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AVMPI-Media

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Browse and watch selected audiovisual collection items from across the Smithsonian's Audiovisual Media Preservation Initiative (AVMPI) partner museum units and research centers.


  • Human Studies Film Archives 172 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
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Cab Calloway Home Movie: Haiti

Mary Jo Arnoldi Bamana Puppet Masquerade Video Project, 1978-80

Bamana Puppet Masquerade Video Project, Kirango, Mali, 1992

JAMES S. BRUCE FOOTAGE OF JOHN FRUM FESTIVAL, TANNA ISLAND, VANUATU, 1977

Teotihuacan (Mexico), ca. 1937

Chichen Itza (Mexico), ca. 1937, part 3

Chichen Itza (Mexico), ca. 1937, part 1

When In Greece (ca. 1970)

Human Studies Film Archives: A Celebration of Its 40th Anniversary

Chichen Itza (Mexico), ca. 1937, part 2

When In Greece (ca. 1970)

Chartres Cathedral, France (ca. 1933)

Hawaii (ca. 1975)

Dancing Beauties of Korea (ca. 1972)

Digging Up the Dead in Madagascar (1963)

Dancing Beauties of Korea (ca. 1972)

Dancing Beauties of Korea (ca. 1972)

Archaeological Excavations, Starved Rock, Illinois, ca. 1949, part 1

Archaeological Excavations, Starved Rock, Illinois, ca. 1949, part 2

Harlem Rides the Range

Double Deal

Film footage of a NAACP protest rally in Brooklyn, New York

Studs' Place

J. Max Bond, Sr. Home Movie #5

J. Max Bond, Sr. Home Movie #2

J. Max Bond, Sr. Home Movie #4

Giant Panda Mei Xiang Cares for Her Cub at Smithsonian's National Zoo

Smithsonian’s National Zoo Celebrates Giant Panda Bei Bei’s First Birthday

Giant Panda Mei Xiang Gives Birth at Smithsonian's National Zoo

Here At The Smithsonian: Japan's Ceramic Treasures

Here At The Smithsonian: Hooray for the Red White and Blue

Here at the Smithsonian: A Modern Noah's Ark

Here At The Smithsonian: Keeping Perfect Time

Here At The Smithsonian: The Harlem Renaissance

Here At The Smithsonian: The Elephant's Tale


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