The Seattle Art Museum, established in 1933, was preceded by the Seattle Fine Arts Society, 1910-1929; and the Art Institute of Seattle, 1929-1933. The Seattle Fine Arts Society did not build a build a permanent collection, but presented many exhibitions of works loaned by individuals and institutions. Of the Society's exhibits, the most significant was the Northwest Annual, a sixty-year tradition which began in 1914 and which first introduced to the public some of the most important artists of the region. The name of the Society was changed in 1928, to "Art Institute of Seattle" in order to emphasize its role as a civic institution. An art museum for the city of Seattle, designed by architect Carl Gould, was built in 1933 in Volunteer Park. When it was superseded by a new downtown museum in 1991, the Volunteer Park building became the Seattle Asian Art Museum, also administered by the Seattle Art Museum.
Film held by the Seattle Art Museum as a lending library for museum members, docents and volunteers. Most of the films are about art and artists and were produced and distributed by national companies such as the Encyclopedia Britannica, the Reader's Digest or Coronet Instructional Films. A small portion of the collection appears to be produced by SAM or by local television news organizations.
Original film cannot be accessed due to preservation concerns.
Access is restricted. Contact the Special Collections division of the University of Washington Libraries for details.
Original film cannot be accessed due to preservation concerns.
Copyright restrictions may apply to some titles. Original SAM materials have unrestricted access.
Donor: Traci Timmons for the Seattle Art Museum, January 19, 2011.
Processed by Annie Tucker and Bronson Dowd; processing completed in 2019.
The materials in this series contain interviews, publicity, and architecture which relate to the history of the Seattle Art Museum.
A Seattle Art Museum publicity film featuring children playing on the Chinese camel sculptures outside of the Seattle Art Museum.
Original ID number: 4-126
Home movie footage of downtown Seattle, Union Station, and the Seattle Art Museum.
Original ID number: 4-96
A promotional film about the Seattle Art Museum in 1953.
Original ID number: 4-113
Children playing in front of the Seattle Art Museum.
Original ID number: 4-59
Seattle Art Museum educational programming. King TV interviews
Seattle Art Museum educator Dorothy Lahr. Lahr discusses the Seattle Art
Museum's collection and the accessibility of prints, recommends viewers attend
the 40th International Print Makers Exhibition at the Pavilion in Seattle
Center, and highlights selected prints, including Harry Stanbridge's
Produced by Elizabeth Wright Evans; A KING Community Services Presentation. Community Workshop Kinescope.
Original ID number: 12-19
The installation of the sculpture
A King TV film.
Original ID number: 4-128
Views of the opening of the Rockwell exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum. Murmurs of audience in gallery; trio of a capella singers perform; "John" and woman describe painting, no microphone: John, when asked why the Rockwell exhibition was important, responds with "nostalgia." Footage of patrons eating in the gallery.
A King TV film.
Original ID number: 4-125
Views of Seattle Art Museum exterior and the
A Seattle Art Museum Guild film; Sponsored by the Seattle Art Museum Guild Film; Special Thanks: Willis Woods; Director, Shirley Younglove.
Original ID number: 6-2
Dr. Richard Fuller was a collector of Chinese and Japanese art who helped fund the construction of the Seattle Art Museum; he served as director of the museum for its first forty years.
A portion of a speech delivered by Dr. Fuller at a Rotary Club luncheon. He discusses his personal history, his family, the Seattle Art Museum, and local Seattle artists.
Cameron Film Productions.
Original ID number: 12-15
A KCTS profile of Dr. Richard Fuller and Betty Fuller, Dr, Fuller's wife and a member of various Seattle art organizations. They discuss the Seattle art scene, their service at the Seattle Art Museum, and their personal art collection.
Original ID number: 12-16
A portion of a speech delivered by Fuller at a Rotary Club luncheon. He discusses the Washington Art Association and Fine Art's role in the Seattle Art Museum's origin as well as his role in forming the Seattle Art Museum.
Part of a KING TV news story about Dr. Richard Fuller's 75th birthday party, held at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel.
Original ID number: 4-171
An interview with Dr. Richard Fuller on
Original ID number: 4-46
A portion of a KOMO news story about the Seattle Art Museum, including an interview with a Dr. Richard Fuller. They discuss Dr. Fuller's doctorate in geology, the history of the Seattle Asian Art Museum and its large Asian art collection, and Dr. Fuller stepping down as the director of the Seattle Art Museum.
Original ID number: 4-172
The materials in this series are about art criticism, appreciation, or theory.
A discussion of the science of color and color theory in art. Includes a demonstration on how color film is made.
