documentary films
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Films or videos that present fact and real situations and people rather than fiction. They typically feature the people, places, and events who are the subjects of the film, rather than actors or sets. Early examples were influenced by television news and used portable cameras.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Commercial Films, circa 1930-1949
Series — Reel 1-9
Scope and Contents
A collection of nine 8mm commercial films for use in teaching. The films were from the collection of the family of Dr. Lee Simmons. The films include: Mudded in Mud, unidentified film (Pictoreels, 1946), unidentified animals, Chimp the Aviator (1940s), Three Bruins in the Woods (1942)?, African Pygmy Thrills (1930s), Bug Carnival (1937), Camera Magic, and Mary Had a Little Lamb.
Dates:
circa 1930-1949
Depth Report, College of Journalism and Mass Communications Records
Collection
Identifier: RG-14-08-02
Scope and Contents
The reports were written and published by students in creative editing and depth reporting classes in the College of Journalism, supervised by Journalism faculty. The content of the reports cover a wide variety of topics such as activism, buffalo, campus expansion, charity, death, elderly, Farm Aid, football, homecoming, homosexuality, the Oregon Trail, police, registration, welfare, among others. There are also reports on several countries, including Germany, Bolivia, Cuba, and France....
Dates:
1962 - 2014
Omaha Public Schools Making Invisible Histories Visible Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0128
Content Description
The collection of documentary films, unedited video interviews, and supporting documents for the Omaha Public Schools Making Invisible Histories Visible program for the 2017-2018 summer programs document music genres in Omaha. Topics include jazz, hip hop, funk, polka, women in indie music, Mexican American music, and music of new immigrants to the U.S. The 2019 projects were about some of Omaha's neighborhoods.New material added March 27, 2023: The 2022 Making Invisible...
Dates:
2017-2022