Videos

Afghanistan: A New Generation is a U.S. Information Agency report from 1987 on the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. This video from the National Archives focuses on the challenges facing …

Martin Luther King, Jr., was interviewed by four journalists for “Press Conference U.S.A.,” a U.S. Information Agency (USIA) series that was distributed internationally. The interviewers wer…

A “winter count” is a Plains Indian tradition of recording a tribe’s history with symbols drawn on buffalo hide or other material. In this short film funded by the U.S. Information Agency, L…

This U.S. Information Service film documents President Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s tour of Venezuela and visit with Venezuelan President Romulo Betancourt. President Kennedy …

This 1963 U.S. Information Department film captured the spirit of Americana at the Texas State Fair, with its amusements, competitions of agricultural products and cattle, and exhibits of ne…

Using excerpts from President Richard Nixon’s eulogy, this film documents the funeral services of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He died on March 28, 1969. The film includes scenes o…

In this 1983 U.S. Information Agency film, photographer Roland Freeman recounted his experience documenting African American folk arts in the South and a trip to Nigeria. This film was origi…

This 1963 U.S. Information Agency film followed young African American Clarence Carter Jr. as he makes a car for the Washington, D.C., Soap Box Derby. This film was originally called “The Dr…

The U.S. Information Agency chronicled the early life of former Senator Bill Bradley (D-NJ), including his basketball career. He played for the New York Knicks from 1967-77 and, in 1982, was…

This U.S. Information Agency video from 1986 showed discoveries photographed by Voyager II as the satellite made its closest approach to Saturn in August of 1981. Voyager II was launched in …

This 1956 video from the U.S. Information Agency showed the evolution and various styles of American dance throughout the nation’s history. Reel America is an American History TV series comp…

This animated anti-communist film tells the story of a bear, representing the Soviet Union. The bear eats children, who represent small communist nations, until some children band together t…

Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat, traveled around the world in July of 1956 with stops in Hawaii, the Philippines, Taiwan, South Vietnam, Thailand, Pakistan, and Turkey. Highli…

Afghanistan 1982: The Struggle for Freedom Continues is a U.S. Information Agency film that chronicled the aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

This U.S. Information Agency short film describes the death and funeral of President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963. It includes footage of President Ly…

This U.S. Information Agency film profiles an Italian newspaper journalist as he describes his day-to-day duties in Washington, and travels to cover several presidential campaign events in 1…

This U.S. Information Agency documentary is the final film directed by five-time Oscar winner John Ford, who supported U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Narrated by actor Charlton Heston,…

Directed and narrated by Czech political refugee and animator Paul Fierlinger, this film shows his arrival in the United States, scenes of the failed 1968 student uprising in his homeland, a…

This newsreel-style film for the U.S. Information Agency by Hearst Movietone News documents the 1960 presidential election from the nominating conventions through the concession and victory …

This U.S. Information Agency film produced by Movietone News documented key events in President John F. Kennedy’s administration from the 1961 inauguration to the 1962 State of the Union add…