Produced by Coronet Films.
Original ID number: 4-133
A documentary about different approaches to art appreciation.
A Paul Burnford production.
Part of the
Original ID number: 4-17
A film about different types approaches to art appreciation.
A Patrician Films production; Bailey Films Inc.
Original ID number: 4-24
A discussion of the Cubism movement alongside visual examples.
A Patrician Films production; Produced by Wayne Thiebaud; Bailey Films, Inc.
Original ID number: 4-20
A discussion of art and design in the 1950s.
Original ID number: 12-24
An examination of original artworks edited to music.
Produced by Pyramid Films.
Original ID number: 4-182
The materials in this series focus primarily on various art media and also include films about specific artists and instructional films about artistic techniques.
A film demonstrating modern bookbinding techniques and an educational survey of the New York Public Library's collection of literary antiquities, including books, scrolls, and clay tablets. Features an interview and demonstration with Marguerite Lahey, a bookbinder specializing in rare books.
Bray Studios Inc.
Original ID number: 4-18
A discussion and demonstration of gem identification and polishing.
Bray Studios.
Original ID number: 4-37
Demonstrations by artisans fashioning custom-built furniture. Scenes of pattern-making, laying out, band sawing, power planing, joining, lathe turning, grooving, gluing, carving, and finishing.
Produced by Erpi Classroom Films, Inc.; Edwin J. Hipkiss, collaborator; Distributed by Encyclopedia Britannica Films, Inc.
Original ID number: 4-72
A documentary about the architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott-Brown, focusing on their influence in postmodern architecture.
A documentary about architecture, focusing on outdoor installations.
Original ID number: 4-71
A drawing demonstration by artist Theodore Kautzky.
Distributed by Encyclopedia Britannica Films, Inc.
Original ID number: 4-61
An instructional film featuring an artist demonstrating how to use a broad stroke pencil.
Developed by Arthur L. Guptill.
Original ID number: 4-21
A narrative film about The Cloisters, a museum in New York, and a romance between two characters.
Original ID number: 4-161
A demonstration of time-lapse photography featuring the growth and blooming of flowers.
Coronet Instructional Films.
Original ID number: 4-77
A dadaist experimental film featuring animation and moving text.
Directed by Marcel Duchamp.
Original ID number: 4-184
A compilation of scenes from various glass-blowing films. Includes demonstrations of glass blowing and coloring.
Original ID number: 4-174
A demonstration of glass blowing by Herman Miller, a glass blower with the American Natural History Museum in New York.
A Henry Sazin Educational Film; Produced by Rudolph Brent
Original ID number: 4-107
Demonstration of glass blowing and decorating.
Produced by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Original ID number: 4-75
Discussion of glass art housed in a gallery.
Original ID number: 4-63
The making of a stained glass window. Includes scenes of glass blowing, lead soldering, and mounting.
Produced by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Original ID number: 12-12
History of hand firearms, illustrated by articles from the William H. Riggs donation.
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Original ID number: 4-69
A demonstration of wrought iron production by the artist Samuel Yellin.
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Original ID number: 4-108
An educational film featuring demonstrations of various metal work techniques.
Produced by Erpi Classroom Films, Inc., in collaboration with Forest Grant, Director of Art Public Schools of New York City.
Original ID number: 4-131
Demonstration of metalworking on several pieces of silver.
Produced by Boston Museum of Art.
Original ID number: 8-47
A demonstration of silver ring crafting.
Original ID number: 4-120
Thomas Benton demonstrates the process of painting a mural from original concept to finished piece.
Artist, Thomas Benton; Produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Films.
Original ID number: 4-180
An artist demonstrates different brush techniques.
Produced by Phototronics Inc.; International Film Bureau Inc.
Original ID number: 4-22
A documentary about the paintings of Peter Paul Rubens, including side-by-side comparisons to other artists' work.
Original ID number: 16-2
A discussion of the work and technique of the impressionist painter, Childe Hassam.
Produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Original ID number: 4-49
A documentary about the paintings of Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
Narrated by George Ives; Produced by Auerbach Film Enterprises, Ltd.
Original ID number: 12-9
A documentary about impressionist painting, with a brief appearance by Pablo Picasso.
Original ID number: 12-13
A film about the paintings of Pablo Picasso.
Original ID number: 8-25
Demonstration of finger painting.
International Film Bureau, Inc.
Original ID number: 4-53
A painting demonstration by Charles J. Martin, professor at Columbia University.
Original ID number: 4-51
A painting demonstration by Charles J. Martin, a professor at Columbia University.
