Films of State Conference - Panel 1: Government and the Land
Channel: US National Archives
Date: 2021-06-30

This is the first 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/

"Government and the Land" Video Chapters
0:18 - Welcome and Panel Introductions, Joshua Glick (Hendrix College)
3:38 - "Moving Images and Sound Recording Records of the National Park Service," Steve Graybill (NARA)
13:30 - "Conservation and the State: Film and the National Park Service," Jennifer Peterson (Woodbury University)
24:51 - "The National Archives as Local Archive: Films of the Chesapeake," Oliver Gaycken (University of Maryland)
38:49 - "The Politics of Distribution: How the Bureau of Mines Used and Reused Motion Pictures," Martin Johnson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
1:00:48 - Panel Discussion (with NARA's Ellen Mulligan)