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• Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use (2005), by Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, Independent Feature Project, International Documentary Association, National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (U.S.), and Women in Film and Video (Washington DC chapter) (PDF with commentary at centerforsocialmedia.org)

• Media log : a guide to film, television, and radio programs supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Public Programs, Humanities Projects in Media. (The Project :, 1993), by National Endowment for the Humanities. Humanities Projects in Media (page images at HathiTrust)

• U. S. Government Films: A Catalog of Motion Pictures and Filmstrips for Sale by the National Audiovisual Center (Washington: National Archives and Records Service, 1969), by National Audiovisual Center
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  • 1971 supplement: page images at HathiTrust
• Documentary film classics, produced by the United States Government (U.S. [General Services Administration?] :, 1980), by National Audiovisual Center, William J. Blakefield, and United States General Services Administration (page images at HathiTrust)

• World War II propaganda and its cultural contexts (Harwood Academic Publishers, 1994), by Japan) Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (1991 : Yamagata-ken, Yukio Fukushima, and Markus Nornes (page images at HathiTrust)

• An Act to Provide for Distribution in the United States of Certain International Communication Agency Films Relating to President Lyndon Baines Johnson. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1981), by United States (page images at HathiTrust)

• Motion picture production facilities of selected colleges and universities; a survey (U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education; [for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1963), by Ames University Film Foundation, Luella V. Snyder, and Don G. Williams (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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• Documentary Making for Digital Humanists (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2021), by Darren R. Reid and Brett Sanders (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
• True Films (version 3.0; 2007), by Kevin Kelly (PDF at kk.org)
• The technique of documentary film production. (Hastings House, 1963), by W. Hugh Baddeley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The film that was lost (Museum of Modern Art, 1942), by N.Y.). Film Library Museum of Modern Art (New York (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Not by a long shot; adventures of a documentary film producer. (Exposition Press, 1951), by Margaret Cussler (page images at HathiTrust)
• An annotated catalog of films and sound filmstrips in the collection of the Films Department (Baltimore, 1957), by Enoch Pratt Free Library. Films Dept (page images at HathiTrust)
• Motion pictures for mental health programs. (Health Publication Institute, Inc., 1951), by Inc. Health Publication Institute and National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instructional film production, utilization, and research in Great Britain, Canada, and Australia (Office of Naval Research, Special Devices Center], 1949), by Leslie P. Greenhill and John H. Tyo (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Service opinion and acceptance of "Officers' Conference" films (Dept. of Defense, Office of Armed Forces Information and Education, Research Division, 1954), by Thomas C. Edrington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Planning films for schools, the final report. (Washington, 1949), by American Council on Education. Commission on Motion Pictures (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Directory of non-royalty films for television; compiled and edited by T.M. Williams with the assistance of Maurice Brunsvold. (Iowa State College Press, 1954), by Tess Mern Williams (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Film directory. (Ann Arbor, 1955), by University of Michigan. Audio-Visual Education Center (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• United States educational, scientific, and cultural motion pictures and filmstrips: education section 1958, selected and available for use abroad. ([Washington, 1959), by United States Information Agency (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook of the North Carolina adult film project (North Carolina State Library, 1962), by North Carolina Library Association. Public Libraries Section (page images at HathiTrust)
• Media log : a guide to film, television, and radio programs supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. (National Endowment for the Humanities, 1986), by National Endowment for the Humanities (page images at HathiTrust)
• United States educational, scientific, and cultural motion pictures and filmstrips, selected and available for use abroad; education section. (U.S. Information Agency, 1959), by United States. Interdepartmental Committee on Visual and Auditory Materials for Distribution Abroad. Subcommittee on Catalog and U.S. National Commission for UNESCO. Panel on Educational Films (page images at HathiTrust)
• Media log : a guide to film, television, and radio programs supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. (National Endowment for the Humanities, 1986), by National Endowment for the Humanities (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook of the North Carolina adult film project (Bureau of Audio-Visual Education, University of North Carolina, 1958), by North Carolina Library Association. Public Libraries Section, University of North Carolina. Extension Division. Bureau of Audio-Visual Education, and North Carolina State Library (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• United States educational, scientific, and cultural motion pictures and filmstrips, selected and available for use abroad; education section. (U.S. Information Agency, 1956), by United States. Interdepartmental Committee on Visual and Auditory Materials for Distribution Abroad. Subcommittee on Catalog and U.S. National Commission for UNESCO. Panel on Educational Films (page images at HathiTrust)

• Selected educational motion pictures : a descriptive encyclopedia (American council on education, 1942), by American Council on Education. Committee on Motion Pictures in Education (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• NOAA motion picture films (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration, 1976), by United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• G. E. motion pictures. (General Electric Co., 1926), by General Electric Company. Publicity Department (page images at HathiTrust)

• The status and prospects of film distribution in Texas. (College of Education, University of Texas, 1958), by Benjamin Franklin Holland (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• A guide to film services of national associations. (Evanston, Ill., 1954), by Film Council of America (page images at HathiTrust)

