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Moving images deliver a compelling visual record of twentieth- and twenty-first-century political movements, philosophy, and historic events. Highlights include moving images of the Russian Revolution of 1917; the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945; the floods in Tianjin, China, in 1939; and Mother Teresa interviewed by William F. Buckley in 1989. Formats include motion picture films, videotapes, optical media, and digital files.
Reagan speaks to an audience of Pacific Gas and Electric employees four days before the election
Television program hosted by William F. Buckley, 1966–99
Depicts major events in Russian and Soviet history, 1896–1977
Campaign materials promoting the presidential candidacy of Ronald Reagan, 1976
Films of Russian and Soviet culture, 1908–2001
US diplomat who filmed daily life in China, 1935–41
Television program hosted by Hoover Institution fellow Peter Robinson, 1996–present
Campaign presentations by candidates running for political office in California, 1960–70
Los Alamos Laboratory staff member who filmed bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1943–46
Officer, Observer Mission with Chinese communist forces, Yenan, China, 1944–45
US teacher in China, 1937–39; US Observer Mission to Yenan member, 1944–45
They say nitrate won't wait, but neither will acetate. Read more.
Thanks to a 2013 grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation, five unique amateur films from the William P. Miller papers have been preserved. Those films, made from approximately 1943 to 1945, feature footage of the North African and European theaters during World War II.
Three campaign ads from Ronald Reagan's unsuccessful presidential primary run in 1976, and four press-conference-style meetings of Governor Reagan with high school students, have been added to California Light and Sound.
Fifteen motion picture films of candidates campaigning for major political offices in California's 1962 and 1966 elections are now available on California Light and Sound. Each candidate was filmed as they spoke to Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) employees and answered their questions during the company's nonpartisan lunchtime voter education program. See the complete list of the digitized films, from the Pacific Gas and Electric Company Motion Picture Film collection, below.
Eleven more historic California recordings from Hoover collections have been digitized for California Light and Sound, a project of the California Preservation Program.
Eleven more historic California recordings from Hoover collections have been digitized for California Light and Sound, a project of the California Preservation Program.
Unique amateur films from the John K. Caldwell papers have been preserved thanks to a 2012 National Film Preservation Foundation grant.
More than one hundred seventy programs from William F. Buckley’s Firing Line television series are now available on Amazon Instant Video, which offers instant streaming on compatible devices.
Historic California audiovisual recordings from Hoover collections have been digitized for California Light and Sound, a project of the California Preservation Program.
Motion picture film enthusiasts can revel in more than a century of people and places, the artistry of Bergman or Hitchcock, the shimmering beauty of nitrate prints, all preserved on film, which boasted a golden age before videotape was born.
