Journalists of World War II: A Sampler (Video recording : 1994)
Extent:
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Video recordings
Videotapes
Date:
1992-1994
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of videotapes created during the production of the video "Journalists of World War II: A Sampler." This video was shown as part of the 1994
National Portrait Gallery exhibit, "Reporting the War: The Journalistic Coverage of World War II." A version of this video was also created for the Arts and Entertainment
Network and The History Channel. Featured journalists include William Shirer, Robert St. John, John Hersey, Bernard Perlin, and Bill Mauldin. Materials include a master, dubmasters,
and an edited dubmaster.
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.
Smithsonian Expedition Specials (Television program : c. 1994)
Source of Mekong (Television program : c. 1994)
Elephants of Timbuktu (Television program : c. 1994)
Extent:
0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Video recordings
Date:
1993-1994
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of audiovisual records created during the production of "Smithsonian Expedition Specials." This television series, produced around 1994, included
the episodes "Source of the Mekong" and "Elephants of Timbuktu." The series was co-produced by Hearst Entertainment for broadcast on the Arts and Entertainment Network. Materials
include VHS and 3/4" U-matic tapes.
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.
This accession consists of audiovisual materials produced by Smithsonian Productions and its predecessor, the Office of Telecommunications. Productions in this accession
include "Speak to My Heart," "Source of the Mekong" and "Lords of the Garden" [Smithsonian Expedition Specials], "Smithsonian Quest," "Making of Gone with the Wind," "Celebrations,"
"Wisconsin Pow Wow," and "Celebration: The World of Victor and Edith Turner." "Source of the Mekong" was created in 1997 for A&E Television Networks from an expedition
led by Michel Peissel to find the historical source of the Mekong in 1994. "Lords of the Garden" was also created with Hearst Entertainment for A&E Television Networks
and follows anthropologist Paul Taylor to Indonesia to study the Korowai people of New Guinea. "Wisconsin Pow Wow" was created for Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and presents
a general treatment of a pow wow by the Ojibwa people in northern Wisconsin. It is the first part in a two video set. Part 2 is "Naamikaaged: Dancer for the People." "Celebration:
The World of Victor and Edith Turner" is a film by Paul Wagner for the Office of Folklife Programs and is a tribute to the life and work of the Turners, noted anthropologists
and experts on the nature of myth and religious ritual. Materials include masters and copies on a variety of videotapes and 16mm films.
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.
Barack Obama / produced by Towers Productions, Inc. and Ron Marans Communications, Inc. for the A & E Television Network ; producer, Maurice Bisaillon ; writers, Samantha Sanders, Julie Trueman
Mail delivery [videorecording] : erasing the miles / written and produced by J.V. Martin ; producer, Bruce Nash ; produced by Actuality Productions, Inc. ; Hearst Entertainment
Heavy metal [videorecording] : Catalina patrol / produced by Flashback Television in association with the Imperial War Museum for the History Channel ; A & E Television Networks ; written and directed by Andrew Johnston ; executive producer, Beth Dietrich-Segarra ; producer, Taylor Downing
