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Clip #: TFA-258F
Length: 3:27
Year: 1929
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
A singer in 18th Century period dress performs Victor Herbert's "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life!" to a theater audience.
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Clip #: MF-27J
Length: :37
Year: 1955
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Promotional spot about the importance of research in America
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Clip #: TFA-246C
Length: 4:28
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1960s
Description:
People dressed as pilgrims recreate 17th Century domestic life on Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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Clip #: TFA-297A-1
Length: 3:47
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
Neapolitans celebrate the Festa di Piedigrotta, a historic festival in September dedicated to the Nativity of the Madonna, which features adults and children dressed in spectacular period costumes, Tarantella dances and a parade at night with elaborate floats.
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Clip #: MF-2B
Length: 20:11
Year: 1951
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
A short film from the early 1950s about the life and career of famed singer Marian Anderson, with concert footage and glimpses into her private life at Marianna Farm.
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Clip #: TFA-398B
Length: 16:09
Year: 1927
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1920s
Description:
A Fox Varieties silent film about an expedition in the 1920s made by explorers Dr. And Mrs. Herbert S. Dickey to visit the inhabitants of the jungles of eastern Ecuador.
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Clip #: TFA-224C
Length: 7:26
Year: 1965
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1960s
Description:
Premiere of Japanese Play "The Rose & The Pirate at Dartmouth College 4/23/65
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Clip #: MF-6F
Length: 9:36
Year: 1936
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Travelogue from 1936 about the restored capital city of colonial Virginia, Williamsburg, Footage includes the campus of William and Mary College, Raleigh Tavern, the Capitol House, and business
establishments which use colonial trade signs. Extensive footage of the Governor's Palace with...
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Clip #: TFA-152D
Length: 11:45
Year: 1957
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1950s
Description:
A woman and her younger brother visit the famous sights of Washington, D.C. and Virginia in the 1940's.
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Clip #: TFA-53E
Length: 7:45
Year: 1932
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Homes around the world which illustrate the song "Home Sweet Home"
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