Screening the State: A Program of Government Films

Enjoy this screening program from 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/

The "Screening the State" program may be found here: https://filmsofstate.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/screening-the-state-program-2.pdf
Note: The clip from 'Lest We Forget' has been omitted from this YouTube video. To view the whole film, visit the website of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum at: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1004371

Piano accompaniment for 'The Land of Lofty Mountains,' Selections from 'Photographic Activities of the Signal Corps AEF' and 'Examples of the Use of Motion Pictures in Military Training,' Selections from 'Training During Combat,' and Selections from the War Relocation Authority's 'Alien Roundup' Series was composed and performed by Andrew Earle Simpson (andrewesimpson.com).

Subtitle translations provided by Hadi Gharabaghi, Yoonjoo Strumfels, and Dong Eun Kim.

"Screening the State" Chapters
0:24 - Welcome and Introduction, Brian Real (Southern Connecticut State University) and Heidi Holmstrom (NARA)
4:22 - 'The Land of Lofty Mountains' (48.65)
14:25 - 'Whoa Noah' (207.436)
15:33 - Clip from 'Men of the Forest' (306.824)
20:12 - Clip from 'Help Woodsy Spread the Word' (95.94)
21:52 - 'Batman for US Savings Bonds' (56-BONDS-67)
22:47 - Selections from 'Photographic Activities of the Signal Corps AEF' (111-H-1400) and 'Examples of the Use of Motion Pictures in Military Training' (111-H-1176)
28:15 - Clip from 'Movies at War' (111-FB-107)
31:23 - Selections from 'Training During Combat' (18-CS-2583) with introduction and narration by Burton Blume
43:02 - Selections from Films from the War Relocation Authority's 'Alien Roundup' Series (111-BW-403, 111-BW-406, and 111-BW-415)
48:01 - Clip from 'Combat Fatigue: Irritability' (80-MN-3428C)
53:24 - 'Batgirl for Equal Pay' (448.121)
54:01 - Clip from 'Space for Women' (255-HQ-301)
57:51 - Clip from 'You've Got a Number' (47.62)
1:05:08 - '200' (306.6897)
1:08:33 - Selections from 'Akhbār-i Īrān [Iran News Series]' (306-IN-92, 306-IN-109, 306-IN-141, 306-IN-145, 306-IN-172, 306-IN-248, and 306-IN-249)
1:15:49 - Selections from 'Liberty News #446' (306-LN-446)
1:19:28 - Clip from 'A Letter from Colombia' (263.2092)

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