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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.
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Record ID
ebl-1651883789840-1651883790210-0
Metadata Usage
CC0

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  • What's New: Roaming the Smithsonian Institution (dir. Bob Kaiser)

  • The Smithsonian's Whale (The Blue Whale?) (color, first answer print, dir. Sophie Burnham)

  • Vice President Hubert Humphrey, 1965

  • The Blue Whale #1 (1969, First Answer Print, 15 min., color)

  • President Johnson visits Federal Scientists and Engineering Exhibition (16mm, original negative, April 6, 1965, 400ft.)

  • The Smithsonian Institution (Eames documentary, VHS, 1965, 19:50)

  • Box 5

  • Box 9

  • The Leaf Thieves (NMNH/University of Oklahoma, Norman, rain forest documentary, reel number two, Print #7)

  • Work of Peace (Bicentennial film: Treaty of Paris and period costumes, 1984, copy #2)

  • Folk Art (New work print, NBC series, 1960s)

  • North Carolina/Trans-Atlantic Aircraft (B&W print, 1919)

  • Langley medal presentation to Alan Shepard, 1964 (reel number one, May 5, 1964, 16mm, workprint, 400ft.)

  • Heath Hen, 1966 (reel number two)

  • American First Ladies (Interneg., NBC/SI, 1960s)

  • The Hunters (reel number 3, color)

  • Naval Hall, Philatelic Hall, and Numismatics Hall: NMHT

  • Dead Sea Scrolls (Original master, reel number two)

  • John Wesley Powell: 99 Days to Survival (CBS, c. 1971, two prints)

  • Smithsonian Institution "Speakers Film:" William Grayson's silent compilation made for S. Dillon Ripley and others' use.

  • "Lindbergh, May 1927" (400ft.)

  • Trans-Atlantic Flight: Navy

  • The World around Us (Ecology) (1966, Interneg., NBC/SI)

  • In Open Air: A Portrait of American Impressionists (Print 218E, 1982)

  • On the Side of Life III (1973, reel number two)

  • National Zoological Park (original, reel number one, December 1967, 400ft.)

  • A life of its own (Moving art from the Hirshorn estate, 1974, Prints #4 and #12)

  • Dedication W. P. Speech by President Johnson

  • Hall of Musical Instruments, MHT (1967, workprint, 400ft.)

  • Chesapeake Bay Center (reel number two, December 1967, 16mm, workprint)

  • Smithsonian Institution Portrait Gallery (first Federal Congress, betacam originals, cassettes #1 and 2, 1989)

  • Around the Clock at the Smithsonian (1st answer print, color)

  • President Lyndon Baines Johnson at Flag in National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT), March 4, 1965 (16mm workprint)

  • A Company of Scholars (USIA film on Smithsonian Institution history and museums, reel number one, duplicate negative: color)

  • Box 1

  • Presentation of the Jubilee Diamond (November 8, 1961)

  • Tippacanoe and Lyndon Too (NBC/SI, 1960s)

  • The World Around Us (Ecology) (NBC/SI Series, Interneg.)

  • The Leaf Thieves (NMNH, rain forest documentary, original EKTA, includes reels A and B and soundtrack, 1960s)

  • MHT Building from Internal Revenue, May 6, 1963 and Aerials MHT, October 23, 1963

  • Accent of Excellence

  • Monsters, Mysteries or Myths? (1st PGM, 1974-1975, Wolper)

  • In Open Air: A Portrait of American Impressionists (Print 217E, 1982)

  • Box 16

  • Smithsonian Nehru Exhibition (October 26, 1966)

  • Box 13

  • Work of Peace (Bicentennial film: Treaty of Paris and period costumes, 1984, Preview #24)

  • On the Side of Life I (Reel number one)

  • Smithsonian VIP: WP Outs, July 11, 1982 (Unshowable as is, needs splices)

  • VIP outs can-mini rolls

  • President Lyndon Johnson presenting award (Switzer-gems, B&W, 400ft., November 29, 1965)

  • SI 125th Anniversary and Post Office Opening (Workprint, assembled November 4, 1971, 2 reels)

  • Yugoslavian Art Show (opening, workprint)

  • SI Whale "1st 50 ft. B&W, SI Whale Film" (16mm)

  • Around the Clock at the Smithsonian (1-Comp. Col., Positive R/P)

  • The Leaf Thieves (NMNH/University of Oklahoma, Norman, rain forest documentary, reel number three, Print #8)

  • Dem Dry Bones (osteology) (Printers sync., Interneg., 1966, NBC/SI)

  • Yorktown (Bicentennial Film: Recreation of the battle and period costumes, reel number one, Print #5, 1982)

  • Willie Bear at Zoo, A. Smith, Keeper (Original, 16mm, October 19, 1965, 400ft.)

  • Dragon of the Trees: The Green Iguana (Print #2, 1979)

  • National Zoological Park (original negative, reel two, December 1967, 400ft.)

  • Chesapeake Bay Center (reel number one, original negative, December 1967)

  • Vice President Hubert Humphrey at MHT (September 29, 1965, 16mm, workprint, 300ft.)

  • Ladybird Johnson planting pansies outside National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), March 9, 1965

  • American Picture Palaces (Theatrical version, 1985, 10 min.)

  • Flight: Sky's the Limit (2nd color print, 3200 Kelvin, 2nd PGM 1974-1975, Wolper)

  • Woodrow Wilson Center, 1970

  • Zoo Endangered Species - SI Associates Classics (original, 16mm)

  • Smithsonian VIP: "Pope's Visit" and "Mrs. Carter's Gown" (cut workprint)

  • Box 21

  • Expeditions (color internegative)

  • Living Flat Worms: Meredith Jones (16mm, B&W, original negative, December 3, 1965, 400ft.)

  • House of Knowledge (reel number one, 400ft.)

  • Dilemma of Modern Museums (Please insure for $150)

  • Mrs. Sadat, wife of Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat, visits exhibitions at the Freer Gallery of Art and the SI Castle (16mm, 200 ft.)

  • The Sky is Falling (Meteorites) (16mm, color interneg., 1960s)

  • Work of Peace (Bicentennial film: Treaty of Paris and period costumes, 1984, copy #3)

  • President Lyndon Johnson visits Federal Scientists and Engineering Exhibition (April 6, 1965, Workprint)

  • Moving Gemini from the Arts and Industries Building to the Labor Department (May 1966, 16mm, workprint #4)

  • 1977 Public Service Announcement (Two Copies)

  • Signing of the Ivy Neck Agreement (February 9, 1966, workprint)

  • The Leaf Thieves (NMNH/University of Oklahoma, Norman, rain forest documentary, reel number one, 1960s, Print #1, Copy #1, 16mm color-release print)

  • Wooly Mammoth Dig (ECO original)

  • Exhibitions Open House (Workprint, April 22, 1966)

  • Kick the Danes Head (1966, Print #2, NBC/SI)

  • Our Vanishing Lands (1966, Printers, NBC/SI)

  • Wolper/Flight-Sky's the Limit (Print 3, January 31, 1975)

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