Dear Elena, Okay, this is a big long shot, but two of the most active libraries back then for African-American films as I recall were the Philadelphia and the Baltimore libraries. It's unlikely they were buying local films from NYC and I don't know what happened to their collections, but Marc Sober from Baltimore is still at the Enoch Pratt and on Facebook. I'm also wondering if Jesse Maple might know. She was most likely showing these films at 20 West.
You also might want to try Chicago Film Archives, Brian Graney, Rick and Skip, of course. Best regards, Dennis Doros Milestone Film & Video PO Box 128 / Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 / Fax: 201-767-3035 / Email: [email protected] Visit our main website! www.milestonefilms.com Visit our new websites! www.mspresents.com, www.portraitofjason.com, www.shirleyclarkefilms.com, To see or download our 2014 Video Catalog, click here <http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0150/7896/files/2014MilestoneVideoCatalog.pdf?75> ! Support "Milestone Film" on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Milestone-Film/22348485426> and Twitter <https://twitter.com/#!/MilestoneFilms>! See the website: Association of Moving Image Archivists <http://www.amianet.org/> and like them on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Association-of-Moving-Image-Archivists/86854559717> AMIA 2014 Conference, Savannah, Georgia, October 8-11, 2014 <http://www.amianet.org/> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:38 PM, Elena Rossi-Snook < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, guys, > > Thanks for the suggestions. We've got the pre-print elements but > condition is questionable and I'm not taking any chances, am hoping to > hoard as many distribution prints as possible before sending the lot off to > the lab. I have a bad feeling about some of the internegatives from the > late 1960s. There must be some other library out there that bought YFDC > titles, too! > > Cheers, > Elena > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Dennis Doros <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Randal's idea is a really good one -- the other one would be Barbara >> Haspiel who was the guiding light at NYSCA during that time. Both of them >> are on Facebook. >> >> Best regards, >> Dennis Doros >> Milestone Film & Video >> PO Box 128 / Harrington Park, NJ 07640 >> Phone: 201-767-3117 / Fax: 201-767-3035 / Email: [email protected] >> >> Visit our main website! www.milestonefilms.com >> Visit our new websites! www.mspresents.com, www.portraitofjason.com, >> www.shirleyclarkefilms.com, >> To see or download our 2014 Video Catalog, click here >> <http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0150/7896/files/2014MilestoneVideoCatalog.pdf?75> >> ! >> >> >> Support "Milestone Film" on Facebook >> <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Milestone-Film/22348485426> and Twitter >> <https://twitter.com/#!/MilestoneFilms>! >> >> >> See the website: Association of Moving Image Archivists >> <http://www.amianet.org/> and like them on Facebook >> <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Association-of-Moving-Image-Archivists/86854559717> >> AMIA 2014 Conference, Savannah, Georgia, October 8-11, 2014 >> <http://www.amianet.org/> >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 8:41 PM, Randal Baier <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> ELENA, I wonder if DeeDee Halleck might know something about these . >>> >>> https://www.blogger.com/profile/16082147300122950343 >>> >>> ----- Reply message ----- >>> From: "Elena Rossi-Snook" <[email protected]> >>> To: "Videolib Listserv" <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [Videolib] Seeking 16mm Prints from Youth Film Distribution >>> Center >>> Date: Thu, Jul 31, 2014 3:31 pm >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi, Videolib! >>> >>> >>> I'm looking for 16mm prints of the following films distributed by the >>> Youth Film Distribution Center. Please let me know if you have and of >>> these titles in your collection: >>> >>> >>> *The Flop!* >>> >>> by Luis Vale >>> >>> c1967 >>> >>> @ 10 min. B&W. sound. >>> >>> Produced by the Young Filmaker’s Foundation Film Club >>> >>> >>> *Young Braves * >>> >>> by Michael Jacobsohn >>> >>> 1968 >>> >>> 9 min. B&W. sound. >>> >>> Produced by Movie Club >>> >>> >>> *Life in New York* >>> >>> by Alfonso Pagan and Luis Vale >>> >>> 1969 >>> >>> 6 min. Color. sound. >>> >>> Produced by the Young Filmaker’s Foundation Film Club >>> >>> >>> *And We Drink and Drown* >>> >>> by Mary Lee >>> >>> c1970 >>> >>> 6 min. Color. sound. >>> >>> >>> *Aspirations* >>> >>> by Peri Muldofsky >>> >>> 1971 >>> >>> 6 min. Color. sound. >>> >>> Produced by the Young Filmaker’s Foundation Film Club >>> >>> >>> *Batteries Not Included* >>> >>> by Joe Sciorra >>> >>> 1971 >>> >>> 4 min. Color. sound. >>> >>> Produced by the Young Filmaker's Foundation Film Club Summer Film >>> Workshop of the N.Y.C. Board of Education (Animation at Westbeth) >>> >>> >>> Thank you! >>> >>> >>> Elena Rossi-Snook >>> >>> Archivist >>> >>> Reserve Film and Video Collection >>> >>> The New York Public Library >>> >>> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >>> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic >>> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in >>> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as >>> an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of >>> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video >>> producers and distributors. >>> >>> >> >> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic >> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in >> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as >> an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of >> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video >> producers and distributors. >> >> > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as > an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > >
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
