Administrative Information
Provenance
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation deposited the collection at the Library of Congress in 2003.
Processing History
Some time between 2003 and 2005, Vidipax, a magnetic media restoration company, was hired to rehouse materials from their original storage in steel filing cabinets to acid-free archival document boxes. Presumably at this time, photocopies of some documents throughout the collection were made.
Further processing occurred between 2005 and 2007 during a cooperative project between the Library of Congress and the University of South Carolina. The Newsfilm Library of the University of South Carolina owns a discrete portion of the paper records included in this finding aid. Specifically, the dope sheets from approximately August 1942 to January 1945 are housed at the University of South Carolina. Please see the Scope and Content Note for more information about these materials.
Most story numbers are filed individually. However, an individual story or event could be recorded by multiple cameramen. Therefore, an individual story could be recorded by multiple story numbers. If more than one story number was clipped together when received, they were foldered together when processed. Additionally, if a story had ephemeral material clipped to it, these items were foldered together with the story when processed.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Fox Movietone newsreel collection - World War II paper records, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Related Materials
The Newsfilm Library at the University of South Carolina in Columbia owns an estimated 11 million feet of Fox News film and paper materials associated with this collection. To access, see: Records of the Movietone News [MVTN] .
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation at Fox News, New York, NY retains portions of this collection.
Newsreels described by the paper documentation of this collection can be found in the Moving Image Section of this division. Contact the Moving Image Research Center for more information.
Other moving image collections can also be requested through the Moving Image Research Center . See:
- French Collection
- German Collection
- Italian Collection
- Japanese Collection
- Russian Collection
- British Information Services Collection
- U.S. Government Films Collection
- AFI/Cromwell (Victor & Walter) Collection
- Armed Forces Radio & Television Service
The Recorded Sound Section of this division holds related recorded sound collections. To begin a search, consult the World War II finding aid and the Recorded Sound Catalog Supplement through the Recorded Sound Research Center . See also these individual collections:
- NBC Radio Collection
- Mary Margaret McBride Collection
- Raymond Swing Collection
- Marine Corps Combat Recordings
- Russian Collection
- John Toland Collection
- Armed Forces Radio and Television Service Collection or AFRTS Collection
- David P. Boder Audio Materials
- OWI Collection or OWI Radio Collection
- Audioscriptions Collection
- American Broadcasting Station in Europe Collection or ABSIE Collection
- Separated Nuremberg Trial Recordings from the Robert H. Jackson Papers
- Captured German Recordings
- NSDAP [Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei]
- V Disc Collection