Here's a newbies reply.. Try the Black Film Center/Archive at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. e-mail [log in to unmask] internet site http://www.indiana.edu/~bfca/index.html Professor Phyllis Klotman has dedicated her career to chronicling African-American cinema. If they don't have it in their center she may know where to find it! Good luck! Tracie P. On Mon, 29 Jul 1996, Cal wrote: > ***forwarded from african-cinema-conference*** > > Originally from: "F. Leon Wilson" <[log in to unmask]> (by way of [log in to unmask]) > Originally dated: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 14:10:19 -0400 > > "F. Leon Wilson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I am developing a research project on African Americans in newsreels. > I want to locate various holdings of newsreels that focus on African > American life/culture. Of particular interest are newsreels that ran > as trailers or news "shorts" in films directed at either general > audiences or black audiences. The historical timeframe would be circa > 1939 to 1969, inclusive of U.S. military efforts during WW II through > the Civil Rights Movement in America. > > I know the Schomburg Research Center has several holdings. I need to > find out where other newsreel collections are housed, how extensive > they are, how to contact curators, etc. > > Also, I need to know what research, if any, has been done exclusively > on the African American presence in these types of films. Based on my > limited search, so far, I don't believe any comprehensive cataloging > or analysis has been done to date. > > Thanks for everyone's help on this. > > F. Leon Wilson > CODE One Communications > Senior Project Manager > > P. O. Box 9726 > Columbus, Ohio 43209 > > 614-338-0321 > 614.338.8384 (fax) > > "F. Leon Wilson" <[log in to unmask]> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Cal Pryluck, Radio-Television-Film, Temple University, Philadelphia > <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]> > > SCREENsite -- A Film/TV-studies site on the World Wide Web > URL:http://www.sa.ua.edu/SCREENsite/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---- > To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]