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Archive: November 2016 (5 Posts)

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (December 2-3, 2016)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Friday, December 2 (7:30 p.m.) Air Force (Warner Bros., 1943) Made at the height of World War II, this epic account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor focuses on the personal dramas of the crew of an Air Force B-17 bomber …

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (November 16-19, 2016)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Wednesday, November 16 (7:30 p.m.) On the Firing Line with the Germans (War Film Syndicate Company, 1915) In 1915, newsreel director and cinematographer Wilbur H. Durborough spent seven months with the German army in Russia and Turkey and shot 16,000 feet of …

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Photo Blog #12: Reel Mysteries

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

This time in the Library’s ongoing series of “mystery stills,” we return to what are probably film stills from some very obscure films.  We welcome your assistance in telling us the titles or any of the performers pictured.  As always, “clicking” on any of the images below will increase their size.  As we verify the …