Library of Congress: talks and concerts

2,017–2,064 of 8,304 films, free to watch, from the world's open archives.

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Little OnesFilms for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool.
KidsCartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature.
TweensDocumentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures.
TeensEverything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower.
AdultSexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage.
Library of Congress Cultural Democracy in a Time of Diminished Resources 2010 · Talk Simply stated, "Cultural Democracy" is the notion that everybody's heritage and cultural expression is worthwhile and deserving of an equitable share of… Library of Congress Civil War Photographs: The Liljenquist Family Collection 2010 · Talk Close to 700 ambrotype and tintype photographs highlight both Union and Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. The Liljenquist Family sought out… Library of Congress The Rise of Printed Visuality: Printers and Page Design, 1467-1482 2010 · Talk In an effort to differentiate their books from those produced by scribes and illuminators, several printers devised a bold, ink-rich mechanical style that… Library of Congress Why Coolidge Matters: How Civility in Politics Can Bring a Nation Together 2010 · Talk Contributors to a new book on the Calvin Coolidge legacy make a compelling case for revisiting and learning from the moral tenor and style that defined the… Library of Congress George Kennan and the Russian Nihilists: A Sojourn into the Dialectics of Friendship 2010 · Talk In 1885 George Kennan travelled to Russia as a reporter for "The Century" to investigate and write about the so-called Nihilists. Hundreds of political… Library of Congress Place and the Politics of Belonging 2010 · Talk One of America's greatest ironies is that, although a nation of immigrants, the country also has a longstanding history of ambivalence, and at times… Library of Congress The Map in Garb: Clothing and Cartography in Spanish America 2010 · Talk From the moment of contact, clothing (or lack thereof) became a central element in the construction of European identity in relation to the New World. This… Library of Congress A History of the Library of Congress 2010 · Talk John Cole gives a history of the Library of Congress for the annual visitor docent training class. Library of Congress CIP & ONIX: The Future of Bibliographic Control? 2010 · Talk Karl Debus-López presents background information on the Cataloging in Publication Program as it enters its fortieth year. He reviews new developments that… Library of Congress Confucianism as a World Cultural Heritage 2010 · Talk Rep. Al Green, Hsu Cho-Yun, Robert Scott, Jason Yuan, Kung Ling-He, Rep. Mike Honda, Paul Youshing Shao, Anna Chennault and Rep. Judy Chu speak at a symposium… Library of Congress Vernacular Voices: Language & Identitiy in Medieval French Jewish Communities 2010 · Talk Kirsten A. Fudeman discussed her new book, "Vernacular Voices: Language and Identity in Medieval French Jewish Communities." Library of Congress Current Preventive Conservation Approach: The UNESCO Chair's Perspective 2010 · Talk Koenraad Van Balen and Anouk Stulens present the activities of the UNESCO Chair on Preventive Conservation, Monitoring and Maintenance of Monuments and Sites… Library of Congress Japanese Collections: Past, Present and Future 2010 · Talk In a symposium presented in conjunction with a display in the Library's Asian Reading Room, the Library of Congress celebrated the 80th anniversary of its… Library of Congress Translating Africa in Global Contexts 2010 · Talk Although African myths and folktales have long been trivialized as childish, translators today are revealing new insights, which show that Africa led the… Library of Congress Observing the Living Oceans from Space 2010 · Talk According to oceanographer Gene Feldman, there is no question among scientists that the Earth is changing. Observing the oceans from space enables NASA to… Library of Congress Professional Help for Public Policy: Policy analysis as a Field of Intellectual Inquiry and Practice 2010 · Talk According to Roger White, policy analysis, which has emerged over the past half-century as a field of intellectual inquiry and practice, is one of a number of… Library of Congress Haiti and the Aftermath: Actions, Vision & a Plan 2010 · Talk Chavennes Jean-Baptiste, founder of the Peasant Movement of Papay, addressed how his organization is responding to the earthquake in Haiti. Library of Congress The Story Behind the Stamp 2010 · Talk Kim Therault talks about Arshile Gorky's Stamp and the development of abstract expressionism. Library of Congress Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption 2010 · Talk William Cope Moyers spiraled into a crack-cocaine binge that threatened to destroy his life. After multiple attempts at rehabilitation, Moyers was finally… Library of Congress Laurie Marker: The Cheetah: A Race for Survival 2010 · Talk The African and Middle Eastern Division and the Science, Technology and Business Division co-sponsored this event featuring Laurie Marker, executive director… Library of Congress Veterans History Project 10th Anniversary 2010 · Talk James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress, issues a call to action to all Americans. During the Veterans History Project's 10th Anniversary Commemoration on… Library of Congress New Sources: Early Cold War Soviet Espionage Records 2010 · Talk Kluge Staff Fellow John Haynes discusses making new sources accessible and specifically, a digital concordance to early Cold War Soviet espionage record. Library of Congress Borderlines/Borderlands: Culture and the Canadian-U.S. International Boundary: Panels 2 & 3. 2010 · Talk Borderlines/ Borderlands: Culture and the Canada-US International Boundary, a free symposium featuring leading Canadian and US scholars, which will explore… Library of Congress Borderlines/Borderlands: Culture and the Canadian-U.S. International Boundary: Panels 4, 5 & 6. 2010 · Talk Borderlines/ Borderlands: Culture and the Canada-US International Boundary, a free symposium featuring leading Canadian and US scholars, which will explore… Library of Congress Jose Antonio Ramos: A Public Intellectual of the First Cuban Republic 2010 · Talk Judith Weiss lectures on Jose Antonio Ramos as part of the Library's Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations. Library of Congress Optical Scanning Applied to Recorded Sound Preservation & Access 2010 · Talk Carl Haber discusses the current status of ongoing collaborative research between the Library of Congress and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories. Library of Congress Cape Verde & Sao Tome Principe: Commonalities & Differences of Two Lusophone Countries 2010 · Talk The commonalities and differences of two Lusophone African countries are discussed. Library of Congress A Celebration of American Poets Laureate 2010 · Talk Some of the most distinguished voices in American poetry--seven former U.S. Poets Laureate/Consultants in Poetry--reunited in the historic Coolidge Auditorium… Library of Congress Francisco Campbell Hooker: The African Presence in Latin America 2010 · Talk Ambassador Francisco Campbell Hooker of the Republic of Nicaragua discusses the African presence in Latin America. Library of Congress Paolo Ventura: Winter Stories 2010 · Talk A conversation among Ventura; Denise Wolff and Renato Miracco. The book depicts scenes from the memory of an old circus performer as he looks back on his… Library of Congress African Elites in India 2010 · Talk Author Kenneth X. Robbins discusses his book, a series of snapshots, in the form of essays by specialists in the history numismatics, architecture, and art… Library of Congress Obama's Victory & the Democratic Struggle for Power 2010 · Talk Jeffrey Alexander offers a new way of looking at the struggle for political power by discussing what happened and why during Barack Obama's run for the… Library of Congress The English Concert 2010 · Talk One of the world's finest period instrument orchestras comes to the Library with Alice Coote, a singer praised for her "commanding, sensual, and leonine… Library of Congress The Case for Books: Past, Present and Future 2010 · Talk Robert Darton makes "The Case for Books" with an in-depth examination of the book from its earliest beginnings to its shifting role today in popular culture,… Library of Congress 2010 National Collegiate Book Collecting Awards Ceremony 2010 · Talk The winners of the 2010 National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest received their awards during a ceremony at the Library. The program included an… Library of Congress The Journey: Understanding the Physical Environment 2010 · Talk Preservation leader James Reilly and others reviewed 25 years of research by the Image Permanence Institute (IPI) that has produced resources and… Library of Congress David Warren Steel: Makers of the Sacred Harp 2010 · Talk David Warren Steel discusses his new book, "The Makers of the Sacred Harp," newly published by the University of Illinois Press. Library of Congress Filangieri & Franklin: The Italian Enlightenment and the U.S. Constitution 2010 · Talk The Library sponsored a conference on Gaetano Filangieri and Benjamin Franklin: The Italian Enlightenment and the U.S. Constitution, with speakers including… Library of Congress Sam McGee's Railroad Blues & Other Versions of the Republic 2010 · Talk Greil Marcus excavates a few roots of the American Songbook, examining a handful of indelible and idiosyncratic country, religious or blues songs from the… Library of Congress 2010 Americas Award 2010 · Talk Authors Julia Alvarez and Carmen Tafolla and illustrator Magaly Morales received the 2010 Americas Award for Children's and Young-Adult Literature at the 17th… Library of Congress Japanese Influences in 20th Century American Music 2010 · Talk The history of the cross-cultural interaction between American composers and Japan is documented in unpublished and published scores, manuscripts, and… Library of Congress Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin Opens the Literary Season 2010 · Talk W.S. Merwin, the newly-announced 17th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, an undisputed master who has won nearly every major… Library of Congress Following the Drum: Women at the Valley Forge Encampment 2010 · Talk Nancy Loane discusses her book, the untold story of the women -- from those on society's lowest rungs to the women of the upper class -- who spent the winter… Library of Congress Volcanoes: Near, Far and Really Far Away 2010 · Talk Does life exist elsewhere in our solar system? NASA believes the best place to answer this question is Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter. The best way to… Library of Congress Getting It Wrong: Misreported Stories in American Journalism 2010 · Talk W. Joseph Campbell discusses his new book on the ten greatest misreported stories in American journalism. Library of Congress Samuel Barber: The Composer and His Music 2010 · Talk Barbara B. Heyman discusses her book "Samuel Barber: The Composer and His Music." Library of Congress Blackness in the White Nation: A History of Afro-Uruguay 2010 · Talk George Reid Andrews discusses his new book "Blackness in the White Nation: A History of Afro-Uruguay." Library of Congress Using Fair Trade Principles to Empower Women in Northern Uganda 2010 · Talk Halle Butvin discussed using fair trade principles to empower women in Northern Uganda.