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Page 1 Moving image film collections University of Colorado Boulder Archives The following collections have been identified as containing moving image film items. Click on the name of the collection to see a list of individual film titles. Full finding aids for these collections can be accessed at https://archives.colorado.edu/ or by emailing [email protected]. Research access to original moving image films is restricted, due to preservation concerns. Contact [email protected] with a list of desired items and a statement of intended use, which will be evaluated by the Moving Image Archivist based on preservation condition of the desired items and staff availability; please note that access may not be guaranteed for all items. All analog sound recordings, video formats, and badly deteriorated film held by the Archives must be digitized for research access, due to preservation concerns. If these materials have not previously been digitized, the researcher is responsible for the cost of digitization. Researchers may request access to previously-digitized audiovisual materials that are not online on the CU Digital Library by contacting [email protected] COU # - collection identification number verified - films fully inspected to verify film title and content COU # Collection Film items Format Description Years Verified Digitized 664 Robert Godfrey papers 1710 16mm silent color film and This series contains moving image film and magnetic audio material which was recovered from the estate of Robert 1970s-1980s 40 of 1610 16mm magnetic audio Godfrey after his death in 1988. Robert Godfrey was a staff member at the Outward Bound school at the University of Colorado and documentary filmmaker who focused on mountaineering, environmentalism, and anti-nuclear activism. 491 Ira Current collection 434 16mm b/w and color film Films contain original, hand-edited footage, including family and domestic home movies and travel films, as well as 1930s-1990s 142 of 434 59 of 434 experiments with different sound recording systems. Features Colorado travel locations, activities of the Binghamton Camera Club, and images of small gauge and passenger trains. An avid amateur photographer, Ira Current was a chemist who worked in research and developed at the Agfa Ansco film company in Binghamton, New York. Many of his films were made as tests or samples of new film stocks, development techniques, and technology. 5028 Dark Circle collection 408 16mm film This collection contains moving image film and sound recordings from the production of the 1982 documentary Dark 1940s-1980s Circle by Judy Irving and Chris Beavers about the social, political and environmental impacts of Plutonium production, largely at the Rocky Flats nuclear facility in Colorado. The collection includes both original interviews and documentary footage with Rocky Flats workers and anti-nuclear activists, as well as many archival films on nuclear history from other sources used in the production. 2496 University of Colorado, 315 16mm b/w film with optical This series contains 16 mm moving image film prints of published educational films on many topics, including volumes 1950s-1960s Continuing Education, sound of the series "Screen News Digest" and "News Magazine of the Screen." Extension Division 996 William Loeffler Film 199 16mm b/w and color films This collection contains finished prints and production elements from publicity films about the University of Colorado, 1970s 24 of 199 collection featuring diverse campus activities and sporting events. William Loeffler worked as a filmmaker and photographer for the Univeristy of Colorado Information Services from 1971 to 1981. 139 Leroy H. Miller collection 148 16mm b/w and color film This collection contains amateur travel films created by Boulder businessman Leroy H. Miller, including locations in the 1930s 8 of 148 Unied States, South America, Asia, and Africa 359 Theodore Cockerell papers 60 16mm and 35mm b/w and This sub-series contains moving image films, produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Eastman Classroom Films, 1920s-1950s 59 of 60 41 of 60 color film and other sources. Films include educational pictures on plant, animal species, and insect species, as well as travelogues and images of indigenous people. Some reels contain original footage created by or featuring Theodore D.A., Wilmatte Porter Cockerell, and other researchers. 1127 National Farmers Union 47 8mm and 16mm b/w and This series contains informational and publicity films produced by the National Farmers Union 1950s-1980s records color film 603 Eben G. Fine collection 42 16mm silent b/w and color This series contains home movie footage of local Boulder gardens and travel footage from the American Southwest, 1930s-1940s 2 of 42 film taken by Boulder pharmacist, mountain climber, and gardener Eben G. Fine 4245 John H. Rich papers 41 16mm b/w and color film Collection includes unidentified footage from John H. Rich's travels as a foreign war correspondent for NBC News 1950s-1960s 700 Green Thumb, Inc. records 39 16mm b/w and color film This series contains publicity films from Green Thumb Inc., an organization of the National Farmers Union that focused 1970s-1980s 2 of 39 on providing work for retirees 1397 Ann Roy Papers 33 Super-8 silent color film These films may have been part of a fantasy project in Tepoztlan, Mexico, featuring astrologer John Starr Cooke, 1970s feminist Margaret Fiedler and others exploring identity and magic, often under the influence of LSD and psilocybin mushrooms. 