MULTIMEDIA LINKS

Library of Congress "American Memory"
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/

Historic maps, photos, documents, audio and video
- Advertising | African American History | Architecture, Landscape | Cities, Towns Culture, Folklife | Environment, Conservation | Government, Law | Immigration, American Expansion | Literature | Maps | Native American History | Performing Arts, Music | Presidents | Religion | Sports, Recreation | Technology, Industry | War, Military | Women's History

AcuNET AP Photos & Multimedia

Access via the WSU Libraries' "Article Indexes and E-Journals" A - Z list. (Or this link.) Various collections: Intl Photos (photos from the US and other places) EuroAsia (photos from Europe and Asia) GraphicsPDF (timelines & charts) Audio (A retrospective with over 4,500 hours of audio clips from the 1920's to 48 hours ago) RECORD CITATION: Location CLEVELAND, Ohio United States Creation Date 05/13/1959 :: Submit Date 04/22/2004 15:39:52 Credit Associated Press Object Name FOOD DISTRIBUTION CLEVELAND 1959

People are standing in line to receive federal food surpluses distributed by the Cuyahoga County Welfare Department in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 13, 1959. The food being distributed included corn meal, butter, flour, rice and dried milk. It was the first such distribution in the county of 1,700, 000 persons since the depression of the 1930s. Poor relief rolls now are near a recession peak of 6,600 cases. (AP Photo)

Internet Archives - Moving Images
http://www.archive.org

Prelinger Archives:
A collection of ~ 2000 "ephemeral" (advertising, educational, industrial,
and amateur) films…produced by and for many hundreds of important US corporations, nonprofit organizations, trade associations, community and interest groups, and educational institutions. Browse by title, keyword or search the collection.
http://www.archive.org

Example videos from the Prelinger Archives:

Eisenhower Campaign Spots, 1956 Presidential Campaign] - Various Collection of political commercials. San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath: Riding Down Market Street] - N/A Riding down Market Street to inspect the destruction. (1906) Lindbergh's Flight and Return] - Fox News / Kinograms Aviator Charles A. Lindbergh takes off from New York on his solo transatlantic flight between America and Europe and arrives in Paris; newsreels conclude with his return to the U.S. (1927) Columbia Revolt (Part I) - Newsreel Documentary on the Columbia University student strike and takeover in 1969. Negro Colleges in Wartime - U.S. Office of War Information, Bureau of Motion Pictures Education and training of African Americans as part of the World War II effort. (1944) On Guard! The Story of SAGE - IBM Corporation, Military Products Division Innovations in computer technology as weapons in the Cold War. (1956) Great Swindle, The (Part II) - Union Films Union recruitment film criticizing monopoly control of the U.S. economy and advocating union membership as a defense against corporate power. (1948) Movie Trailers ("Independence Day, 1940" Promotion) - Unknown Patriotic trailer shown in theaters prior to the fourth of July, 1940. Japanese Relocation - U.S. Office of War Information U.S. government-produced film defending the World War II internment of Japanese American citizens. (1943) America Goes Over (Part I) - U.S. Army, Signal Corps Government-produced historical record of major World War I battles. Integration Report I - Andover Productions Documentary showing the civil rights movement in 1959 and 1960: sit-ins, marches, boycotts and rallies in Montgomery, Ala., Brooklyn, N.Y., and Washington, D.C. Directed by Madeline Anderson. Starting Now (Are You Ready for Service? No. 4) - Coronet Instructional Films High school students anticipate and prepare for the military draft. (Korean War)

Universal Newsreels:
In the pre-TV era, people saw the news every week in their neighborhood movie theaters. Newsreels were shown before every feature film and in dedicated newsreel theaters located in large cities. Universal Newsreel, produced from 1929 to 1967, was released twice a week.
http://www.archive.org

Example videos from the Universal Newsreels:

Soviet Envoy Talks With Roosevelt, ca. 1933 Hitlerites Parade In Rain To Demonstrate Great Nazi Strength 1933/03/16 Roosevelt Warns Of Danger To U.S. If Nazis Win War, 1940/12/31 Hemp for Victory 1942 Liberation Of France Forges On, 1944/07/18 Hollywood 'Red' Probe Begins, 1947/10/20 Clay speaks on Berlin Airlift,1948/10/21 Wetback Round-up 7/5/54 California - An intensive "wetback" round-up is the latest episode in the Immigration Department's incessant battle against migrant laborers… Storm Havoc. Hurricane Kills 43, Damage 15 Millions, 1955/08/15 Press Parley. Ike Urges Caution on Seizure of Suez, 1956/08/09 1953 anniversary of 1953 East Berlin uprising Suez Canal Seized By Egyptians, 1956/07/30 US Fires Biggest A-Bomb, 1957/07/08 Baghdad pact. Unified Military Command Seen, 1958/01/30 49th Star. Alaska Statehood, New Flag, Official, 1959/01/05 Showdown in Vietnam, 1965/02/08 Seattle, 1967/04/04 Seattle "be-in" of students and hippies (partial newsreel) Peace March. Thousands Oppose Vietnam War, 1967/04/18 Mid-East. Israeli-Egyptian Battle Erupts, 1967/06/06

Audio:
http://www.archive.org

-- 78 RPMs: This is a collection of 78rpm records released in the early part of the 20th
century contributed by Archive users.

-- Presidential recordings: The Presidential Recordings Collection is made up of two
distinct sub-collections: public speeches made by U.S. Presidents and the secret recordings made in the White House between 1940 and 1973.

University of California Berkeley - Media Resources Center: Online Media Resources
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/onlinemediamenu.html

The intent of the project is to gather, catalog, and make accessible primary source media resources related to social activism and activist movements in California in the 1960's and 1970's.

-- Free Speech Movement
-- Black Panther Party
-- Anti-Vietnam War Protests in the San Francisco Bay Area & Beyond

Many links from this page to other kinds of online media recordings.

The History Channel Speech Archives - "Hear the Words that Changed the World"
http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/archive1.html

The History Channel - Video clips

American Rhetoric Online Speech Bank
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/

Other resources can be found in Holland Microforms. Images and articles from historical newspapers and journals can be digitized and saved. For example, you can access the New York Times from 1857 to present.


Also keep in mind that you may view old (paper) issues of magazines such as Time (from 1923 to current) and Newsweek (1933 to current), and scan images, advertisements or articles that you find there. These are in Terrell Library, 1st floor.

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