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Reviews movies that are available on DVD or tape. Each entry includes title, alternate titles, one to four bone rating, year released, MPAA rating, brief review, length, format, country of origin, cast, technical personnel, awards and made-for-television/cable/video designations.
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Scope and content: Video documentaries produced from 2006-2013 by students at Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tenn. under the guidance of instructor Cal Fuller. Most films are approximately 10-15 min. and include photographs, film footage, songs, and newspaper coverage from the time period of the subject matter. Most documentaries concern either the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s-1960s or the Vietnam War era of the 1960s, and most focus...
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Scope and content: Records include two ledger books and other financial records; publicity and advertising materials, including a printed version of the Mrs. Grissom's Salads advertising song, "The Legend of Mrs. G.;" two photographs; news clippings and magazine articles; and a 50th Anniversary video recording on DVD.
One ledger book documents the earliest days of the business in 1955, showing sales, salespeople, delivery and distribution throughout...
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Abstract: Comprised of original newsreel, video and audio tapes, recordings of freedom and protest songs along with recorded sermons and speeches. These materials were donated or purchased through the Robin and Bill King Foundation and are part of the Civil Rights Collection of the Nashville Public Library Special Collections Division. Individual recordings are cataloged separately.
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Scope and content: Silent, black and white film showing various scenes in Nashville, Tenn. around 1930. Quality is fair, though fine detail is blurry. Images include: the Parthenon and Centennial Park; views from War Memorial Plaza, including nearby buildings and the capitol; car races at the State Fairgrounds, showing crowds in the stands, a large building nearby, and races in progress; Sky Harbor airport near Murfreesboro, Tenn. including airplanes...
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Scope and content: The documentary collection consists of primary and secondary sources about the African American Civil Rights Movement, with information about key events, participants, and reform movements aimed at abolishing public and private acts of racial discrimination against African Americans. The collection documents Nashville's role, including information about the Nashville student sit-in movement and the students from Fisk and Tennessee...