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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 03-054
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
Productions, 1987-1989
Collection Overview
General Information About This Collection | |
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications |
Title: | Productions |
Dates: | 1987-1989 |
Quantity: | 10.58 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box) |
Collection: | Accession 03-054 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | The Office of Telecommunications (OTC) produced nine short films, known collectively as "Towboats," on the role of towboats on the Mississippi River for the Hall of Maritime Enterprise in the National Museum of American History. This footage was used to produce nine short interactive videodiscs to provide visitors the opportunity to learn the history, technology, and commercial importance of towboats on the Mississippi River. Materials include Master Betacam transfers of original camera rolls, 16 mm original camera negatives, 1/4 inch sound recordings, cut shows and a few window dubs where original components could not be found. |
Descriptive Entry
The Office of Telecommunications (OTC) produced nine short films on the role of towboats on the Mississippi River for the Hall of Maritime Enterprise in the National Museum of American History. This footage was used to produce nine short interactive videodiscs to provide visitors the opportunity to learn the history, technology, and commercial importance of towboats on the Mississippi River.
Materials include Master Betacam transfers of original camera rolls, 16 mm original camera negatives, 1/4 inch sound recordings, cut shows and a few window dubs where original components could not be found.
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Name
- Museum of History and Technology (U.S.). Hall of American Maritime Enterprise
- Towboats (Documentary film : 1989)
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 03-054, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications, Productions
Container List
Box 1
IMAGES - October 1987 (Box labels read 10/30/1987 and tape labels read 10/29/1987)
"Towboats" - Original Betacam film transfer, CR 1 and 2, trt 18:50, 10/29/1987
"Towboats" - Original Betacam film transfer, CR 3 and 4, trt 22:10, 10/29/1987
"Towboats" - Original Betacam film transfer, CR 5 and 6, trt 22:00, 10/29/1987
"Towboats" - Original Betacam film transfer, CR 7 and 8, trt 22:05, 10/29/1987
"Towboats" - Original Betacam film transfer, CR 9 and 10, trt, 22:10, 10/29/1987
"Towboats" - Original Betacam film transfer, CR 11 and 12, trt 22:08, 10/29/1987
"Towboats" - Original Betacam film transfer, CR 13 and 14, trt 22:08, 10/29/1987
"Towboats" - Original Betacam film transfer, CR 15 and 16, trt 22:08, 10/29/1987
"Towboats" - Original Betacam film transfer, CR 17 and 18, trt 22:00, 10/29/1987
"Towboats" - Original Betacam film transfer, CR 19 and 20, trt 16:25, 10/29/1987
IMAGES - February 1988
"Towboats" - Original Betacam film transfer, Roll 101, 2/8/1988
"Towboats" - Original Betacam film transfer, Roll 102, 2/8/1988
"Towboats" - Original Betacam film transfer, Roll 103, 2/8/1988
"Towboats" - Original Betacam film transfer, Roll 104, 2/8/1988
IMAGES - June 1988 (Box labels read 6/29/1988 and tape labels read 6/13/1988)
"Towboats" - Master Betacam film transfer, CR 1 and 2 (Reel 1) 6/13/1988
"Towboats" - Master Betacam film transfer, CR 3 and 4 (Reel 2) 6/13/1988
"Towboats" - Master Betacam film transfer, CR 5 and 6 (Reel 3) 6/13/1988
"Towboats" - Master Betacam film transfer, CR 7 and 8 (Reel 4) 6/13/1988
"Towboats" - Master Betacam film transfer, CR 9 and 10 (Reel 5) 6/13/1988
"Towboats" - Master Betacam film transfer, CR 11 and 12 (Reel 6) 6/13/1988
"Towboats" - Master Betacam film transfer, CR 13 and 14 (Reel 7) 6/13/1988
"Towboats" - Master Betacam film transfer, CR 15 and 16 (Reel 8) 6/13/1988
"Towboats" - Master Betacam film transfer, CR 17 and 18 (Reel 9) 6/13/1988
"Towboats" - Master Betacam film transfer, CR 19 and 20 (Reel 10) 6/13/1988
"Towboats" - Master Betacam film transfer, CR 21 and 22 (Reel 11) 6/13/1988
"Towboats" - Master Betacam film transfer, CR 23 and 24 (Reel 12) 6/13/1988
"Towboats" - Master Betacam film transfer, CR 25 and 26 (Reel 13) 6/13/1988
"Towboats" - Master Betacam film transfer, CR 27 and 28 (Reel 14) 6/13/1988
"Towboats" - Master Betacam film transfer, CR 29 (Reel 15) 6/13/1988
IMAGES - June 1989
"Towboats" - B Roll
Box 2
SOUND - July 1988 (Box and tape labels read 7/22/1988)
"Towboats" (Oct. Tapes) - Betacam transfer from Original 1/4" Nagra Field, Tape 1/Reel 1
"Towboats" (Oct. Tapes) - Betacam transfer from Original 1/4" Nagra Field, Tape 1/Reel 2
"Towboats" (Oct. Tapes) - Betacam transfer from Original 1/4" Nagra Field, Tape 2/Reel 1
"Towboats" (Oct. Tapes) - Betacam transfer from Original 1/4" Nagra Field, Tape 2/Reel 2
"Towboats" (Oct. Tapes) - Betacam transfer from Original 1/4" Nagra Field, Tape 3/Reel 1
"Towboats" (Oct. Tapes) - Betacam transfer from Original 1/4" Nagra Field, Tape 3/Reel 2
"Towboats" (Oct. Tapes) - Betacam transfer from Original 1/4" Nagra Field, Tape 4/Reel 1
