Films of State Conference - Panel 4: Infrastructure of Public Diplomacy
Channel: US National Archives
Date: 2021-06-30

This is the fourth 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/

"Infrastructure of Public Diplomacy" Video Chapters
0:18 - Welcome and Panel Introductions, Martin Johnson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
3:03 - "USIA Film and JFK's 'Alliance for Progress'," Nick Cull (University of Southern California)
14:15 - "Projecting China in the 1940s Philanthropic Media Network," Hongwei Thorn Chen (Tulane University)
25:27 - "'Akhbār-i Īrān' [Iran News Series] (USIS/Iran, 1954-1962)," Hadi Gharabaghi (Drew University)
35:45 - "Solidarity Through Satellite: USICA's Global Broadcast of 'Let Poland Be Poland'," Bret Vokoder (University of Delaware)
45:02 - Panel Discussion (with NARA's Carol Swain)

Links shared in panel chat:
-Iranian Newsreels in NARA Catalog - https://catalog.archives.gov/id/607018
-Harmon Foundation Collection (all media) in NARA Catalog - https://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=*:*&f.parentNaId=862&f.level=series&sort=naIdSort%20asc
-Manoto, Tūnel-i Zamān [Time Tube] Channel - https://www.manototv.com/show/1063
-Voice of America Persian YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCttfDeGMwUxPjnlsKagcwKw
-"Let Poland Be Poland" in NARA Catalog - https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77176481
-Taghi Amirani Interviews on 'Coup 53' (2019) - https://coup53.com/q-and-a/
-NARA Motion Pictures webpage - https://www.archives.gov/research/motion-pictures
-NARA's Unwritten Record blog - https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/
-National Archives YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnAsiniI4DF7vAAe7omWWFQ
-Iranian Snapshots (Syracuse Group, 1952) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nABr0lyvoSE