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Videocassettes

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3785 Collections and/or Records:

Peter Brosnan materials on the film production of The lost city of Cecil B. DeMille and site excavation, approximately 1983-2014

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 5905 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains proposals, reports, contracts, press articles, photographs, negatives, digital video files, videocassettes, and letters related to Peter Brosnan's excavation in the Guadalupe Dunes, California, and resulting documentary, "The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille." Dated approximately 1983 to 2014.

Dates: approximately 1983-2014

Peter Brosnan Research on the 1923 Ten Commandments film, 1923-2006

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 5905 Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains papers and audiovisual materials collected by Peter Brosnan for his research on Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 Ten Commandments film, which was filmed in the Guadalupe Dunes in California and excavated by Brosnan during his Lost City project. Includes audiotapes, videocassettes, 16mm film reels, interview transcripts, biographical research either typed or printed from the internet, press articles and clippings about the 1923 film, photographs, negatives, and notes. Interviews are with...
Dates: 1923-2006

Peter Brosnan research on the 1956 Ten Commandments film, approximately 1956-2022

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 5905 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains papers and audiovisual materials collected by Peter Brosnan for his research on Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 Ten Commandments film, which was filmed on location in Egypt and Mount Sinai. Includes audiotapes, videocassettes, 16mm film reels, biographies either typed or printed from the internet, press articles and clippings about the 1956 film, an original lobby card for the film, and research notes. Materials dated 1956 to 2022.

Dates: approximately 1956-2022

Peter Brosnan research on the Ten Commandments films, approximately 1923-2022

 Series — Carton 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232565207], Folder: 41
Identifier: MSS 5905 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains papers and audiovisual materials collected by Peter Brosnan for his research on Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 and 1956 Ten Commandments films, including videocassettes, audiotapes, film reels, digital files, research notes, interviews with actors and other people and organizations associated with the filmings, press articles and clippings, and biographies. Also includes nails from the making of the film excavated by Brosnan in Guadalupe. Materials dated approximately 1923 to 2022.

Dates: approximately 1923-2022

Phil Shumway papers, 1942-2001

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 6 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 2 File 992
Scope and Contents Materials contain the history of Phil Shumway regarding his service in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He discusses flying the P-39 and the P-38. Describes an occasion when his airplane malfunctioned and he had to bail out over the ocean. Recounts spending nine days floating in a life raft with no food or water, and watching the search and rescue planes fly over and not see him. Describes his eventual rescue by a Navy ship, his recovery, and becoming a flight instructor for the Air Corps until the...
Dates: 1942-2001

Phillip and Lillian Gerard papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3793
Scope and Contents

Collection of folders with scripts, programs, and various other theatre related materials. Also includes various photographs, newspaper and magazine clippings, and videocassettes. Materials from and information concerning the Paris Theatre and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City is also included.

Dates: 1929-1982

Pictures from DeMille's 1923 "Ten Commandments" silent film, approximately 1980s

 Item — Carton 5: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232565256]
Identifier: MSS 5905 Series 1 Sub-Series 1 Item AV0002
Scope and Contents

Video meant likely for a documentary, audio is only background noise after first short clip.

Dates: approximately 1980s

Poems on transparencies, approximately 1952-2008

 Sub-Series — Carton 9: Series 2; Series 4 [Barcode: 31197233251674], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 1984 Series 2
Scope and Content

The subseries contains 24 poems written by Clinton F. Larson printed on colored transparancies. All poems are undated.

Dates: approximately 1952-2008