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Amateur films

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Home movies; Home videos; Personal films.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Colonel J. Victor Dallin films

 Collection
Accession: 2018-226
Abstract:

Colonel J. (John) Victor Dallin (1897-1991) was an aviator and photographer who founded the Dallin Aerial Surveys Company in 1924. This small collection of films were shot by Dallin. There are five films, three are home movies, one is the reception for Charles Lindbergh in Philadelphia, and the fifth film contents is unidentified at this time.

Dates: 1927; 1940s

Willard S. Wilson films and ephemera

 Collection
Accession: 1977-219
Abstract:

Willard S. Wilson (1897-1979) was a pioneer radio broadcaster and entrepreneur. He was founder of the first commercial radio station in Delaware. This small collection of newspaper clippings, articles, notes, and ephemera document Wilson's knowledge about the history of radio and some of his accomplishments related to the radio station WHAV/WDEL. There are also three reels of film, two related to aviator Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974) and one documenting the arrival of a monument at Wilmington, Delaware marine terminal.

Dates: 1913-1977