• The film that was lost (Museum of Modern Art, 1942), by N.Y.). Film Library Museum of Modern Art (New York (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The Conscience of Cinema: The Films of Joris Ivens, 1912-1989 (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, c2016), by Thomas Waugh
  • PDF with commentary at oapen.org
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• The documentary film in Puerto Rico. (Pan American Union, 1957), by Pan American Union (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• World War II propaganda and its cultural contexts (Harwood Academic Publishers, 1994), by Japan) Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (1991 : Yamagata-ken, Yukio Fukushima, and Markus Nornes (page images at HathiTrust)

• The virgin in judgment (Moffat, Yard, 1908), by Eden Phillpotts (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The documentary film in Puerto Rico. (Pan American Union, 1957), by Pan American Union (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Selected educational motion pictures : a descriptive encyclopedia (American council on education, 1942), by American Council on Education. Committee on Motion Pictures in Education (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Training for retailers (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, 2002), by United States Food and Nutrition Service and Teleconference & Radio Center United States. Department of Agriculture. Video (page images at HathiTrust)

• Selected references for the teaching of geography and conservation. III, Audio-visual aids (Federal Security Agency, Office of Education, 1949), by Halene Hatcher and United States Office of Education (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Films in business and industry. (McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1947), by Henry Clay Gipson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Industrial films; a source of occupational information, February 1946. (United States Department of Labor, United States Employment Service. Occupational Analysis and Industrial Services Division, 1946), by United States Employment Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• A guide to films and their uses by sales executives (New York, 1951), by Inc National Sales Executives (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• A Comprehensive View of our Country and Its Resources (1876), by James D. McCabe (page images at MOA)
• Estimated world fertilizer production capacity as related to future needs, 1970 to 1975. (National Fertilizer Development Center] Tennessee Valley Authority, 1970), by Edwin A. Harre, United States. Agency for International Development, and National Fertilizer Development Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A business guide to the Near East & North Africa (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, International Trade Administration :, 1980), by Commerce Action Group for the Near East (page images at HathiTrust)
• The spirit of the revolution; new light from some of the original sources of American history (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924), by John Clement Fitzpatrick (page images at HathiTrust)
• United States imports. Consumption and general SIC-based products by world areas (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census :, 1972), by United States Bureau of the Census (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vital speeches of the day. (McMurry, 1934) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Energy abstracts for policy analysis. (Technical Information Center, U.S. Dept. of Energy ;, 1975), by Holifield National Laboratory, United States. Energy Research and Development Administration. Technical Information Center, United States. Department of Energy. Technical Information Center, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chartbook on prices, wages, and productivity. (U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics [available through Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print Office.], 1974), by United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Price changes of defense purchases of the United States (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, 1979), by United States. Bureau of Economic Analysis and United States. Dept. of Defense (page images at HathiTrust)
• Combined annual reports of the World War Foreign Debt Commission : with additional information regarding foreign debts due the United States : fiscal years 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 and 1926. (U.S. G.P.O., 1927), by United States. World War Foreign Debt Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rehabilitation of the disabled in 51 countries (Washington, 1964), by Education United States. Department of Health (page images at HathiTrust)
• Holding company control of licenses of the Federal power commission. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1932), by Federal Power Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Democracy and world relations (World Book Co., 1918), by David Starr Jordan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Overseas America; our territorial outposts.by Charles F. Reid (The Foreign Policy Association, 1942), by Charles F. Reid and Foreign Policy Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• Administrative decisions and opinions of a general nature and opinions in individual Lusitania claims and other cases. (Govt. Print. Off., 1925), by Mixed claims commission (U.S. and Germany) c (page images at HathiTrust)
• Federal workforce outlook. (U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1968), by United States Civil Service Commission. Bureau of Policies and Standards and United States Civil Service Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• HTS (International Trade Commission:, 1987), by United States and United States International Trade Commission. Office of Tariff Affairs and Trade Agreements (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the DOD Commission on Beirut International Airport Terrorist Act, October 23, 1983. (The Commission, 1983), by October 23 United States. DOD Commission on Beirut International Airport Terrorist Act (page images at HathiTrust)
• Digest of United States practice in international law. (Office of the Legal Adviser, Dept. of State :, 1973), by Marian Lloyd Nash, John A. Boyd, Eleanor C. McDowell, Arthur W. Rovine, and United States. Dept. of State. Office of the Legal Adviser (page images at HathiTrust)
• GATT, implications on environmental laws : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, September 27, 1991. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1991), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Constitution of the United States of America : analysis and interpretation : annotations of cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 29, 1992 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1996), by United States, George Costello, Johnny H. Killian, Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, and United States Supreme Court (page images at HathiTrust)
• Senate manual. (U.S. G.P.O.., in the 19th century), by United States. Congress 1964). Senate (page images at HathiTrust)
• The U.S. copper industry : problems, issues, and outlook (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines ;, 1981), by Louis J. Sousa (page images at HathiTrust)
• American Bar Association journal. (American Bar Association., 1915), by American Bar Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• BCD (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1968), by United States Bureau of the Census (page images at HathiTrust)
