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1. Philip H. Reisman, Jr. collection, 1942-1951

   105 scripts. 3 containers. 1.25 linear feet. -- Moving Image Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Philip H. Reisman, Jr. Collection consists of 103 cutting continuities for RKO-Pathe's This is America series of non-fiction short films from 1942-1951, and for 2 specials which preceded and postdated the series.

2. Chronicles of America photoplays papers, 1920s

   approximately 9,400 items. 88 containers. 23.2 linear feet. -- Moving Image Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Chronicles of America photoplays were a series of motion picture adaptations of select books from the Chronicles of America book series from Yale University Press. The collection includes correspondence, sketch books, research notes, script and continuity documents, photostats, stills, and other production materials.

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3. Select papers from the George Kleine film collection, 1886-1946

   approximately 6,300 items. 18 containers. 7.5 linear feet. -- Moving Image Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Consists of summaries, notes, intertitles, cutting continuities, statements of prints sold, film can tickets, scripts, sheet music, cue sheets, press books, promotional materials, cast lists, certificates of copyright registration, tinting cards, inspection reports, reviews, clippings, serials, film catalogs, and inventories.

4. Fox Movietone newsreel papers, 1919-1971

   approximately 188,650 items. 539 containers. 225 linear feet. -- Moving Image Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Cameramen’s dope sheets (detailed notes of stories filmed), continuity sheets (synopses of newsreels distributed to theaters), and turnovers (one sentence descriptions of each story filmed) from this major pioneer in the newsreel industry. Collection also contains other paper materials including telegrams, speeches, photographs, programs, and memoranda that provide details of the newsreels created by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Although the entire Fox Movietone newsreel collection spans 1919-1971, the materials documenting the World War II period are in a companion finding aid.