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Title: Russell Lambert Film
Date: 1929
Creator: Lambert, Russell W.
Description: Footage recorded by Russell W. Lambert (Class of 1932), ca. 1929. Includes footage of Herbert Hoover's Inauguration and Parade (March 1929), the Library of Congress, students playing baseball and playing with a dog, children at a farmhouse with a rabbit, American University faculty and staff, and construction on campus.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- Students
Subject -- Personal Name: Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Local Identifier: Russell W. Lambert Film
Collection: American University Historic Films and Videos
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:85703
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Historic Footage
Date: 1941
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Footage of American University campus ca. 1941. Footage includes buildings on campus, students arriving on campus for orientation, a Varsity Football game, an Alumni Varsity Basketball game, students skiing in winter, May Day celebration, Choral club spring concert, a Varsity Tennis match, a performance of Play Much Ado About Nothing, Alumni Day, and Graduation. Also featured are campus administrators including Dean of Women Mary Louise Brown and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts George B. Woods.
Subject: American University (Washington, D.C.) -- Students
Local Identifier: Historic Footage
Collection: American University Historic Films and Videos
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:85704
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Concert held at American University during student protests in response to Kent State shootings, May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: This film shows a concert held in the Woods-Brown Amphitheater at American University during the Kent State protests.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: Rally_and_Concert
Type: black-and-white film
Collection: Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:25217
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: American University student response to Kent State shootings - Outs, May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: This film features images of students and traffic around American University’s campus including the MPD presence around Ward Circle. One student is shown in handcuffs while others are shown giving the peace sign in front of a bus. This footage was not selected for the final version of the Strike film.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: Strike _Outs
Type: black-and-white film
Collection: Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:25218
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: American University students and guests in campus student center during student protests in response to Kent State shootings, May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: This film shows the interior of Mary Graydon Center on American University’s Campus during the Kent State protests. Some students are seen hanging out in the lounge and on the stairs while others are sleeping on the floor in sleeping bags. This footage was not selected for use in final version of the Strike film.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: MGC_Sleeping_and_Waiting _Outs
Type: black-and-white film
Collection: Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55097
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: American University Student Response to Kent State shootings (part two), May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Film begins with a stretcher being loaded into an ambulance by the Bethesda/Chevy Chase Rescue Squad and Red Cross workers. The bulk of the film consists of scenes of students congregating on and around American University’s campus including signs for a variety of activities such as a memorial service and smoke-in and images of the MPD response including tear gas canisters spewing gas and students washing out each others eyes. Also featured is footage of a formal gathering in the amphitheater with AU President George Williams, various campus administrators, and Professor Adbul Said. Though the film includes interviews with students, the soundtrack is missing so the interviews cannot be heard.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: AU_Teaching_Project_2
Type: black-and-white film
Collection: Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55828
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: American University Student Response to Kent State shootings (part one), May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Film begins with scenes of students protesting on American University’s campus and vicinity. Students are shown washing car windows around Ward Circle, approaching vehicles and giving drivers flyers. The Artemas Ward statue is shown covered in a sheet that reads "How Many More?" There is extensive footage of the interaction between the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and students including one arrest. The film follows the students as they head downtown including scenes outside Peace Corps office on Pennsylvania Ave. The students end up on the National Mall for a large rally and concert.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: AU_Teaching_Project_1
Type: black-and-white film
Collection: Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55829
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Third World Home Movie, West Cascade Returned PCVs, 1986
Date: 1986
Creator: Arnold, Courtney; Arnold, David
Description: Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) video slideshow prepared by David and Courtney Arnold for the 1986 West Cascade Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Conference. RPCVs featured include: 135 - Pat Wand - Colombia 391 - Jim Anderson - Iran 540 - Wayne and Rolly Thompson - Peru 630 - Alberta and Alan Winkler - Philippines 920 - Diane and Ed Sheridan - Philippines 1060 - Courtney and David Arnold - Ethiopia 1309 - Marsha and Ed Swartz - Uganda 1470 - Dorothy Soper - Ghana 1585 - Gwen and Chuch Bailey - Tanzania 1706 - Ron Larson - Ethiopia 1808 - Sara Klinghammer - Turkey 1900 - Janer Tuininga and Don Nordin - India 2060 - Janet and Bob Hollander - India 2290 - James Cloutier - Kenya 2436 - Stephanie Smock and Dean Bliss 2709 - Carl Hosticka - Nepal 2870 - Beryl Brinkman - Afghanistan 2965 - Tim Meinzen - Sierra Leone 3356 - Tom English - Nepal 3060 - Sharyn and Bruce Shaw 3200 - Brian James - Barbados 3285 - Mike Helm - Uganda, Kenya 3385 - Judith Fernandes - Chile, Afghanistan 3459 - Jerry Rust - India 3605 - Greg Rikhoff - Kenya 3690 - John Williams - Thailand
Subject: Reunions; Voluntarism
Local Identifier: PCCA_Arnold_0001
Type: VHS; video recordings (physical artifacts)
Collection: Records of the National Peace Corps Association
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:2912
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Robert C. Byrd Commencement Address, 87th Commencement, American University, Spring 1988
Date: 1988-05-15
Publisher: American University
Subject: Baccalaureate addresses; Commencement ceremonies; Education, Higher
Subject -- Personal Name: Byrd, Robert C.
Local Identifier: M_CG_005_access_Byrd
Type: Video recordings
Collection: American University Commencement Addresses
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55195
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Senator Joseph Biden at American University, November 13, 1988
Date: 1988-11-13
Creator: Biden, Joseph R., Jr.
Publisher: American University
Description: Senator Joseph Biden speaks to the American University community about his attempted Presidential bid and the face of politics in America. Recorded November 13, 1988 at a Kennedy Political Union (KPU) event.
Subject: United States -- Congress -- Senate -- Biography; Economic sanctions, American.; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; United States -- Foreign economic relations; United States -- Foreign relations; United States -- Politics and government
Subject -- Personal Name: Biden, Joseph R., Jr.
Local Identifier: au_biden_1988
Type: Speeches
Collection: American University Historic Films and Videos
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:94902
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: The American University Washington, D.C., c1989
Date: 1989
Publisher: American University (Washington, D.C.)
Description: The American University experience as told by students and faculty in their own words. Brief comments cover the classroom, social life, student body composition, and the opportunities available to students living in the nation's capital.
Subject: College choice; Documentary films; Motion pictures; Universities and colleges -- United States
Local Identifier: American_University_VHS710_access
Type: promotional materials; VHS
Collection: American University Historic Films and Videos
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96440
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image