New Year’s Eve with NBC (repost)
Posted by: Laura Jenemann
Revisit New Year's Eve celebrations of the past through the Library's NBC Radio Index Cards.
Posted in: NBC Radio Collection, Recorded Sound
Archive: 2023 (6 Posts)
Shaping Latina/o Representation at the Movies with Junior Fellows, Scholars, and Filmmakers
Posted by: Laura Jenemann
Announcing the newly published Latinx Representation in Film Research Guide. This guide is part of the “Cine Latine: Shaping Latino Representation at the Movies” project implemented by Junior Fellows, the Hispanic Reading Room, the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center and others.
Posted in: Film/Video, Hispanic Reading Room, Motion Pictures, National Film Registry, Uncategorized
The Sounds of Earth at the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
Posted by: Laura Jenemann
The National Audio-Visual Conservation recently restored and displayed its “Sounds of Earth” disc. This disc, also known as the “Voyager Golden Record,” was presented by NASA to the Library of Congress in 1978.
Posted in: National Recording Registry, Recorded Sound
Resources for Educators
Posted by: Laura Jenemann
Here are some free and publicly available audio, video, and other resources from the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center that teachers and educators may find especially helpful.
Posted in: American Archive of Public Broadcasting, Moving Image Research Center, National Film Registry, National Recording Registry, National Screening Room, Recorded Sound Research Center
Before the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Part 2
Posted by: Laura Jenemann
As DC's own Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts concludes yet another landmark year, the Library's own Laura Jenemann traces how some of the LC's own moving image and audio holdings trace the creation and evolution of this great instititution.
Posted in: Moving Image Research Center, NBC Television Collection
Before the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Part 1
Posted by: Laura Jenemann
One of the many cultural institutions in Washington, D.C. is the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The mission of the Kennedy Center is: “As the nation’s cultural center, and a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy, we are a leader for the arts across America and around the world, reaching and …
Posted in: Moving Image Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Recorded Sound Research Center, Uncategorized