Original ID number: 4-56
An instructional film featuring Eliot O'Hara demonstrating watercolor techniques.
Encyclopedia Britannica Films Inc.
Original ID number: 4-23
An instructional film featuring artist Eliot O'Hara painting a watercolor of boats in Gloucester Harbor.
Encyclopedia Britannica Films
Original ID number: 4-142
An instructional film featuring painter Eliot O'Hara painting a watercolor of boats in Gloucester Harbor.
Encyclopedia Britannica Films
Original ID number: 4-141
A survey of traditional dance styles from around the world.
Ideal Pictures Corporation.
Original ID number: 4-138
A documentary about a Claes Oldenburg performance art piece with an ice bag.
Directed by Michel Hugo; Photographed by Eric Saarien; A Gemini-Gel Project.
Original ID number: 8-53
A film about archaic and unusual instruments.
Pathé News.
Original ID number: 4-6
A discussion the bell making process and the playing of a carillon.
A J.H. Hoffberg presentation.
Original ID number: 4-27
Presented by Dr. Malcolm Sargent, conductor London Symphony Orchestra; Eastin Pictures Company.
Original ID number: 8-45
Concert pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski plays a polonaise of Frédéric Chopin. Performance is in concert hall setting.
The New Official Films Inc.
Original ID number: 4-140
An artists creates visual interpretations of violin music.
Animator, Norman McLaren; International Film Bureau presents a National Board of Canada film.
Original ID number: 4-178
Performances of three concert pieces: Alexander Brailowsky
performing
Original ID number: 8-20
A discussion of visual interpretations of music. Features children drawing their responses to music.
International Film Bureau, Inc.
Original ID number: 4-52
A demonstration of how marionettes are made. A performance of Hansel and Gretel with marionettes.
On film canister: "What the film shows: In this film we accompany a little boy on a visit to a puppeteer's workshop. We are met at the door and guided through the workrooms by "Hansel," a completed puppet." This description continues with a scene-by-scene synopsis of a marionette demonstration.
Original ID number: 4-115
A puppeteer controls a child-sized puppet.
Directed by Alvin J. Gordon; A Gateway Production.
Original ID number: 4-80
A play titled
Original ID number: 8-17
Filmed performances of famous scenes from William
Shakespeare's
Eastin Pictures Company; Performed by Wilfred Lawson, Cathleen Nesbitt, Felix Aylmer, and Catherine Lacey.
Original ID number: 8-35
Performances of famous scenes from William Shakespeare's
Eastin Pictures Company.
Original ID number: 8-36
A performance of a condensed version William Shakespeare's
Eastin Pictures Company; Performed by John Slater, Louanne Shaw, and Sebastian Cabot.
Original ID number: 16-5
An examination of the production of pottery.
Garrison Films presents Industrial Arts Films No. 1
Original ID number: 4-47
One artist makes a plate with a train patterns on it while another woman makes a ceramic pitcher.
Original ID number: 8-23
A tour of pottery in a museum gallery.
Original ID number: 4-26
A film about the decline of wood engraving.
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Original ID number: 8-13
A history and demonstration of lithography.
Allen-Moore Productions.
Original ID number: 8-24
An educational survey of silk-screened prints.
Original ID number: 4-146
Lynn Ward carves a book illustration into wood block.
Original ID number: 4-152
Printmaker Glen Alps discusses the collagraph method of printing and its origins at the University of Washington School of Art. Alps examines several completed works and offers a demonstration of the method.
Produced by Glen Alps and the University of Washington.
Original ID number: 8-4
A discussion of the interplay between light and sculpture.
Original ID number: 4-64
Views of wax sculptures by Michelangelo at the Friedrich Museum in Germany. Scenes of an artisan sculpting a wax bust.
Edited and titled by Professor J.G. Swafford.
Original ID number: 4-151
A film about early sculpture. The film features sculptor Katharine W. Lane, of Boston; Leo Toschi of Caproni and Broter, Boston; and Anton Kunst at the Kunst Art Foundries.
Original ID number: 12-14
A film about sculpture, featuring work by Laura Gardin Fraser.
Presented by The American Numismatic Society
Original ID number: 12-25
The sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington chisels a marble sculpture.
Presented by The Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Original ID number: 4-129
A documentary about the sculpture of Veit Stoss.
Bailey Films, Inc.
Original ID number: 8-3
Artist Seymour Lipton demonstrates sculpting techniques.
Original ID number: 6-1
A sculptor creates a bust in the likeness of sitting model.
Allen Moore Productions.
