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Aftermath of hurricane Sandy in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, October 2012. Courtesy of NBCUniversal Archives In the aftermath of the recent Boston
The World at Warby Taylor DowningPalgrave Macmillan, 2012180 pages with black-and-white and color photographs$23.96 Are there reasons why a reader
From Ken Burns’ The Dust Bowl. Courtesy of Historic Adobe Museum It is a well-worn cliché that "a picture is worth a thousand words." Often, there is
Don't you just love archival footage? At its best, it's a window into the past and a revelation about a period in time. A scene of kids hula-hooping
Documentary filmmakers who use archival materials fall into two basic categories: those who are savvy about rights clearance issues and those who aren
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Academy Film Archive The International Documentary Association is recognizing the extraordinary
WITNESS, the nonprofit human rights organization conceived by musician and activist Peter Gabriel to empower human rights defenders to use video for