Welcome to April...my how time flies....
I've been working hard developing new marketing for America's Film Vault, hence the long delay in posting here. Below is another example of a civilian RG for your review. This one has only two reels; the rest of the moving image holdings are on videotape.
Records of the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)/Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) Division, RG 515
1975, 2 reels
Motion Picture and Video Recordings, 1975-1992, [515] (88824); two film titles.
• Seneca Glass Works — established in 1904, this film explores this successful Morgantown,
WV business, 1975.
While I continue to work on promoting America's Film Vault, I am working on the final edit of my next book Projected History: A Catalog of the U.S. National Stories Released by Universal Newsreel, Volume II, 1931-1932. I may have some excerpts from it on this blog sometime in the near future.
On a personal note, I have found that there is very little monetary profit to writing reference books. I do what I do purely out of a love for our country's rich collection of filmed history, its cinematic heritage, and a strong desire to ensure that it's preserved for future generations. These films are worth cherishing. It's also incredibly valuable to know what's in America's film vault and where to look to get your hands on a copy of it.
'Til next time-
Phil
www.pwstewart.com
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Monday, April 6, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
NEW BOOK: AMERICA'S FILM VAULT
Again, I apologize for the delay in regular posting to this blog. However, I have great news to share.
My new book, AMERICA'S FILM VALUT will be published next week and will be available on Amazon.com by the end of the month. Below is the news release that will go out late next week.
Phil
http://www.pwstewart.com/
My new book, AMERICA'S FILM VALUT will be published next week and will be available on Amazon.com by the end of the month. Below is the news release that will go out late next week.
Discover Reel Treasures With America’s Film Vault
AMERICA’S FILM VAULT: A Reference Guide to the Motion Pictures Held by the U.S. National Archives-- A comprehensive new book by award-winning author and film-sleuth Phillip W. Stewart.
Some of the best kept history secrets are buried deep within AMERICA’S FILM VAULT. This essential reference guide unshrouds, for the first time in book form, the whereabouts of historic motion picture films preserved in the U.S. National Archives. This treasure trove includes over 360,000 film reels that document a century of American and World history. Unfortunately, relatively few people know that these historically significant films exist, and even fewer know how to find them.
America’s Film Vault is an indispensable reference guide that discloses how these vintage films are organized and where to find them; exposes over 345 Government and Donated records that have motion pictures buried within them; uncovers and specifically identifies over 1,440 film titles and provides topical references to thousands more; and reveals-all with a comprehensive 2,080-plus subject index that sheds light on a vast variety of rare films.
According to William T. Murphy, former Chief of the Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Branch of the National Archives, America’s Film Vault is, “…a convenient overview of National Archives and Records Administration’s motion picture holdings, one difficult to obtain from any other source.”
If you’re ready to play detective, take a crack at the combination, and investigate the bowels of the vault, you need a map…and this is it! Discover reel treasures with America’s Film Vault.
More soon!AMERICA’S FILM VAULT: A Reference Guide to the Motion Pictures Held by the U.S. National Archives-- A comprehensive new book by award-winning author and film-sleuth Phillip W. Stewart.
Some of the best kept history secrets are buried deep within AMERICA’S FILM VAULT. This essential reference guide unshrouds, for the first time in book form, the whereabouts of historic motion picture films preserved in the U.S. National Archives. This treasure trove includes over 360,000 film reels that document a century of American and World history. Unfortunately, relatively few people know that these historically significant films exist, and even fewer know how to find them.
America’s Film Vault is an indispensable reference guide that discloses how these vintage films are organized and where to find them; exposes over 345 Government and Donated records that have motion pictures buried within them; uncovers and specifically identifies over 1,440 film titles and provides topical references to thousands more; and reveals-all with a comprehensive 2,080-plus subject index that sheds light on a vast variety of rare films.
According to William T. Murphy, former Chief of the Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Branch of the National Archives, America’s Film Vault is, “…a convenient overview of National Archives and Records Administration’s motion picture holdings, one difficult to obtain from any other source.”
If you’re ready to play detective, take a crack at the combination, and investigate the bowels of the vault, you need a map…and this is it! Discover reel treasures with America’s Film Vault.
Phil
http://www.pwstewart.com/
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