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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Like the rest of the world, the Library of Congress is saddened to hear of the passing of the great Vin Scully. Mr. Scully passed away on August 2nd, at the age of 95. Not surprisingly, Mr. Scully is represented on the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry. His broadcast of the September 8, 1957 …
Posted in: National Recording Registry, Sports
Posted by: Stacie Seifrit-Griffin
I am happy to say that I work with some of the most fascinating, brilliant and passionate people that I’ve ever known. The halls here at the Library of Congress National Audio-Video Conservation Center are abuzz every day with discussions about movies, directors, cinematography, casting decisions, and opinions about what is the greatest film of …
Posted in: National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, National Film Registry, Uncategorized
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
August Film Screenings at the Packard Campus Theater Featuring Films from the National Film Registry A sampling of various film genres named to the National Film Registry for posterity will be showcased in August at the Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation in Culpeper, Virginia. The series will offer a film every Friday at …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Here are some of the titles from the Library’s motion picture collections–many preserved by the NAVCC film laboratory–that we’re loaning for exhibition this month. As always, we can’t guarantee that schedules won’t change or links get broken, but this is our best information at the time of publication. AFI SILVER Silver Spring, Maryland JIVIN’ IN …
Posted in: Film Loans
Posted by: Matthew Barton
Every one of us yearns to be heard and appreciated. Yet at the same time, we are surrounded by a wondrous realm of vibrations that are rarely attended to, let alone valued. Listening can open the portal between these inner and outer worlds.—Jim Metzner For the past half century, Jim Metzner has taken the pulse …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The CDC COVID-19 Community Spread Level for Culpeper County is now at a HIGH status. Out of an abundance of caution and to safeguard the health of the public and Packard Campus employees, the public screenings for this weekend at the Packard Campus theater are cancelled. We will continue to monitor the CDC status and …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Today, movie stars are easily accessible to us: on TV, by way of streaming services and, of course, via the internet, usually even via that star’s very own Twitter and Instagram. In fact, celebrities—of every conceivable stripe–are so omnipresent that it seems hard to imagine, or remember, a time when even our most famous film …
Posted in: Motion Pictures
Posted by: Stacie Seifrit-Griffin
As the great Mary McLeod Bethune gets her own statue at the US Capitol, the Library's own Stacie Seifrit-Griffin examines her life and legacy via the Library's audio-video collections.
Posted in: American Archive of Public Broadcasting, Civil Rights, Moving Image Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, National Screening Room, NBC Radio Collection, Recorded Sound Research Center
Posted by: Library of Congress
The following post is by David Sager of the Library of Congress’ Recorded Sound Division. During the early 1900s, the act of making a phonograph record was an uncomfortable proposition. For one thing, efficient positioning before the recording horn required as much attention as the performance itself. Performers had the additional concern of needing to …
Posted in: Comedy, Recorded Sound