Our film and audiovisual archive dates back to 1901 and houses 770,000 hours of viewing material. Highlights include Louis Leakey and William Beebe, Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall.
Access to the physical spaces is restricted due to the vulnerable nature of the materials in the collection. Please contact us to set up an appointment with any research or questions.
Preserved with a grant from The National Film Preservation Foundation.
After the Mid-Atlantic Ridge expeditions in 1975, where the theory of plate tectonics was confirmed, Bob Ballard and the other scientists still had questions…With so much magma bubbling up, why were the rocks of the valley floor not hot? Keep reading...
Footage from Sky Lab 4 mission (1973- 1974)
1,026,226
Film, video, and audio recordings
676,814
Feet of film digitized to date—25% of the collection
45 Degrees F and 40% Relative Humidity
The coldest room in the Film & Media Archive
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