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From the majestic forests in our National Parks System to everyday life at an American farm, this playlist includes archival videos about what Americans can experience right here at home. The Historic Films collection makes archival film footage accessible to the public. Learn more about the videos at http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.


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  1. First Lady Pat Nixon welcomes pandas to the National Zoo

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    First Lady Pat Nixon welcomes pandas to the National Zoo, Washington, DC, April 16, 1972. The footage taken inside the panda house is silent. (NPC#1211-218, Richard Nixon Library)

    1,728 views

  2. You in Public Service - Introduction, 1977

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    PROMOTIONAL FILM: PRESENTS AN OVERVIEW TO THE "YOU IN PUBLIC SERVICE" SERIES AND TO PUBLIC SERVICE JOBS. CREATED BY The Department of Health FOR MORE INFORMATION http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=1281+&jScript=true

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  3. Jackson Junior High Alcohol Education, 1976

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    This film shows students in an eighth grade science class at Jackson Junior High as they studied types of alcohol. It shows a St. Bernard named Patches who suffered from a hangover. The film includes an animation describing alcohol's route through...

    431 views

  4. Children of the City - 1970

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    SUMMARY Describes a 1970 recreational support program launched by the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation of the US Department of the Interior, in conjunction with the President's Council on Youth Opportunity and the Department of Labor's Manpower Admini...

    145 views

  5. Land of Ten Thousand Lakes

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    The Department of Interior focuses on the land of ten thousand lakes in this 1930s film. SUMMARY: This film shows the lakes and forests of Minnesota. Tourists sail boats on a lake, cook on an outdoor grill, picnic at outdoor tables, and swim and f...

    976 views

  6. The Wapiti of Jackson Hole - 1939

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    From vintage footage of the National Archives, this Department of Interior film looks at the elk, grouse and moose of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. (ARC ID 11729, local identifier 48.98) Transcript (PDF): http://archives.gov/social-media/transcripts/...

    842 views

  7. Cradle of the Father of Waters - 1938

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    Where does the Mississippi River start? In the 10,000 lakes of Minnesota according to this vintage Department of Interior film from the National Archives. See your local state parks under construction in the 1930s, including Itaska Lake State Pa...

    1,120 views

  8. White Sands - 1938

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    This Department of the Interior film, part of an ongoing series by the National Archives, shows White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, as it appeared in the 1930s. SUMMARY This film shows White Sands National Monument, the drifting desert sa...

    3,820 views

  9. Alabama Highlands (1937)

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    A closer look at the Civilian Conservation Corps' work in Alabama from the Department of Interior. This film shows Birmingham and views of Alabama's mountains, homes, factories, mines, railways, and its State Parks, including Oak Mountain Stat...

    5,458 views

  10. Boulder Dam - 1937

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    This Department of Interior film captures Boulder Dam — better known as Hoover Dam — in the midst of its construction. See how the Colorado River flowed before, and after, the construction of what was then the world's tallest dam. SUMMARY Part ...

    14,184 views

  11. Heart of the Confederacy - 1937

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    How did Alabama weather the Great Depression? Find out in this vintage Department of the Interior footage of CCC workers at the Montgomery capitol building and elsewhere. SUMMARY Shows Alabama's State Capitol in Montgomery, the brass star in the ...

    3,344 views

  12. Great Smoky Mountains (1936)

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    The Department of Interior takes a look at its effort in the Great Smoky Mountains in this vintage film. SUMMARY Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) men ride in trucks, work with pick and shovel, operate bulldozers, graders and pneumatic drills...

    9,243 views

  13. Tennessee Valley, 1936

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    President Roosevelt's Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) brings electricity to the masses as it works to build dams and transport coal in horse drawn carriages throughout the Tennessee region. Norris Dam and Muscle Shoals and Wheeler are all featur...

    16,629 views

  14. The Archives — The Washington Parade

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    Watch this vintage introductory film to the National Archives from 1940. For more information about the National Archives today, visit http://www.archives.gov and http://www.archives.gov/nae Transcript (PDF): http://archives.gov/social-media/tr...

    1,968 views

  15. Reclamation and the Arid West (1936)

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    In this old Department of the Interior film, watch builders harness the power of the Colorado as they construct Boulder Dam, better known as Hoover Dam. Transcript (PDF): http://archives.gov/social-media/transcripts/transcript-reclamation-arid...

    909 views

  16. West Virginia Recreation Resources - 1935

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    See West Virginia and its state parks as they were in 1935, from the Green Brier Hotel at White Sulphur Springs to CCC men working on the Lost River Park. Also featured are Cacapon and Watoga state parks and the town of Berkley. This film fo...

    1,602 views

  17. Down Mobile Way - 1935

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    A profile of the active shores of Mobile, Alabama circa 1935, this film highlights local parks, the work of the CCC, and the bustling commerce of the South. Scenes of azaleas in bloom, old homes, ships at docks, and bales of cotton, barrels o...

    4,396 views

  18. The TVA at Work - 1935

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    A closer look at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and how it works to control water flow in the Tennessee Valley in this Department of Interior video. Part 1 shows rain storms and flooded streams, the flooded Tennessee River valley, Norri...

    9,815 views

  19. Land of the Giants - 1935

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    On California's State parks. Part 1 shows forests, streams, waterfalls, brush, and mountains in Redwood, Humboldt, Calaveras, and Tamalpais State Parks. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) men clear undergrowth, cut and process lumber, dig culverts,...

    43,056 views

  20. Rebuilding Indian Country - 1933

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    Chippewa Indians make fishnets. Indians work on roads with tractors, picks, and shovels, stand in line at a field kitchen, engage in native handicrafts, and spear salmon on the Columbia River. Pima Indians farm. Shows an Indian Emergency Conservat...

    4,113 views

  21. Rebuilding Indian Country - 1933

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    Chippewa Indians make fishnets. Indians work on roads with tractors, picks, and shovels, stand in line at a field kitchen, engage in native handicrafts, and spear salmon on the Columbia River. Pima Indians farm. Shows an Indian Emergency Conservat...

    4,113 views

  22. Stories from the Great Depression

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    The National Archives Southeast Region presents stories from survivors of the Great Depression overlaid with powerful pictures from era.

    175,678 views

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