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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
A review of some of the Library of Congress' motion picture and broadcast archives shows that some items, feared "lost," have been here all along.
Posted in: Motion Pictures, Television
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
After several years of work, the Library of Congress has completed its preservation, transfer and digitization of the landmark "David Susskind Show." Here, we take a look inside the collection.
Posted in: Television
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Just weeks after is special screening at the Library of Congress Festival of Film & Sound, we look back at the cowboy sci-fi film "The Phantom Empire"
Posted in: Film Festival, Motion Pictures, Television, Uncategorized
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The weekend film/screening schedule for the Library of Congress' Packard Campus Theater
Posted in: Motion Pictures, Packard Campus Theater, Television
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Almost 50 years since its original airing, the Library of Congress looks back at the hour-long TV show with a Black female lead--and tries to figure out why it gets so little respect.
Posted in: Black Films, Television
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
This month's movie selections at the Packard Campus Theater in Culpeper
Posted in: National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater, Television
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Cary O'Dell looks back at the 1951 daytime drama "Miss Susan" starring Susan Peters. It was the first TV show to feature a real-life wheelchair user as a main character.
Posted in: Daytime Serials, Television
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Though titled “Court of Human Relations,” this obscure, 1959 NBC-TV daytime program was far less “Judge Judy” than a more emotional “Meet the Press.” “Court” had begun on radio, the brainchild of its producer/host A.L. Alexander, and had the lofty goal of bringing the process of mediation to the media while also paying tribute to …
Posted in: National Screening Room, Television
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Over 20 years ago, two unassuming VHS tapes were delivered to the Library of Congress’s Packard Campus as part of a copyright deposit. This past month, they became an internet and anime sensation. It took some dogged, dedicated detective work to finally, fully understand the notoriety of these two works. It was a long-simmering puzzle, …
Posted in: Moving Image Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Television