Original ID number: 4-117
George Tsutakawa creates and installs a fountain for Expo '74 in Spokane.
Original ID number: 8-27
A documentary examining the life and sculpture of Isamu
Noguchi, including his 1969 work
Funded by the Detroit Renaissance Foundation, Inc., The Japan Foundation, and Interface Corporation.
Original ID number: 120-17
Demonstration of making a papier-mâché mask.
Walter O. Gutlohn, Inc.
Original ID number: 114-106
Examples of paper art in the 1970s.
International Film Bureau Inc. Presents A Crawley Films Production
Original ID number: 4-50
Techniques for creating various paper objects, including hats and a sculpture of a circus.
Original ID number: 4-55
The building of a paper model house, church, pioneer village, and hotel.
Original ID number: 4-54
History of wool production over time. A discussion of the differences in of pre- and post-industrialized wool processing.
Presented by General Electric.
Original ID number: 4-179
An examination of the tools used by the pioneer weavers to produce cloth.
Original ID number: 4-156
A demonstration of tapestry crafting.
Produced by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Original ID number: 4-145
An examination of weaving types, including basketry and tapestry, from around the world.
Produced by Bray Studios.
Original ID number: 4-175
Demonstrations of women spinning and weaving wool and flax.
Produced for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Original ID number: 8-15
Demonstrations of pre-industrial spinning and weaving.
Original ID number: 4-164
The materials in this series are primarily about the art and culture of specific regions or cultures. This includes discussions of artistic techniques with a focus cultural importance and tradition.
Views of the ancient cities of Timgad, Algeria; El Djem, Tunisia; and ancient Carthage.
Original ID number: 4-3
Views of the Musawwarat temple in Sudan.
Original ID number: 8-52
Temples of Deir el-Bahri are excavated by Egyptian and British archaeologists. A mummy is unwrapped and surgically opened.
Produced by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Original ID number: 8-29
An educational survey of ancient Egyptian pyramids, monuments, and temples.
Original ID number: 8-37
A tour through a museum in Egypt.
Produced by Coronet Films.
Original ID number: 4-4
Focuses on Egyptian people preparing for a festival.
Photographed and distributed by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Original ID number: 8-46
Kenneth Clark surveys ancient Egyptian sites, artifacts, and hieroglyphics.
A Reader's Digest film.
A six-page brochure with text regarding film and pictures is included in the film canister.
Original ID number: 12-6
Parts 1 and 2 both discuss ancient Egyptian ruins and symbolism.
A BBC television film; Introduced by Cecil Allred; Narrated by Eric Porter.
Original ID number: 16-6, 16-7
Part three examines ancient Egyptian sailing culture while part 4 focuses on an archaeological site.
A BBC television film; Introduced by Cecil Allred; Narrated by Eric Porter.
Original ID number: 16-8, 16-9
Part 5 discusses ancient Egyptian artifacts while part 6 focuses on hieroglyphics.
A BBC television film; Introduced by Cecil Allred; Narrated by Eric Porter.
Original ID number: 16-10, 16-11
Part 7 discusses ancient Egyptian writing practices, including a demonstration on making and using papyrus. Part 8 explores contemporary cultural representation of ancient Egyptians.
A BBC television film; Introduced by Cecil Allred; Narrated by Eric Porter.
Original ID number: 16-12, 16-13
Part 9 discusses ancient Egyptian monuments while part 10 discusses cultural practices.
A BBC television film; Introduced by Cecil Allred; Narrated by Eric Porter.
Original ID number: 16-14, 16-15
Part 11 is about the ancient Egyptian military while part 12 discusses ancient cities along the Nile River.
A BBC television film; Introduced by Cecil Allred; Narrated by Eric Porter.
Original ID number: 16-16, 16-17
Part 13 examines ancient Egyptian archaeological sites and artifacts.
A BBC television film; Introduced by Cecil Allred; Narrated by Eric Porter.
Original ID number: 8-51
A documentary about five North American birds: Goldfinches, Cedar Waxwings, Yellow-headed Blackbirds, Red-headed Woodpeckers, and Bluebirds.
A Coronet Instructional Film
Original ID number: 4-70
A discussion of the history of visual art in Haiti.
Encyclopedia Britannica Films.
Original ID number: 4-118
A discussion of indigenous cultures across North America.
Original ID number: 20-15
A tour of Panama including residential spaces, masonry, and the Panama Canal.
Produced by Deane H. Dickason., Imperial Pictures.
Original ID number: 4-143
An examination of totems produced by First Nations peoples in British Columbia.
National Film Board of Canada.
