Entertainment, 1979-1997
Part of collection: MCI Communications Corporation photographs and audiovisual materials (2000-239)
Dates
- Creation: 1979-1997
Scope and Contents
Organized into three subseries: Documentaries, Humor, and Talk shows dated from 1979 to 1997.
Documentaries subseries
Videotapes of programs sponsored by MCI or events taken place at MCI. There is an eight part series on the history of television, a PBS special about the American family, and award ceremony presentations.
Humor subseries
MCI gag reels of bloopers from executives speeches and outtakes of commercials. There are parodies and skits, as well as humorous mentions on shows like Saturday Night Live and the Tonight Show. There is also a video of Bert Roberts performing magic tricks.
Talk shows subseries
Contains three programs one of Vint Cerf on the Charlie Rose show, Economic Club of Washington, and Vallance/Roberts at the Commonwealth Club.
Extent
From the Collection: 140 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Additional Description
Access Restrictions
25-year time seal from the date of creation due to privacy/security reasons.
Litigators may not view the collection without approval.
There are no viewing or listening stations for analog audio, video, or film in the reading room. To access this material, please place a digitization request for the item(s).
Negatives, slides, videotapes, and film material (Boxes 28-30; 31-146 and film cans 1-15) are located in remote storage. Please contact staff 48 hours in advance of research visit at askhagley@hagley.org
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository
