Michigan Historical Collections Digitized Film and Video

Listed below are all of the films and videotapes from Michigan Historical Collections record groups and collections that were digitized as part of the Bentley Library's film and video digitizing project. The list is arranged alphabetically by creator of the archival collections. Several political collections with large numbers of digitized items are listed separately. The link to the full collection finding aid may provide fuller descriptions of the items and background on the creator. In some collections only a selection the films and tapes were digitized. For each item a DVD and streaming file were created as well as a master BetaSP tape. For some items a high quality (mpeg2) digital file was also created. The DVDs are available for use in the library and a few streaming files are online. Other streaming files can be mounted upon request.


Bartlett, Harley Harris   [Full finding aid]

[85701-1] Philippines Film No. 1  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:15:55 @ 18 fp,

[85701-2] Philippines Film No. 2  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:14:22 @ 18 fps,

[85701-3] Philippines Film No. 3  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:10:28 @ 18 fps,


Belknap, Ralph     [Full finding aid]

[8581-1] Ralph Belknap 1926 Expedition to Greenland  [view video]
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:39:37, 1926


Bicentennial dilemma: who's in control?   [Full finding aid]

[0566-1-1] Bicentennial dilemma: who's in control?  [view video]
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:02:48, 19751102

[0566-2-2] Bicentennial dilemma: who's in control?  [view video]
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:02:02, 19751102

[0566-3-3] Bicentennial dilemma: who's in control?  [view video]
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 00:48:27, 19751102

[0566-4-1] Bicentennial dilemma: who's in control?  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:04:47, 19751102

[0566-5-2] Bicentennial dilemma: who's in control?  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 1:04:51, 19751103

[0566-6-1] Bicentennial dilemma: who's in control?  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:03:41, 19751103

[0566-7-2] Bicentennial dilemma: who's in control?  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:02:56, 19751103

[0566-8-3] Bicentennial dilemma: who's in control?  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:03:04, 19751103

[0566-9-1] Bicentennial dilemma: who's in control?  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 00:18:55, 19751103

[0566-10-2] Bicentennial dilemma: who's in control?  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:02:55, 19751103

[0566-11-3] Bicentennial dilemma: who's in control?  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:03:50, 19751103

[0566-12-4] Bicentennial dilemma: who's in control?  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:04:03, 19751103

[0566-13-1] Bicentennial dilemma: who's in control?  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:03:09, 19751103

[0566-14-2] Bicentennial dilemma: who's in control?  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:02:58, 19751103

[0566-15-1] Bicentennial dilemma: who's in control?  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:02:51, 19751103

[0566-16-2] Bicentennial dilemma: who's in control?  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:03:04, 19751103

[0566-17-1] Bicentennial dilemma: who's in control?  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:00:03, 19751103

[0566-18-2] Bicentennial dilemma: who's in control?  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:01:26, 19751103

[0566-19-3] Bicentennial dilemma: who's in control?  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:03:16, 19751103


Clover, Elzada U.   [Full finding aid]

[85109-1-1] Clover Colorado River film; Part 1  [view video]
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:09:25, 1938

[85109-2-2] Clover Colorado River film; Part 2  [view video]
  • Original: 16mm film, color, silent, 00:12:01, 1938


Crane, Henry Hitt   [Full finding aid]

[85164-1] Henry Hitt Crane speech on pacifism and the Cold War  [view video]
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, optical, 00:44:43,


Detroit and Canada Tunnel Corporation   [Full finding aid]

[9124-1] "Windsor Tunnel" [Footage of construction of the tunnel]  [view video]
  • Original: 16mm film, color, optical, 00:15:45,


Detroit Urban League   [Full finding aid]

[851100-1] Civil Rights, 1968-1969  
  • Original: 16mm film, color, mag, )0:18,

[851100-2] Civil Rights, 1968-1969  
  • Original: 16mm film, color, mag, 00:00:35,

[851100-3] Civil Rights, 1968-1969  
  • Original: 16mm film, color, mag, 00:01:02,

[851100-4] Civil Rights, 1968-1969  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, optical, 00:22,

[851100-5] NBD's "The Bank is Open to You"  
  • Original: 16mm film, color, optical, 00:15:55, 1965


Emrich, Richard S. M. (Richard Stanley Merrill)  [Full finding aid]

[851214-1] Bishop Emrich  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, optical, 00:59:48, 19610922


Engel, Albert Joseph   [Full finding aid]

[851419-1-1] Albert Engel film: "Round the World Trip" film of Appropriations Subcommittee visit to U.S. installations.  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:31:40, 1945

[851419-2-2] Albert Engel film: "Round the World Trip" film of Appropriations Subcommittee visit to U.S. installations.  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:19:26, 1945


Gillespie, Glenn C.   [Full finding aid]

[9182-1] Motion picture of first Michigan Air Tour  [view video]
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:11:22, 1929

[9182-2] Motion picture of second Michigan Air Tour  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:03:27, 1930


Gray, Harold Studley   [Full finding aid]

[851418-1] Saline Valley Farms [No. 1]  
  • Original: 16mm film, color, silent, 00:28:11 @ 18fps, 1930s

[851418-2] Saline Valley Farms [No. 2]  
  • Original: 16mm film, color, silent, 00:54:51 @ 18 fps, 1930s

[851418-3] Saline Valley Farms [No. 3]  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:50:55 @ 18fps., 1930s

[851418-4] Saline Valley Farms [No. 4]  [view video]
  • Original: 16mm film, color, silent, 00:50:55 @ 18fps., 1930s

[851418-5] Saline Valley Farms [No. 5]  
  • Original: 16mm film, color, silent, 00:41:05@ 18 fps., 1930s

[851418-6] Saline Valley Farms [No. 6]  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:58:00 at 18 fps., 1930s


Hayden, Joseph Ralston   [Full finding aid]

[851643-1] Philippine film - Batanes Islands  [view video]
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:07:48 @ 18 fps.,

[851643-2] Philippine film - Mindanao  [view video]
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:36:04 @ 18 fps,

[851643-3] Philippine film - Manila, Central Luzon, Ilocos Coast, Mt. Province  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:40:57 @ 18 fps,

[851643-4] Philippine film - Sulu Archipelago and Manila  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 27:08,


Leith, Emmett   [Full finding aid]

[00105-1] "Your Michigan State Police in Action"  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, optical, , ca. 1936


Michigan on the March   [Full finding aid]

[9072-1] Michigan on the March  [view video]
  • Original: 16mm film, color, optical, 00:29:08, 1945


Moore, Earl V.   [Full finding aid]

[89471-1] Motion picture of 26th Ann Arbor May Festival  [view video]
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 15 min, 1920(?)


Oz University   [Full finding aid]

[89515-1] Motion picture produced by UM Freshman Women - Freshman Pageant  [view video]
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:12:31, 19360602


Pollock, James Kerr   [Full finding aid]

[8635-1-1] 1930s visit to Germany - Prewar Germany  [view video]
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, optical, ,

[8635-2] "Die Partie Hat Immer Recht"  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, optical, ,


Sherzer, Allen F.   [Full finding aid]

[0069 -1] University of Michigan Campus Scenes  [view video]
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:08:42, ca. 1928


Simpson, Charles A.   [Full finding aid]

[87352-1] Northern Russia after World War I: Laplanders, troops, Russian people  [view video]
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:04:48, ca. 1920


Sinclair, John and Leni   [Full finding aid]

[850-1-1] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:03:16, 1973

[850-2-2] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:03:29, 1973

[850-3-3] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:03:17, 1973

[850-4-4] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:03:25, 1973

[850-5-5] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 00:59:30, 1973

[850-6-6] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 00:36:42, 1973

[850-7-7] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 00:58:00, 1973

[850-8-8] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 00:39:55, 1973

[850-9-9] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 00:57:12, 1973

[850-10-10] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 00:42:37, 1973

[850-11-11] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 00:23:56, 1973

[850-12-12] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:03:18, 1973

[850-13-13] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:03:20, 1973

[850-14-14] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 00:32:40, 1973

[850-15-15] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:03:24, 1973

[850-16-16] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 00:54:54, 1973

[850-17-17] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:01:46, 1973

[850-18-18] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 00:25:18, 1973

[850-19-19] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 00:32:54, 1973

[850-20-20] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 00:33:19, 1973

[850-21-21] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 00:32:36, 1973

[850-22-22] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 00:27:49, 1973

[850-23-23] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 00:32:12, 1973

[850-24-24] Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, 1973  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 00:33:05, 1973

[850-26-1] Allied Artists Association (AAA) Jazz Center Conference  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:00:30, 19780823

[850-27-2] Allied Artists Association (AAA) Jazz Center Conference  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:01:10, 19780820

[850-28-3] Allied Artists Association (AAA) Jazz Center Conference  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:01:45, 19780820

[850-29-4] Allied Artists Association (AAA) Jazz Center Conference  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:01:01, 19780516

[850-30-5] Allied Artists Association (AAA) Jazz Center Conference  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:01:07, 19780516

[850-31-6] Allied Artists Association (AAA) Jazz Center Conference  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:01:46, 19780516

[850-32-7] Allied Artists Association (AAA) Jazz Center Conference  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:01:08, 19780530

[850-33-8] Allied Artists Association (AAA) Jazz Center Conference  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:01:14, 19780530

[850-34-9] Allied Artists Association (AAA) Jazz Center Conference  
  • Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:01:30, 19780530


Spooner, C. Willett, collector   [Full finding aid]

[93676-1] Building of the Edmund Fitzgerald  [view video]
  • Original: 8 mm film, color, silent, 00:27:10, 1957-58

[93676-2] Launchings of the freighters Herbert C. Jackson and Arthur B. Homer, and the maiden voyage of the Homer.  
  • Original: 8 mm film, color, silent, 00:10:24, 1959-60


Towsley, Harry A.   [Full finding aid]

[86981-1] 289th General Hospital  
  • Original: 16mm film, color, sil, 01:03:33, 1944

[86981-2] 298th General Hospital  
  • Original: 16mm film, color, sil, 00:09:25, 1944


University of Michigan. Dept. of Dance.   [Full finding aid]

[2009018-1-1] Pearl Primus (Modern Choreographer) Workshop (tape 1)  
  • Original: U-matic cassette, 20:00, 19890218

[2009018-1-2] Pearl Primus (Modern Choreographer) Workshop (tape 2)  
  • Original: U-matic cassette, 00:22:00, 19890218

[2009018-1-3] Pearl Primus (Modern Choreographer) Workshop (tape 3)  
  • Original: U-matic cassette, 20:00, 19890218

[2009018-1-4] Pearl Primus (Modern Choreographer) Workshop (tape 4)  
  • Original: U-matic cassette, 20:00, 19890218

[2009018-1-5] Pearl Primus (Modern Choreographer) Workshop (tape 5)  
  • Original: U-matic cassette, 20:00, 19890218

[2009018-1-6] Pearl Primus (Modern Choreographer) Workshop (tape 6)  
  • Original: U-matic cassette, 20:00, 19890218

[2009018-2] Lucas Hoving: Technique Development  
  • Original: VHS cassette, , 1968

[2009018-3] Lucas Hoving: raw footage (reels 1-7)  
  • Original: VHS cassette, ,

[2009018-4] Hoving, Satiana and Aubaade  
  • Original: VHS cassette, ,

[2009018-5] IAC Satiana: Dress and 2 Performances  
  • Original: VHS cassette, , 1992


Young, Edward   [Full finding aid]

[07182-1] Camp Davis/Douglas Lake Pre-1929 Hydrographic Survey Training  [view video]
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:07:00 @ 18fps.,

[07182-2] Camp Davis/Douglas Lake, Michigan 1928  [view video]
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:10:28 @ 18 fps, 1928

[07182-3] Camp Davis 1929 - Reel 1  [view video]
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:13:26 @ 18 fps, 1929

[07182-4] Camp Davis 1929 - Reel 2  [view video]
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:10:55 @ 18 fps, 1929

[07182-5] Camp Davis 1930 (or 1931?) - Reel 1  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:13:33 @ 18 fps, ca. 1930

[07182-6] Camp Davis 1931 - Reel 2. Trip through Yellowstone  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:09:44 @ 18 fps., 1931

[07182-7] Camp Davis 1934  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:14:40 @ 18 fps., 1934

[07182-8] Yellowstone and Camp Davis 1935  
  • Original: 16mm film, color, silent, 00:13:20 @ 18 fps., 1935

[07182-9] Camp Davis 1938/39 - Overall Good of Camp, Surveying and Geology Students  
  • Original: 16mm film, color, silent, 00:15:48 @ 18 fps., 1938

[07182-10] Camp Davis 1939  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:10 :55 @ 18 fps., 1939

[07182-11] Camp Davis (28)  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:08:11 @ 18 fps., 1931

[07182-12] Yellowstone 1930  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:16:22 @ 18 fps., 1930

[07182-13] Untitled (972)  [view video]
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:15:40 @ 18 fps., 1930

[07182-14] Camp Davis (X)  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:11:11 @ 18 fps.,

[07182-15] Camp Davis (18 or 81)  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:14:15 @ 18fps., 1933

[07182-16] Camp Davis  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:05:31 @ 18fps,

[07182-17] Camp Davis 1931 - Solar Obs. and Prairie Leveling  
  • Original: 16mm film, b/w, silent, 00:01:42 @ 18 fps, 1931