This blog post was written by MARMIA’s 2024 summer intern Nora Dunne. Nora is completing her Masters in Library and Information Science at the University of Maryland, College Park. Nora lives in Baltimore by way of Chicago, and enjoys books, stained glass, and travel. Her summer project focused on creating a finding aid for one … Continue reading Describing the Ernest W. Ryan Home Movie Collection
Broadcasting Baltimore Update #4: Focal Point
Only a few hundred reels of film from WJZ-TV survived. People thought video was going to replace film and switched over without knowing that videotape would be a more volatile and short-lived material. Rumor has it that decades ago while repaving the WJZ parking lot, they buried the film library under the asphalt. In the … Continue reading Broadcasting Baltimore Update #4: Focal Point
Broadcasting Baltimore Update #3: WJZ-TV Collection Featured on Digital Maryland
We have officially launched another segment of our three-year CLIR-funded grant project, Broadcasting Baltimore: Digitizing Hidden Histories in the WJZ-TV Collection, by having our collection available to search in Digital Maryland. Digital Maryland is a collaborative, statewide digital preservation program of the Enoch Pratt Free Library/Maryland State Library Resource Center. Users can search and explore … Continue reading Broadcasting Baltimore Update #3: WJZ-TV Collection Featured on Digital Maryland
Baltimorean Additions to the National Film Registry
Every year the public proposes films for consideration to the National Film Registry of the U.S. Library of Congress. In 2022, 6,865 titles were submitted and two of the 25 films added included films featuring the work of two Baltimore legends: John Waters' Hairspray (1988) and Cab Calloway's Home Movies (1948-1951). There are now 850 … Continue reading Baltimorean Additions to the National Film Registry
AV Training Resources
In addition to being an access provider of rare media through reformatting and exhibiting, MARMIA also provides educational programming. It is part of our mission to collect and share AV training resources and this is the first of many posts dedicated to promoting this knowledge. BAVC Media: Hands-On Training with Analog Video Playback EquipmentWe've partnered … Continue reading AV Training Resources
“What Is a Baltimorean?” Update
Narration and frame from "What is a Baltimorean?" "On this geographic key board of cities on the eastern seaboard, four of them shine without any stigma, while the folk of the fifth remain an enigma. They are estranged from the other four in the city that's known as Baltimore. Soft by the shores of the … Continue reading “What Is a Baltimorean?” Update
Camp Poquaesak Films Update
Last summer, three reels of silent, Kodachrome color 16mm films were donated to MARMIA by Brian Markham. The films documented activities at Camp Poquaesak, which was an exclusive camp for boys near Wittman, Maryland from 1927-1942. We initially thought they were amateur films perhaps recorded by Brian's father who attended the camp in the 1930s. We … Continue reading Camp Poquaesak Films Update
Poquaesak Camp Amateur Films
MARMIA recently received three reels of silent, Kodachrome color 16mm films that total about 300 feet in all (about 11 minutes of footage). The films document the Poquaesak boys' six-week summer camp near the tiny village of McDaniel Station in St. Michael's, Maryland. The movies date from 1939-1946 and largely show boys participating in various … Continue reading Poquaesak Camp Amateur Films
This is Baltimore! Help to Save its History
Donate now https://vimeo.com/228746346 The above is a short selection from "This is Baltimore!", a promotional film that was made for the WJZ-TV station in 1959. We need your help to save more historic footage like this! Visit our fundraiser to make a tax-deductible donation. Special thanks to Colorlab in Rockville, Maryland for the in-kind transfer!
Partnership with the Old Greenbelt Theatre
It has been an extremely busy few months here at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Moving Image Archive: in June we received our official 501(c)(3) status, which was a few months ahead of schedule! We were prepared to wait several months to hear back from the IRS as was instructed on their website, but we were extremely … Continue reading Partnership with the Old Greenbelt Theatre
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