https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVIx7luyuJw Actors read historical letters from notable people. This one by Richard Feynman to his wife, who had been dead two years when he wrote it, made me cry. Lovely.
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Dust to Digital: Listening Room
"Founded by Lance Ledbetter in 1999, Dust-to-Digital is currently operated by Lance and his wife April in Atlanta, Georgia. Dust-to-Digital began its mission of creating access to hard-to-find music by producing high-quality books, box sets, CDs, DVDs and vinyl records."—Dust to Digital: Listening Room See also MusicMemory.org.
Documenting [The Egyptian] Revolution on 858.ma
Made fully public in January 2018, the site “858.ma” was created by the Mosireen Collective, a nonprofit media collective, as an “initiative to make public all the footage shot and collected since 2011” regarding the Egyptian Revolution. The site, upon launch, had 858 hours of footage — hence the name — and, according to its … Continue reading Documenting [The Egyptian] Revolution on 858.ma
Movie Posters Collection – Harry Ransom Center Digital Collections
"The Ransom Center's movie poster collection consists of an estimated 10,000 posters and spans the entire history of film from the silent era to the present day. All sizes of American film posters are represented: Window Cards (14" x 22"), Inserts (14" x 36"), Half Sheets (22" x 28"), One Sheets (27" x 41"), Three … Continue reading Movie Posters Collection – Harry Ransom Center Digital Collections
