Nine from Little Rock, 1964 - Restored

Nine From Little Rock was digitally restored by the Motion Picture Preservation Lab for the 50th anniversary of its win for Best Short Documentary at the 1965 Academy Awards. Find out more about this film, featured in "The Unwritten Record," the National Archives blog of the Special Media Archives Services Division: http://blogs.archives.gov/unwritten-r... Creator(s): U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) (Most Recent) Series : Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities , compiled 1982 - 1999, documenting the period 1942 - 1999 Record Group 306: Records of the U.S. Information Agency, 1900 - 2003 Production Date: 1964 Release Date: 1965 General Note(s): Item was retired by USIA in 1979. Access Restriction(s): Unrestricted Use Restriction(s): Restricted - Possibly Specific Use Restriction: Public Law 101-246 Note: Issued February 6, 1990, this law provides for the domestic release and distribution of USIA motion pictures, films, videotapes, and other materials 12 years after initial dissemination overseas, or, if not disseminated, 12 years from the preparation of the material. Scope & Content: FEATURES THE NINE BLACK STUDENTS WHO INTEGRATED CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN LITTLE ROCK AR IN 1957. DESCRIBES THE INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF THESE STUDENTS DURING THE SEVEN YEARS THAT FOLLOWED. INDICATES, BY SPECIFIC CASES, PROGRESS IN U.S. RACIALINTEGRATION. WINNER OF THE 1965 ACACEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES "BEST DOCUMENTARY" AWARD. Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RD-DC-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road College Park, MD 20740-6001 Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: [email protected] National Archives Identifier: 51380 Local Identifier: 306.5160