Original ID number: 4-153
A documentary about the Klondike Gold Rush.
A documentary about Guatemalan culture, including scenes of daily life, dancing the Marimba, landmarks, and the cultivation and harvest of coffee
Original ID number: 4-78
Views of Guatemala, including cities, markets, coffee plantations, courtyards, and women displaying textiles.
Presented by the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
Original ID number: 8-31
Scenes of people making wooden masks that are then worn by dancers in a religious ceremony.
Original ID number: 4-35
Scenes of potting, barbering, glass blowing, and weaving.
A Van Buren and R.K.O. Radio production.
Part of the
Original ID number: 4-137
Tour of Mexico City with an emphasis on monuments, buildings, and waterways.
Original ID number: 4-86
Footage of a temple and ceramic work in Mexico.
Produced by Eleanor J. Danner.
Original ID number: 4-127
Footage of a temple in Mexico and a Day of the Dead celebrations.
Original ID number: 4-130
Views of Mexico, including pre-Columbian ruins, village life, city streets, a market, and dancing.
Presented by the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.
Original ID number: 4-42
Views of Mexican agricultural work.
Original ID number: 4-11
Scenes of the production of traditional handicrafts, including painted tiles, ceramics, cobbling, jewelry-making, and laquer work.
A Coronet Instructional Film.
Original ID number: 4-79
Scenes of a festival in a Mexican city.
Original ID number: 4-159
Scenes in a Mexican village with discussion of local traditions.
Produced by The Mexican Tourist Association.
Original ID number: 4-162
Orson Welles narrates footage of three villages in Mexico.
Written on film can: "A Town in Old Mexico--sound, 10 min, color. Three villages--Puebla, Orizaa, and Fortin de las Floras--are seen in this film narrated by Orson Welles, Seventeenth Century architecture, colorful flowers and unusual photography combine to make this an enjoyable and educational film."
Narration by Orson Welles.
Original ID number: 4-67
Scenes of Totonac people dancing while suspended from long poles.
Original ID number: 4-165
A documentary about the Purépecha people.
Original ID number: 4-16
A documentary about the Zapotec people including scenes of banana harvesting, embroidering, and a wedding.
A Filmosound Library Release.
This project was financed by Upton Sinclair through the Mexican Trust Fund and filmed in part by Sergei Eisenstein. In 1951, Sinclair donated all the remaining nitrate negative from this film and others to the Museum of Modern Art's Department of Film.
Original ID number: 8-28
Scenes of pottery being made and sold.
Way of Life Films; Produced by Fanchion Royer.
Original ID number: 4-173
A variety of birds in rural habitats in the United States.
A Treasure Chest Production; Made with Dr. A. Allen of Cornell University and the American Museum of Natural History; Educational Films Corporation of America.
Foreword states this is the first bird film with accompanying sound.
Original ID number: 4-134
A discussion of cotton production in the southern United States.
Presented by General Electric.
Original ID number: 4-177
Views of Washington D.C., including prominent buildings, monuments, and bridges.
A Castle Films Production.
Original ID number: 4-150
An examination of three styles of American furnishings: Jacobean style, Georgian style, and the A.T.
Produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Original ID number: 12-20
A discussion of the history of the Klondike Gold Rush and a 1977 hike of the Chilkoot Trail.
Original ID number: 12-27
Scenes of dancing performed by people from the following American Indian groups: Navajo, Zuni, Shawnee, Santa Clara, Jemez, Mescalero Apache, Acoma Leguma, and Taos.
Original ID number: 4-93
Part of the series,
Produced by Educational Film Productions; Filmed by Mr. & Mrs. Burton Fraser.
Original ID number: 4-176
A discussion of the arts and customs of the Hopi people.
Coronet Presentation.
Original ID number: 4-166
A documentary about the lives of Hopi people in the American Southwest.
Harold Ambrosch Educational Film Productions.
Original ID number: 4-168
Children assist adults with a variety of tasks, including sheep herding, tending to younger children, and weaving.
Produced by Erpi Classroom Films, Inc.
Original ID number: 4-135
Scenes of people weaving, herding livestock, and sand painting.
Original ID number: 4-167
A performance of a Navajo Rain Chant.
Produced by the Motion Picture Division of the Department of Theater Arts, UCLA.
Original ID number: 4-183
Part of the series,
Produced by Educational Film Productions; Filmed by Mr. & Mrs. Burton Fraser.
Original ID number: 4-136
Survey of mission buildings in central and southern California
A Cine Art film.
Original ID number: 4-25
Reenactment of life in California missions.
An Arthur Barr Production.
