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Re: Seeking "lost" film footage



Darlene,
it may be one of the conventional routes you tried, but you didn't mention
it:
have you tried posting to AMIA?
you have to subscribe of course, but it is an excellent resource.  start at:
www.amianet.org and hit 'about amia'


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU]On
> Behalf Of Darlene Richardson
> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 4:21 PM
> To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject: Seeking "lost" film footage
>
>
> Dear ListMates,
> I have gone through the conventional routes, including NARA, Paramount
> Pictures, and Norfolk Southern Corp., in search of movie film footage
> featuring African American Wheelrollers from the Norfolk &
> Western railroad
> and now must ask for your assistance.  The Wheelrollers were filmed twice:
> once in April 1938 by Fox Movietone News and again in August 1944 by
> Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount, Fox Movietone News, and Acme Newspictures.
> I would appreciate any suggestions or leads.
>
>
> Darlene Richardson
> Historian & Archivist
> Virginia Museum of Transportation, Inc.
> 303 Norfolk Avenue, SW
> Roanoke, VA  24016
> (540) 342-5670
> Fax: (540) 342-6898
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