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Publisher
WETA
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Biography of Elizabeth Campbell, a schoolteacher who later founded WETA - Washington DC's public television station. This program covers her entire 97 year life, from her childhood as a minister's daughter, to her career as a schoolteacher and a college dean, and her later role as a pioneer in educational public television.
Publisher
C-SPAN
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Televised coverage by C-SPAN of the Arlington Historical Society's celebratory banquet marking the 200th anniversary of the formation of Arlington County. Features remarks from local elected officials and guest speaker William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Publisher
Arlington Information Channel 31
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Segment from the September 1994 edition of news magazine "County Line". An interview with Rudolph Weldelin, the first artist to draw NPS mascot Smokey the Bear. Includes footage unused in the final cut, as well as alternate interview takes.
Publisher
Delmar Communications
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
A short-form documentary about Oliver Hill, a civil rights lawyer and contemporary of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. After a brief overview of Hill's life, historians and contemporaries of Hill discuss his accomplishments as an attorney, as a civil rights lawyer, and President of the Virginia chapter of the NAACP. There are also interviews with Black attorneys and professionals, people who Hill's actions opened up opportunities for.
Publisher
(production company)
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Presentation by Willard and Anne Webb about the Glebe Houses, Colonial-era houses build by the Anglican Church for its ministers. Covers the history of these houses, why and how they were built, and showcases surviving examples that exist in Virginia.
Publisher
(production company)
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Recording of the 5 August 1995 open session of the Arlington County Board. Call of roll and certification of previous closed executive session. Voice vote approval of county purchase of property. Disclosure by board members of potential conflicts of interest and certification from County Attorney General of no found conflict and no board members need to recuse themselves. Ms. Whipple gives an overview of Ms. Lampe's resume and qualifications. Mr....
Publisher
E.L. Hamm & Associates, Inc
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Overview of the preservation of the Matthew Jones House, a historic 18th century estate in Fort Eustis, Newport News, Virginia. Includes an overview of preservation techniques, an overview of the house's changing ownership, reconstruction efforts by the National Park Service, and the creation of 3D models showing how the home looked in three different time periods..
Publisher
Arlington Information Channel 31
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Presentation by Dean Allard, former President of the Arlington Historical Society, about the presence of the United States Navy in Arlington. Specific focus is given to the Navy Radio Station at Fort Meyer and other radio/communications facilities in the area. The program concludes with a Q&A session.
Publisher
US Army Intelligence and Security Command
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
History of Arlington Hall, currently the headquarters of the US Army Intelligence and Security Command. It has been a girl's college, and then the center for US cryptological efforts during the Second World War. This documentary includes footage and photographs of Arlington as it was in the 1910s and 1920s.
Publisher
Fairfax County Access Cable Channel 10
Pub. Date
1982.
Language
English
Description
Documentary about the Battle of Bailey's Crossroads, focusing on the rolethat Munson's Hill played in the skirmishes, as well as the actions of Confederate General Jeb Stuart during that battle. Inlcludes interviews with descendants of Stuart and Daniel Munson, the Unionist who was the owner of the land, giving his name to the hill.
Publisher
Arlington Information Channel 31
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Celebration of Arlington County's oldest registered voters, in conjuction with the 75th anniversary of the incorporation of Arlington County in its present form and the ratification of the 19th amendment. Mr. Eisenberg gives an introductory speach, talking of the importance of voting and registering people to vote. Mr. Nichols discusses a campaign being undertaken by his cab company to encourage voter registration. Recognition and appreciation of...
Publisher
Arlington County Information Channel 31
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Recording of a presentation at Arlington Central Library about the history and impact of the African-American community on American fashion history. Includes a fashion show featuring designs by local fashion designer Rosemary Reed-Miller, and readings about historical Black fashion designers. The program concludes with a Q&A session with Ms. Reed-Miller.
Publisher
Virginia Village Productions
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A documentary about Four Mile Run, a major urban waterway in Northern Virginia, in four parts. Part One - "The Way Four Mile Run Used to Be": overview of Four Mile's Run geological and natural history before European colonization -- the effect of 19th century agriculture and then industrialization had on the water quality -- the destruction caused by widespread development in the 20th century -- the covering and channelization of Four Mile Run in...
Publisher
Arlington County Government
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Recording of a County Board working meeting. County Manager Anton Gardner and Dr. John Pickering give a presentation about strategies to reform and streamline local government institutions and policies in an era of rapid technological, social, and economic change.
Publisher
Info 31 Productions
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Broadcast recording of the celebration ceremonies marking the 200th anniversary of Arlington as an incorporated county. Includes speeches by local officals, a presentation of a celebratory resolution by the Virginia General Assembly, an original play by a local playwright about the surveying of Washington City, and interviews with event organizers.
Publisher
Arlington Public Schools, Produced by AETV Arlington Educational TV
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Documentary about the process of integrating the Arlington County Public Schools in the 1960s. Also includes an overview of the growth of the system in the 1930s and 1940s as a result of the Better Schools movement, and how this growth directly influenced the drive for desegregation.
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