Original ID number: 8-19
An educational film featuring the reenactment of life in colonial New England.
Produced by Paramount Pictures.
Original ID number: 4-132
Reenactments of colonial life in Massachusetts.
An Instructional Sound Film Produced by Erpi Classroom Films Inc. in collaboration with Edwin J. Hipkiss, curator at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston; Eastin Pictures, Inc.
Original ID number: 4-48
Views of The George Washington plantation estate, Mt. Vernon.
A Van Buren production.
Original ID number: 4-121
Views of colonial-era buildings in Williamsburg and Mt. Vernon, Virginia
Original ID number: 4-122
Scenes of construction work on the Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams.
Original ID number: 4-123
Discussions with artists in Skagit Valley, Washington.
Original ID number: 8-44
Mark Tobey tours Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington.
Produced by KOMO TV; Narrated by Art McDonald.
Original ID number: 8-43
Mark Tobey tours Seattle including art galleries displaying his work.
Recorded by Morris Dowd; Photographed by William Heick; Voices and words Robert Gardner, Mark Tobey; Flute and piano music composed by Mark Tobey.
Original ID number: 8-42
A documentary about Bakhtiari shepherds in Persia herding their livestock through challenging terrain towards grazing lands. Marguerite Harrison (1879–1967), Merian C. Cooper (1893–1973), and Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893–1979) travel through Asia Minor with the Bakhtiari people of Southern Persia.
A Paramount Picture; Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky.
Original ID number: 16-4
Scenes of life in Manila, Philippines.
Original ID number: 4-28
A documentary about life in Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon.
Original ID number: 4-30
Avery Brundage discusses a selection of art from Asia.
Presented as a Public Service by Standard Oil Company of California; Brundage Coll.
Original ID number: 12-8
A discussion of Korean art, including metalwork, ceramics, screens, and architecture
Original ID number: 16-18
Scenes from the daily life of Dravadian people, including a visit to a temple and grain sorting.
Original ID number: 4-60
A documentary about living conditions among China's classes.
Original ID number: 4-39
Views of Beijing and the Great Wall of China.
Original ID number: 4-40
A discussion of life in a western China community. Contrasts aspects of life from pre- and post-modernization.
Original ID number: 4-109
A man and woman control paper and fabric marionettes behind a screen to enact a play.
China Film Enterprises of America.
Original ID number: 4-41
A documentary about agriculture around the Yangtze River.
Original ID number: 4-38
Scenes of life and fishing on boats on the River Min, in the province of Fukien (Fujian).
International Film Foundation; Julien Bryan Production.
Original ID number: 8-21
A discussion of the Chinese military and monuments in China.
Original ID number: 4-112
Views of jade artifacts, including jewelry.
China Film Enterprises of America; A Cosmos Films Production; Produced by Wango Weng.
Original ID number: 4-19
Selection of bronze artworks from China.
A China Film Enterprise of America, Inc. production.
Original ID number: 8-32
Survey of Chinese ceramics from numerous museums in the U.S., not including the Seattle Art Museum.
McGraw Hill Films.
Original ID number: 8-39
A discussion of statues and figures relating to Buddhism.
Original ID number: 12-18
Views of Beijing including monuments, temples, streets, and waterways.
Produced by Wango Weng.
Original ID number: 4-158
Footage of Hong Kong featuring roads, buildings, coastal views, and industry.
A William M. Pizor presentation.
Original ID number: 4-169
A painting demonstration by Madame Yee Ping Shen Hsu.
Produced by Wango Weng.
Original ID number: 4-84
A discussion of Chinese painting methods with demonstrations and examples.
Original ID number: 8-16
Discussion of the paintings of artist Chang Shu-chi.
Produced by Wango Weng.
Original ID number: 4-139
Discussions of art housed in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Freer Gallery of Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Produced by Wango Weng, the Harmon Foundation, China Institute.
Original ID number: 4-2
Views of Kashmir including religious customs, military traditions, and daily life.
Pathe Exchange, Inc.
Original ID number: 4-101
A documentary about the Taj Mahal.
Monogram Pictures.
Original ID number: 4-90
A documentary about life in Indian cities.
A Cine Art Home Library film.
Original ID number: 4-76
Discussion of the use of elephants for entertainment and labor in India.
Original ID number: 4-89
A documentary covering celebrations in India and the country's relationship with Hong Kong.
Original ID number: 4-88
A documentary about Indian temples, including the Taj Mahal.
Original ID number: 4-91
Scenes of people in a rural areas..
Original ID number: 4-92
Scenes of people moving by automobile, horse, camel, elephant, and boat.
