[Frameworks] leads for research on USIA and avant-garde film?

Wed Aug 3 04:20:18 UTC 2016

The National Archives YouTube channel has TONS of great films up. Many in
720p.

All public domain.

On 8/2/16 11:08 PM, "Adam Hyman" <adam at lafilmforum.org> wrote:

> Thank you Patrick for taking the two minutes and finding that.  I should
have
> as well; didn't even cross my mind.  It's nice that the NA might be
posting
> these.

On 8/2/16 11:52 AM, "Patrick Friel" <patrick.friel at att.net>
> wrote:

>FYI: GRAND CENTRAL MARKET is on YouTube @ 720p, uploaded by the
> National
>Archives.
>
>Searching for "U.S. Information Agency" on YouTube
> draws over 1700 results
>(though those would need to be checked to see which
> are actually USIA
>films).
>
>Patrick Friel
>
>
>
>On 8/2/16 12:23 PM, "Adam
> Hyman" <adam at lafilmforum.org> wrote:
>
>> Directed by William Hale - sorry
> forgot his name.
>
>On 8/2/16 10:11 AM, "Adam
>> Hyman" <adam at lafilmforum.org>
> wrote:
>
>>For another angle, one film to look at
>> is "Grand Central Market"
> (1963)
>>who also directed a film on the Watts
>> Towers, filmed by Haskell
> Wexler,
>>edited by Mel Sloan and visible as a
>> shopper at the eponymous
> market in
>>downtown LA is Lelia Goldoni, star of
>> Cassevetes's SHADOWS, who
> was
>>friends with Wexler I believe.  Distributed by
>> USIA, not available to
> be
>>seen in the US for 25 years, and now available at
>> the National
> Archives
>>(and I have a file).  It isn't on-the-nose propaganda,
>> but uses
> the tools
>>of verité documentary to show the market, with the subtext
>> of
> how people
>>of multiple backgrounds and ethnicities are able to come
>>
> together
>>peacefully in the grand American world of commerce.
>>
>>The
> best
>> resource to see the films is the National Archives of the
> United
>>States, the
>> College Park branch, where copies of most or all of
> the USIA
>>films went to be
>>
> archived.
>>https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/
>>
>>For example, if
> you
>> type in Grand Central Market, they have two listings.
>>I happen to
> know from
>> ordering it that one of those copies doesn't exist
>>anymore, but
> they have
>> one.  Those identfiers are the info you need.  They
>>are not
> available online,
>> unless someone has posted it on YouTube.  They
>>are all
> public domain.  Ignore
>> the year of creation (which relates to when
>>it was
> deposited at the NA), but
>> you can see
>>Creator: U.S. Information Agency.
> 1982-10/1/1999
>>
>>Here are
>> these two listings:
>>
>>GRAND CENTRAL
>>
> MARKET
>><https://catalog.archives.gov/id/50048?&sp=%7B%22q%22%3A%22Grand%20Ce
> n
>> 
> tral
>>%
>>20Market%22%2C%22rows%22%3A%2220%22%2C%22tabType%22%3A%22all%22%2C%
> 22
>> 
> facet
>>%
>>22%3A%22true%22%2C%22facet.fields%22%3A%22oldScope%2Clevel%2Cmater
> ia
>> 
> lsType
>>%
>>2CfileFormat%2ClocationIds%2CdateRangeFacet%22%2C%22highlight%22%
> 3A
>> %22true
>>%
>>22%7D&sr=0>
>>From RG: 306
>>Moving Images Relating to
> U.S. Domestic
>> and International Activities
>>PORTRAYS ACTIVITY IN A LOS
> ANGELES, CA. FOOD
>> STORE - GRAND CENTRAL MARKET.
>>SHOWS VENDORS,
> REPRESENTING THE MELTING POT
>> THAT IS AMERICA, SELLING THEIR
>>WARES TO
> PEOPLE
>>National Archives Identifier:
>> 50048  Local Identifier: 306.3714
> Creator:
>>U.S. Information Agency.
>> 1982-10/1/1999
>>
>>
> <https://catalog.archives.gov/>
>>GRAND CENTRAL
>>
> MARKET
>><https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47130?&sp=%7B%22q%22%3A%22Grand%20Ce
> n
>> 
> tral
>>%
>>20Market%22%2C%22rows%22%3A%2220%22%2C%22tabType%22%3A%22all%22%2C%
> 22
>> 
> facet
>>%
>>22%3A%22true%22%2C%22facet.fields%22%3A%22oldScope%2Clevel%2Cmater
> ia
>> 
> lsType
>>%
>>2CfileFormat%2ClocationIds%2CdateRangeFacet%22%2C%22highlight%22%
> 3A
>> %22true
>>%
>>22%7D&sr=1>
>>From RG: 306
>>Moving Images Relating to
> U.S. Domestic
>> and International Activities
>>PORTRAYS ACTIVITY IN A LOS
> ANGELES, CA. FOOD
>> STORE - GRAND CENTRAL MARKET.
>>SHOWS VENDORS,
> REPRESENTING THE MELTING POT
>> THAT IS AMERICA, SELLING THEIR
>>WARES TO
> PEOPLE
>>National Archives Identifier:
>> 47130  Local Identifier: 306.346
> Creator:
>>U.S. Information Agency.
>> 1982-10/1/1999
>>
>>
>>You can also
> search on
>>U.S. Information Agency.
>> 8/1/1953-3/27/1978
>>This gives you
> thousands of listings.  Limit it to motion
>> pictures, etc.
>>
>>Best
> regards,
>>
>>Adam Hyman
>>Los Angeles
>> Filmforum
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>On 7/31/16
> 5:17 AM, "Mark Webber" <mark at markwebber.org.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Dear
> Ben
>>>
>>>You might want to speak to Malcolm Le Grice - he
>> worked with the
> USIA and
>>>American Embassy to organise several screenings in
>> London in
> the early
>>>1970s, until they reached a point where he felt that he
>> could
> no longer
>>>collaborate with them. These events included the Whitneys,
>>
> Oskar
>>>Fischinger, Stan Vanderkbeek and Lillian Schwartz.
>>>
>>>Email me
> off
>> list if you¹d like Malcolm¹s contact details.
>>>
>>>Mark
>>>
>>>>
> Date: Fri, 29
>> Jul 2016 13:13:03 -0400
>>>> From: Ben Ogrodnik
> <ben.ogrodnik at gmail.com>
>>>>
>> Subject: [Frameworks] leads for research on
> USIA and avant-garde film?
>>>>
>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> I'm interested in
> conducting a bit of research on the
>> film-related
>>>> activities of the
> United States Information Agency (USIA)
>> during the
>>>>1960s
>>>> and
> 1970s.
>>>> 
>>>> I am curious about the range of
>> film projects and
> filmmakers promoted
>>>>by
>>>> USIA (for example, the 1959
>> *Glimpses of
> the USA* project by Charles
>>>>and
>>>> Ray Eames), as well as the
>> regions
> of the world where such films were
>>>> toured during USIA's existence.
>>
> Anyone know of an archive or resource
>>>>that
>>>> might direct me toward
> this
>> information ?
>>>> 
>>>> Alternatively, if anyone can point me to
> scholarly
>> articles on USIA and
>>>>its
>>>> forays into independent
> filmmaking and
>> exhibitions, I'd be most
>>>> appreciative.
>>>> 
>>>>
> Thanks in advance!
>>>>
>> 
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> Ben
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> Ben
> Ogrodnik
>>>> PhD student
>>>> K.
>> Leroy Irvis Fellow
>>>> Department of
> Film Studies // History of Art and
>> Architecture
>>>> University of
> Pittsburgh
>>>>
>>
> BWO6 at pitt.edu
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