• United States general imports. Schedule A. Commodity groupings by world area (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census :, 1973), by United States Bureau of the Census (page images at HathiTrust)
• Message from the President of the United States transmitting North American Free Trade Agreement, texts of agreement, implementing bill, statement of administrative action and required supporting statements (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1993) (page images at HathiTrust)
• US waste exports. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1989), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations and United State House Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade (page images at HathiTrust)
• United States assistance to the new independent states (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1992), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on European Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Strategic Defense Initiative : what are the costs, what are the threats? : hearing before the Legislation and National Security Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, May 16 and October 1, 1991. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1992), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Legislation and National Security Subcommittee (page images at HathiTrust)
• National ocean pollution program (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of the Chief Scientist, 1996), by National Ocean Pollution Policy Board (U.S.) and United States. National Ocean Pollution Program Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Antarctic minerals policy : hearing before the Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials and the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, second session, July 12, 1990. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1990), by Space United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Space United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science (page images at HathiTrust)
• International piracy of intellectual property : hearing before the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, on proposals to improve and strengthen intellectual property laws and enforcement worldwide ... September 29, 1992. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1993), by Copyrights United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents (page images at HathiTrust)
• Europe 1992 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Trade of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, first session, March 20, 1989. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1989), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade (page images at HathiTrust)
• Interpreter releases (The Service, in the 1930s), by Foreign Language Information Service (U.S.), Common Council for American Unity, American Council for Nationalities Service, and Federal Publications Inc (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Immigration and population policy. (New York, 1947), by National Committee on Immigration Policy (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Annual science and technology report to the Congress. (National Science Foundation :, 1980), by National Science Foundation (U.S.) and United States. Office of Science and Technology Policy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Space shuttle : follow-up evaluation of NASA's solid rocket motor procurement : report to the chairman, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives (The Office, 1989), by United States General Accounting Office and United States House Committee on Government Operations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Brookhaven highlights. (Brookhaven National Laboratory ;, 1971), by Brookhaven National Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nuclear power plant construction activity (The Administration :, 1984), by Nuclear United States. Office of Coal (page images at HathiTrust)
• Trends in refinery capacity and utilization. (U.S. Dept. of Energy, Assistant Secretary for Resource Applications, Office of Oil and Natural Gas :, in the 20th century), by United States. Department of Energy. Office of Oil and Natural Gas, United States. Federal Energy Administration. Office of Oil and Gas, United States. Federal Energy Office, United States. Department of the Interior. Office of Oil and Gas, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Oil and Natural Gas Supply Development (page images at HathiTrust)
• US policy in the Persian Gulf and Kuwaiti reflagging (U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, 1987), by Michael H. Armacost and United States. Department of State. Bureau of Public Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extraterritoriality and conflicts of jurisdiction (U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, 1983), by Kenneth W. Dam and United States. Department of State. Bureau of Public Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Coal and nuclear : a comparison of the cost of generating baseload electricity by region (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Division of Site Safety and Environmental analysis, Cost-Benefit Analysis Branch, 1978), by J. O. Roberts, D. A. Nash, S. M. Davis, and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. Division of Site Safety and Environmental Analysis. Cost-Benefit Analysis Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Friendship, commerce, and navigation with China : hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Eightieth Congress, second session, on a treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation between the United States of America and the Republic of China, together with a protocol thereto, signed at Nanking on November 4, 1946. (U.S. G.P.O., 1948), by United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Arthur H. Vandenberg, and United States. Congress 1948). Senate (page images at HathiTrust)
• Investigation of un-American propaganda activities in the United States : transcript of proceedings, Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, first session, Public Law 601 (section 121, subsection Q(2)) February 6, 1947. (U.S. G.P.O., 1947), by United States House Committee on Un-American Activities (page images at HathiTrust)
• Embargoes, surplus disposal, and U.S. agriculture (The Department, 1986), by United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Displaced persons : hearings before the Subcommittee on Amendments to the Displaced Persons Act of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-first Congress, 1st and 2nd sess. on bills to amend the Displaced Persons Act of 1948. (Random House, 1950), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• U S human spaceflight (NASA History Division, Office of Policy and Plans, NASA Headquarters, 1998), by Judy A. Rumerman and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. History Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Laws relating to agriculture (U.S. G.P.O., 1966), by statutes United States. [Laws and Gilman G. Udell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Final report ... July 18, 1934. (Govt. Print. Off., 1934), by United States. War Department. Special Committee on Army Air Corps (page images at HathiTrust)
• U.S. ocean policy in the 1970s status and issues. (Dept. of Commerce :, 1978), by United States. Dept. of Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Congressional directory <97th Congress-> (U.S. G.P.O., 1887), by United States Congress and United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Printing (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Dichter in Dollarica (in German), by Ernst von Wolzogen (Gutenberg ebook)
• America First: Patriotic Readings, ed. by Jasper Leonidas McBrien (Gutenberg ebook)

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