Original ID number: 4-100
Kathakali, the dance dream of Malabar.
Nations, Inc., New York City; Issued by the Government of India Information Services.
Original ID number: 4-102
Survey of a gathering, farming, and cooking in a Punjabi village.
Nations, Inc., New York City; Issued by the Government of India Information Services.
Original ID number: 4-103
Footage of life in rural India with an emphasis on home, farming, and community activities.
Original ID number: 4-149
Footage of crafts in India including drawings, busts, and pottery.
Produced by Ezra Mir; Films of the Nations, Inc.
Original ID number: 4-81
Scenes of textile artisans, metalworkers, and a royal procession featuring elephants and camels in Jaipur, India.
Distributed through International Educational Pictures, Inc.
Original ID number: 4-45
Scenes of life for a family in Peiping (Beijing).
International Film Foundation; Julien Bryan Production.
Original ID number: 8-22
Scenes of people riding elephants.
Featurettes, Inc.
Original ID number: 4-116
Issued by the Government of India Information Service.
Original ID number: 4-119
Discussion of Indian art and views a dancer a gallery.
The Department of Indian Art of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Original ID number: 8-12
Javanese women use a traditional loom to produce Batik. New York artist Lucy Cornick Meade also demonstrates the batik process.
Burton Holme Library/ Bray Studios.
Original ID number: 4-14
Footage of Javanese cities and people performing the Batik weaving method.
Edited and titled by Burton Holmes.
Original ID number: 4-99
A documentary about the islands of Indonesia.
Original ID number: 4-111
Scenes at Borobudur, a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Indonesia. A religious ceremony is hosted in the temple.
Hosted by Jan Fontein, Curator of Asiatic Art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Original ID number: 16-3
Views of Buddhist ruins and street life in Indonesia.
Monograph Pictures, produced by Deanne Dickason.
Original ID number: 4-74
Possibly two films spliced together. The first film,
Original ID number: 4-68
Scenes of the Tenjin Festival in Osaka as well as the Mifune Festival and the Aoi Festival, both in Kyoto.
Original ID number: 4-97
These are two separate films on one reel. The first film is
about the art of flower arranging featuring Mary Averill, author of
Bray Studios, Inc.
Original ID number: 4-98
Scenes of a traditional Japanese tea ceremony.
Original ID number: 4-95
A discussion of ancient Japanese art and artifacts.
Sponsored by Tokyo National Museum; Produced by Mitsui Art Production.
Original ID number: 8-30
Scenes of pottery being shaped, glazed, and fired in Japan.
Depiction of a family life in Japan.
The International Film Foundation
Original ID number: 8-48
Scenes from Japanese narrative scrolls.
A Docent Reserve film.
Original ID number: 8-38
Scenes of Hogushi artisans creating a screen.
Original ID number: 20-14
Artisans creating a print.
Original ID number: 12-17
A discussion of religion in rural Japan featuring views of nature, religious ceremonies, dancing, and rice harvesting.
A presentation of the Japan Society. A BBC television film.
Original ID number: 16-1
A documentary about pieces of art from Japan.
Produced by Orbit Films.
Pieces discussed include:
Photographed in the Seattle Art Museum from objects in the Eugene Fuller and the Donald E. Frederick Memorial Collections.
Original ID number: 8-26
Scenes edited out of the film
Views of the desert surrounding Jerusalem; survey of hospitality within Bedouin encampments.
International Educational Pictures, Inc.
Original ID number: 4-83
Views of Jerusalem, including artisans, buildings, and the Wailing Wall.
Original ID number: 4-73
Scenes from life in Bangkok, Thailand, with scenes including a snake charmer, garden, and temple.
Original ID number: 4-29
Views of the temple and gardens at Angkor Wat.
Cine Art Productions.
Original ID number: 4-5
Dancers perform a Parisian ballet.
Original ID number: 4-13
An overview of European armor across the centuries.
Original ID number: 8-14
A documentary about churches and cathedrals in Europe.
Produced by Pathé News.
Original ID number: 4-44
A travel film about Belgian culture.
Original ID number: 4-15
A documentary about architecture around waterways in Austria and Venice.
Original ID number: 4-12
A compilation of scenes taken from travel films about Naples, Athens, and Constantinople.
Original ID number: 4-181
A documentary about The Iron Madonna, and iron maiden in Nuremberg, Germany.
The Iron Madonna of Nuremberg was thought to be a torture device consisting of an anthropomorphic cabinet resembling Mary, the mother Jesus, and fitted with spikes on the inside. It was revealed that the structure was a hoax constructed by Johann Philipp Siebenkees, a German philosopher.
