Top of page
Posted by: Amanda Jenkins
At the start of Women’s History Month, we featured a post about long-time radio host and producer Mary Margaret McBride. Today’s post features another interesting figure in women’s broadcasting history—the fictional advertising persona Betty Crocker—and the woman who portrayed her on radio and television in the 1950s and 1960s. Betty Crocker is the iconic figure …
Posted in: Advertising, Radio, Television
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, March 14 (7:30 p.m.) Smoke Signals (Miramax, 1998) Native American directors are a rarity in Hollywood. After the early silent film pioneers James Young Deer and Edwin Carewe, the portrayal of Native Americans in cinema turned dark and stereotypical. These social …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater, Television
Posted by: Amanda Jenkins
This is a guest post by Amanda Reichenbach about a new American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) collection covering education reporting on public television. The AAPB is a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Boston public broadcaster WGBH. Reichenbach worked on the release while interning last summer at the Library’s John W. Kluge Center. The previous …
Posted in: American Archive of Public Broadcasting, Television
Posted by: Amanda Jenkins
A few months ago, we launched the National Screening Room—a new digital collection featuring films that showcase the wealth and diversity of the Library’s moving image collections. The films range from early silent shorts from the Library’s Paper Print Collection to newsreels and actualities, from home movies to educational and sponsored films, from television to …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Screening Room, Television
Posted by: Karen Fishman
The following is a guest post by David Jackson, Manuscript Archivist, Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation. The finding aid for the papers in the Bob Hope Collection is now available to researchers, providing access to 770 linear feet of textual materials, and 91 feet of photographic materials. The finding aid is accessible online via …
Posted in: Bob Hope Collection, Motion Pictures, Radio, Recorded Sound, Television
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, December 20 (7:30 p.m.) Saturday Night Live Celebrates the Holidays (NBC) Featuring comedy sketches and musical performances that both spoof and celebrate the holidays, this unique program of clips from NBC’s long-running late-night live variety show was specially curated for this …
Posted in: Christmas, Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater, Television
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Programs are free and open to the public, but children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Seating at the screenings is on a first-come, first-served basis unless otherwise noted. Short films may be shown before some features. For general Packard Campus Theater information, call (540) 827-1079 ext. 79994 or (202) 707-9994. For …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater, Television
Posted by: Karen Fishman
The following is a guest post by David Jackson, Archivist, Bob Hope Collection, Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation. I’m entering the home stretch of my project to process the manuscript materials in the Bob Hope Collection and wanted to present a brief look at what’s now available for researchers. Processed material has been entered …
Posted in: Bob Hope Collection, Motion Pictures, Radio, Television, Uncategorized
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
To coincide with “Baseball Americana,” a major new exhibit at the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building opening on June 29, the Great American Pastime will be celebrated at the Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater with screenings of ten baseball movies. The series will include film biographies of Grover Cleveland Alexander (“The Winning Team”), James A. …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, National Film Registry, Television