Films of State Conference - Panel 7: The Use of Textual Records for Film Research
Channel: US National Archives
Date: 2021-06-30

This is the seventh panel of the "Films of State: Moving Images Made by Governments" virtual conference, presented by the University of Maryland's Department of Cinema and Media Studies and the National Archives and Records Administration from April 7-9, 2021. This inaugural conference featured presentations, panel discussions, and film screenings, and was open to scholars, educators, filmmakers, students, information professionals, film historians, and anyone engaged in research on  and the re-use of government films.

The "Films of State" conference program may be viewed here: https://filmsofstate.wordpress.com/

"The Use of Textual Records for Film Research" Video Chapters
0:17 - Welcome and Panel Introductions, Brian Real (Southern Connecticut State University)
4:28 - "Paper Trails, Vesting Orders, and Institutional Histories: Some Reflections on the Federal Government's Wartime Captured Film Collection," Nathaniel Brennan (New York University)
15:25 - "The Signal Corps School of Photography at Columbia University," Charles "Buckey" Grimm
25:19 - "Civic Guides, Textual Evidence: Pamphlet Films of American Civic Cinema," Jennifer Horne (University of California, Santa Cruz)
36:05 - "Better on Paper: The USIA's Multi-Screen Epic for Expo 67," Brian Real (Southern Connecticut State University)
47:29 - Panel Discussion (with NARA's Cate Brennan)

Links shared in panel chat:
-"Cinema’s Military Industrial Complex" book - https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520291515/cinemas-military-industrial-complex
-"What is the National Archives Catalog?" video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yycJiCqzbc
-"Searching the National Archives Catalog" video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep377SnrGGA&t=7s
-NARA Catalog entry for series 242-MID captured films - https://catalog.archives.gov/id/43649
-NARA's summary of the RG 131 Vesting Orders - https://www.archives.gov/iwg/declassified-records/rg-131-alien-property/case-files.html
-NARA Catalog entry for RG 131 records about films - https://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=film&f.ancestorNaIds=460
-NARA Catalog entry for RG 111 records about motion pictures - https://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=motion%20pictures&f.oldScope=(descriptions%20or%20online)&f.locationIds=33&f.recordGroupNoCollectionId=111&SearchType=advanced