Original ID number: 4-94
A documentary about a family with children living in the Alps.
Produced by Erpi Classroom Films Inc, in collaboration with Arthur I Gates, Ph.D., and Celeste C. Peardon, M.A.
Original ID number: 4-36
A documentary about Southern Spain, including Granada and Seville.
Original ID number: 4-87
A documentary about post-World War II art in Europe, including Matisse and Picasso.
Eastin Pictures Co.; Film Publishers, Inc.
Original ID number: 4-9
Mark Tobey touring Europe, visiting galleries, sketching, and playing piano.
Produced by the Film Study Center Harvard University; A film by Robert Gardner.
Original ID number: 12-23
Film too brittle to view.
Original ID number: 8-33
A documentary about porcelain making in Czechoslovakia.
Produced by the Society for Visual Education, Inc.
Original ID number: 4-170
Views of Czechoslovakian cities, architecture, rural areas, with a focus on shepherding, vineyards, and dancing.
Original ID number: 4-58
A KTCS interview with P.J. Doyle and Norman Davis about ancient Greece.
Original ID number: 12-11
A documentary about Greek sculpture and artifacts.
Original ID number: 8-18
Scenes from rural and city life in Holland.
Produced by Erpi Classroom Films Inc, in collaboration with Arthur I Gates, Ph.D.
Original ID number: 4-34
A documentary about architecture, people, and markets in Holland.
Original ID number: 4-82
Scenes of Budapest and other cities in Hungary.
Original ID number: 4-43
Views of Hungarian plains and villages with a focus on longhorn cattle, village dances, and festivals.
Original ID number: 4-85
A documentary about the Renaissance, focusing on Italy.
A Coronet Instructional Film.
Original ID number: 4-62
A documentary about the ruins in Pompeii.
Cien Art Productions.
Original ID number: 4-160
A documentary about Italian art and architecture.
Coronet Instructional Film.
Original ID number: 4-8
A documentary about Michelangelo and his influence in Italian art.
Narrated by Fredrick March.
Original ID number: 12-21
A documentary about Michelangelo and his influence in Italian art.
Narrated by Fredrick March.
Original ID number: 12-22
Survey of urban and rural Poland with an emphasis on traditional dance.
International Film Foundation.
Original ID number: 4-157
Scenes of life, traditions, and woodworking in rural Poland as well as a tour of the royal palace.
Original ID number: 4-57
Views of Stockholm, Sweden, including transportation, military activity, snow removal, harvesting, and athletics.
Swedish Travel Information Bureau, Inc.
Original ID number: 4-155
Views of Swedish cities, villages, and isles including Stockholm, the Northern Museum, Upsala, Village of Sigtuna, Skokloster Castle, Visby, Isle of Gotland.
Original ID number: 4-154
A film about the life of a Sami family in Sweden.
Original ID number: 8-41
The coronation of King George VI and his wife, Queen Elizabeth.
Original ID number: 4-65
A survey of iconic London sights such as Trafalgar Square and Big Ben.
Original ID number: 4-104
Historical English architecture.
A Strand film.
Original ID number: 4-7
Views of Shakespeare's home village.
Novelty Films Productions.
Original ID number: 4-114
A documentary series about the architecture and ornamentation of cathedrals in the United Kingdom.
An Inspiration Film Production.
Original ID number: 12-3
A documentary series about the architecture and ornamentation of cathedrals in the United Kingdom.
An Inspiration Film Production.
Original ID number: 4-144
A documentary series about the architecture and ornamentation of cathedrals in the United Kingdom.
An Inspiration Film Production.
Original ID number: 12-5
A documentary about of daily life, tattoos, and ceremonies in Papua New Guinea.
Imperial Films.
Original ID number: 4-1
A documentary about the Samoan Islands.
Original ID number: 4-66
Maori men and woman dance separately, carve wood, and gather near a hot spring.
Travelogue by Diana H. Dickason; Presented by William M. Pizor.
Original ID number: 4-124
Views of New Zealand including cities, the countryside, and a group of Maori people performing a haka.
Original ID number: 4-148
A documentary about the history of the Inca Empire.
Original ID number: 4-110
An educational survey of South American cities and cultural traditions.
Presented by General Electric.
Original ID number: 4-163
Scenes from schools across South America.
Original ID number: 8-40
A survey of life in different South American countries.
Original ID number: 12-26
An educational survey of urban and rural areas in Ecuador.
Original ID number: 8-34
The third episode in the series
A BBC television film.
Original ID number: 20-16