"Towboats" (Oct. Tapes) - Betacam transfer from Original 1/4" Nagra Field, Tape 4/Reel 2
"Towboats" (Oct. Tapes) - Betacam transfer from Original 1/4" Nagra Field, Tape 5/Reel 1
"Towboats" (Oct. Tapes) - Betacam transfer from Original 1/4" Nagra Field, Tape 5/Reel 2
SOUND - October 1988 (*Box spine labels read 1/4" and tape labels read 1/2" - also bear second date of 10/17/1988)
"Towboats-10/5/1988" - Betacam transfer from Original 1/2" field w/neopilot, Sound roll 1*
"Towboats-10/5/1988" - Betacam transfer from Original 1/2" field w/neopilot, Sound roll 2*
"Towboats-New Orleans" - Betacam transfer from Original 1/4" field w/neopilot, SR 1
"Towboats-New Orleans" - Betacam transfer from Original 1/4" field w/neopilot, SR 2
"Towboats-New Orleans" - Betacam transfer from Original 1/4" field w/neopilot, SR 3
"Towboats-New Orleans" - Betacam transfer from Original 1/4" field w/neopilot, SR 4
SOUND - November 1988 (Box and tape labels also bear date of 11/2/1988)
SR 1 & 2 aboard "Herman Pott" and SR 3 aboard "Mr. Gee Louisiana"
"Towboats - St. Louis 9/3-4/1988" Betacam transfer from Original 1/4" Nagra field, SR 1/pt.1
"Towboats - St. Louis 9/3-4/1988" Betacam transfer from Original 1/4" Nagra field, SR 1/pt.2
"Towboats - St. Louis 9/3-4/1988" Betacam transfer from Original 1/4" Nagra field, SR 2/pt.1
"Towboats - St. Louis 9/3-4/1988" Betacam transfer from Original 1/4" Nagra field, SR 2/pt.2
"Towboats - St. Louis 9/3-4/1988" Betacam transfer from Original 1/4" Nagra field, SR 3
"Towboats" Betacam SR 18 (most of), 31:00
"Towboats" Betacam SR 18 (end) SR 19 (most of)
"Towboats" Betacam SR 19 (end), 31:00
"Towboats" Betacam SR 20 (split audio)
"Towboats" Betacam SR 21(up to take 55 - some split audio)
"Towboats" Betacam SR 21 (end) SR 22 (all), 12:30
SOUND - 1989
"Towboats" Final Narration [voiceover], BetacamSP Audio transfer from 1/4" 71/2ips Audio Master 24:45
"Towboats" - Beta 1 Window Dub - Archival towboat footage, 1929 silent B/W, 5/11/1989, 41:00
"Towboats" - Beta Window Dub from component edit master - 9/25/1989
SHOWS - 1989
"Towboats" - Beta Window Dubs - Four shows (1 tape)
"Towboats" - Beta Fine Cut # 1 - Five Shows (1 tape)
"Towboats" - Beta Dub Fine Cut - Nine Shows 9/21/1989 - no titles (1 tape)
Box 3
IMAGES
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 1 and 2 - 10/22/1987
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 3 and 4 - 10/22/1987
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 5 and 6 - 10/22/1987
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 7 and 8 - 10/22/1987
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 9 and 10 - 10/23/1987
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 11 and 12 - 10/23/1987
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 13 and 14 - 10/23/1987
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 15 and 16 - 10/23/1987
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 17 and 18 - 10/23/1987
Box 4
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 19 and 20 - 10/23/1987
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 1 and 2 - 1/26/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 3 and 4 - 1/26/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 5 and 6 - 1/26/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 7 and 8 - 1/26/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 9 and 10 - 1/26/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 1 and 2 - 5/31/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 3 and 4 - 5/31/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 5 and 6 - 5/31/1988
Box 5
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 7 and 8 - 5/31/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 9 and 10 - 5/31/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 11 and 12 - 5/31/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 13 and 14 - 5/31/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 15 and 16 - 5/31/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 17 and 18 - 5/31/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 19 and 20 - 5/31/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 21 and 22 - 5/31/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 23 and 24 - 5/31/1988
Box 6
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 25 and 26 - 5/31/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 27 and 28 - 5/31/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 29 - 5/31/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 1 and 2 - 6/30/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 3 and 4 - 6/30/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 1 and 2 - 10/17/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 3 and 4 - 10/17/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 5 and 6 - 10/17/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 7 and 8 - 10/17/1988
Box 7
