Uncle Sam Watching the Mexican Border
Historian Julie Prieto provides commentary for a silent 1916 U.S. Army film documenting the Mexican expedition of 1916-1…
This film was produced by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee for their voter registration campaign in the South. The documentary … read more
This film was produced by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee for their voter registration campaign in the South. The documentary includes interviews with black farmers and sharecroppers in rural Mississippi who describe violence, harassment, and intimidation they experienced when attempting to register to vote. Julian Bond, Fannie Lou Hamer, and SNCC leaders appear in the documentary. close
Historian Julie Prieto provides commentary for a silent 1916 U.S. Army film documenting the Mexican expedition of 1916-1…
This documentary details the history of the highly contagious virus that causes measles and the development of the measl…
This film from the U.S. Army’s Big Picture series details the life of Gen. John “Black Jack” Pershing from his birth in …
Directed by William Greaves for the National Park Service, this film portrays the life of Booker T. Washington through r…