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Library of Congress Debuts Virtual Screening Room for Historical Films

The collection has content such as:

• 33 issues of the “All-American News” (1942-1945), a newsreel made specifically
  for African-American audiences during the mid-20th century; 
• 103 titles from the Library’s Paper Prints Collection, including several shorts directed by D. W. Griffith for Biograph Company;
• Historical and iconic figures such as Theodore Roosevelt, William McKinley, Frank Sinatra, Mary McLeod Bethune, Adam Clayton Powell and Art Carney;
• Titles named to the National Film Registry because of their cultural, historical and aesthetic significance;
• A selection of films about mental health released in the 1950s.

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