"Towboats" -16mm Original Color Negative, CR 9 and 10 - 10/17/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 11 and 12 - 10/17/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 13 and 14 - 10/17/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 1 and 2 - 12/14/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 3 and 4 - 12/14/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 5 and 6 - 12/14/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 7 and 8 - 12/14/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 9 and 10 - 12/14/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 11 and 12 - 12/14/1988
Box 8
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 13 - 12/14/1988
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 10A and 11A - 4/25/1989
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 12A and 14A - 4/25/1989
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 10B1 and 10B2 - 4/25/1989
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 11B and 14 B - 4/25/1989
"Towboats" - 16mm Original Color Negative, CR 12 - 4/25/1989
Box 9
SOUND
"Towboats" - 4-Track Audio Master - 6/30/1989
"Towboats" - 8-Track Audio Master - 6/30/1989 (1 of 2)
"Towboats" - (5) 3-4 Minute Shows, 8-Track Audio Master - 9/25/1989 (2 of 2)
Box 10
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - St. Louis 5/10/1988 - Wild Sound for Loops
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - Aboard the "Orco" 5/10/1988
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - Aboard the "Orco" 5/11/1988
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - Aboard the "Orco" 5/11/1988
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - Aboard the "Orco" 5/11/1988
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - Aboard the "Orco" 5/12/1988
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - 5/12-13/1988
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - St. Louis continued - 5/14/1988
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - St. Louis - 10/12/1987
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - St. Louis - 10/12-13/1987
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - St. Louis - 10/13-14/1987
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - St. Louis - 10/14/1987
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - St. Louis - 10/14/1987
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - St. Louis - 1/14/1988
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - St. Louis - 1/15/1988
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - St. Louis - 1/15/1988
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - St. Louis - 10/3-4/1988
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - St. Louis - 10/3-4/1988
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - St. Louis - 10/3-4/1988
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - Sound Roll 1 (goes with film roll 8) - 10/5/1988
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - Sound Roll 2 - 10/5/1988
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - New Orleans - Sound Roll 1 - 10/7/1988
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - New Orleans - Sound Roll 2 - 10/7/1988
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - New Orleans - Sound Roll 3 - 10/7/1988
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - New Orleans - Sound Roll 1 - 10/7/1988
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - 12/5/1988
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape -12/6/1988
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape -12/6/1988
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - no date
"Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - 12/7/1988 - label damaged
Towboats" - Original 1/4" audiotape - 7 1/2 ips - 6/16 (box) or 22 (tape)/1989 - Narration by Stanley Anderson - says "Scratch track" on box but may be original of final narration - TRT 32:42 - 7.5 tape speed
Unknown - attributed to "Towboats" - "Isay BLSW?" written on label attached to tape reel (blue film can)
Unknown - attributed to "Towboats" - "226" written on label attached to tape reel (blue film can)
Box 11
IMAGES - 1988
"Towboats" - Betacam transfer of CR 1 and 2 - 7/25/1988 Hair roped off at the end of tape
"Towboats" - Betacam transfer of CR 3 and 4 - 7/25/1988
IMAGES - No dates on boxes however, tapes are transfers of the 1989 original negatives reels
"Towboats" - Betacam transfer of CR 10A and 11A
"Towboats" - Betacam transfer of CR 12A and 14A
"Towboats" - Betacam transfer of CR 10B1 and 10B2
"Towboats" - Betacam transfer of CR 11B and 14B
"Towboats" - BetacamSP transfer of CR 12
IMAGES - No dates
"Towboats" - 400 Betacam transfer of CR 1 and 2 12:00
"Towboats" - 401 Betacam transfer of CR 3 and 4
"Towboats" - 402 Betacam transfer of CR 5 and 6 22:30
"Towboats" - 403 Betacam transfer of CR 7 and 8 22:00
"Towboats" - 404 Betacam transfer of CR 9 and 10 15:24
"Towboats" - 405 Betacam transfer of CR 11 and 12 23:00
"Towboats" - 406 Betacam transfer of CR 13 and 14 20:00
"Towboats" -Betacam transfer of CR 1 and 2
"Towboats" -Betacam transfer of CR 3 and 4
"Towboats" -Betacam transfer of CR 5 and 6
"Towboats" -Betacam transfer of CR 7 and 8
"Towboats" -Betacam transfer of CR 9 and 10
"Towboats" -Betacam transfer of CR 11 and 12
"Towboats" -Betacam transfer of CR 13
"Towboats" - Progress report #1
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