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Part III of West Point championship football, ca. 1946

 Item
Identifier: dcpl_143_012

Content Description

From the Collection:

The Anotnelli Football Film Collection containes nine 16mm films of football games and trainings in Washington, D.C. The majority of the films were shot between 1950 and 1955. Most of the film are of high school football games, including Calvin Coolidge High School, Chamberlain Vocational High School, St. John's College High School, Theodore Roosevelt High School, and Woodrow Wilson High School . Many films were shot at the Theodore Roosevelt High School Stadium or Woodrow Wilson High School. Two films capture the District Interhigh football champion 1953 game between Theodore Roosevelt High School and Anacostia High School at Griffith Stadium. Also included are four of a six part series of football training films created by the United States Military Academy at West Point football program. The collection also contains five 1.5 inch film strips of Life of Louis Pasteur, How to Live Long, Robert Koch, Florence Nightingale, Edward L. Trudeau.

Dates

  • Creation: ca. 1946

Creator

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Extent

From the Collection: 3 Linear feet

From the Collection: 2 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Part three of six segments from a 1940s football training film featuring the US Military Academy at West Point Army Cadets football team. The film was likely shot between 1944 and 1949 and was a partnership between Association Films, National Council of YMCAs, and the American Institute of Motion Pictures. The film was produced and directed by Edmund L. Dormann.

Repository Details

Part of the The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library Repository

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