture : 1963)
- Smithsonian's Whale (Motion picture : 1964)
- Topic
- Motion pictures -- Production and direction
- Documentary films
- Telecommunication
- Television -- Production and direction
- Documentary television programs
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- Productions
- Extent
- 17.9 cu. ft. (16 record storage boxes) (5 film boxes)
- Date
- circa 1963-1989
- Archival Repository
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Identifier
- Record Unit 587
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Motion pictures (visual works)
- Citation
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 587, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications, Productions
- Genre/Form
- Motion pictures (visual works)
- Descriptive Entry
- This record unit consists of 16mm motion picture films produced by the Office of Telecommunications (OTC) and its predecessors, the Smithsonian Museum Service, the Office of Public Information, and the Office of Public Affairs. Also included are films created by outside producers in collaboration with OTC. Included are black and white and color films, workprints, and silent films. Of special interest are films of Smithsonian special events, bureaus, facilities, equipment, exhibitions, openings, and staff; films of politicians and celebrities at the Smithsonian including Lyndon Baines Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Hubert H. Humphrey, and Alan B. Shepard, Jr.; films from the 1966 National Broadcasting Corporation series THE SMITHSONIAN; and Smithsonian-produced films The Leaf Thieves, 1963, which documents the planning and fabrication of a proposed rain forest exhibition in the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), and The Smithsonian's Whale, 1964, which concerns the construction of a 92-foot model blue whale in NMNH.
- Restrictions
- Restrictions pertaining to the use of these materials may apply (based on contracts/copyright). Access restrictions may also apply if viewing copies are not currently available. Viewing copies can be made for a fee. Contact reference staff for details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1651883789840-1651883790210-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0