1356 Walter Orr Roberts papers 27 16mm b/w and color film Collection includes science films, filmed lectures, and footage of cloud formations and solar flares, mostly on the topics 1940s-1070s 27 of 27 of atmospheric science and the sun Moving image film collections University of Boulder Archives Updated May 2020 Page 2 COU # Collection Film items Format Description Years Verified Digitized 1686 Clifford and Therese 20 16mm b/w and color film The series contains rodeo footage from the American Southwest, of unidentified origin. Collection was compiled by 1930s-1950s 20 of 20 Westermeier collection rodeo historians Clifford and Therese Westermeier 1297 Keith R. Porter collection 14 16mm b/w and color film This series contains biology research films 1940s-1980s 228 Stan Brakhage collection 12 8mm and 16mm film This collection includes 3 prints of Brakhage films and 9 prints of films sent to Brakhage by Bruce Baillie 1970s 5 of 12 1806 Harry W. Mazal Holocaust 12 8mm and 16mm b/w and Collection includes news footage on Nazi Germany and the Nuremberg Trials, published from other sources 1940s collection silent film 624 Percy Stanley Fritz collection 10 16mm color and b/w film Collection includes "Colorful Colorado," "Beautiful Colorado," and other footage of national parks, events, and 1920s-1950s 10 of 10 attractions, created by CU history professor Percy Fritz 758 David Hawkins papers 5 Super-8 and 16mm color and Collection includes "Northumberland Children," a film made by David and Frances Hawkins about the Mountain View 1970s b/w film children's day care center in Boulder, Colorado. Also includes unidentified travel films from Allakaket Alaska. 1656 Floyd Walters collection 5 16mm color and black and Collection includes production elements from the University of Colorado film, The Product" 5 of 5 white film 1795 James Zarichny papers 5 16mm color and black and Collection includes prints of documentaries on poverty, agriculture, and U.S. agriculture from various sources 1960s white film 753 Edward U. Condon collection 4 16mm and 35mm silent color Collection includes U.S. Air Force footage, used by the Condon commission for UFO research 1960s film 2374 Center for Labor Education 4 16mm film Collection includes prints of educational and publicity films on labor, social programs, and other political issues, 1940s-1960s and Research (Univeristy of produced by the AFL-CIO and other organizations. Colorado) GMA-15 Paul Tanner collection (Glenn 4 16mm b/w film Collection includes prints of two Glenn Miller films, Sun Valley Serenade (1941) and Orchestra Wives (1942) 1941-1942 Miller Archive) 380 Colorado Committee of 2 8mm b/w and 16mm color Collection contains one print of the published film, "Out of Bondage," and one reel of unidentified protest footage 1970s Concern for Soviet Jewry film collection 818 Humanitas International 2 16mm color film, 35 mm Series contains a 16mm print of the documentary, "There But For Fortune: Joan Baez in Latin America (1981)." Also 1980s Human Rights Committee color negative includes an unidentified 35mm color negative records 1111 University of Colorado 2 16mm silent b/w film This collection contains travel footage from Turkey, taken by a staff member of the Colorado Natural History Museum in 1930s-1940s 2 of 2 Natural History Museum the 1930s 1117 George W. Nace papers 2 8mm color film Collection includes two film reels, likely home movies, possibly from Japan 1940s-1950s 1317 Pughe papers 2 16mm color film Two films on water management, from the collection of Moffat County politicians James and George Pughe 1970s-1980s 1493 South Dakota Farmers Union 2 16mm films Series contains publicity films from the South Dakota Famers Union records 4026 Robert Sheeks papers 2 16mm b/w film Collection from CU graduate and WWII veteran Robert Sheeks includes two WWII news films from the United States 1940s 2 of 2 Information Service 1061 Hugh E. McMillen papers 1 16mm color film Series contains Orange Bowl parade footage, from the collection of CU band director Hugh McMillen 1752 Morey Wolfson papers 1 16mm color film Unidentified film titled "Water," from the collection of anti-nuclear activist Morey Wolfson. 1 of 1 4406 Francis J. Geck papers 1 16mm color film Series contains one reel of unidentified home movie footage, from the collection of CU fine arts professor Francis Geck. 1947 3331 University of Colorado 700 16mm b/w and color film to be inventoried: University of Colorado publicity films and production elements.