In The Media:
On February 6, 2018, WFAA aired a piece on the Jones Collection, highlighting not only our recent work restoring and digitizing their news footage, but also focusing on the overall historical and cultural importance the Collection offers to SMU and the city of Dallas. (Here)
KERA wrote this piece on the Jones Collection, highlighting recently discovered footage of their first day of operations.
The Fort Worth Star Telegram supplemented their story of the infamous Lake Worth Monster with footage from the Collection. (Here.)
Ed Bark over at Uncle Barky wrote this piece about Texas Stadium’s groundbreaking ceremony, using footage unearthed by the Collection.
Not seen since it aired on WFAA in 1963, the Jones Collection discovered a rare interview with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Dallas, Texas. In this short piece of newsfilm, Dr. King gives his views on everything from the integration efforts in Dallas, to the governor of Mississippi, and even his thoughts on President Kennedy. That footage can be found here.
Off Campus:
Curator Jeremy Spracklen represented the Jones Collection as a projectionist for the
Sedona International Film Festival this year. Guests for the festival included Ed Asner, Richard Dreyfuss, Cybill Shepherd, James Brolin and Elliott Gould.
Jeremy also worked with the University de Guadalajara, Permanencia Voluntaria and The Cinema Preservation Alliance on the digitization of a 16mm print of the film Carita De Cielo. This restoration had its world premiere this week at the Festival Internacional de Cine en Gaudalajara.
Upcoming Public Screenings of Jones Collection Material:
Catskill Honeymoon Excerpt – March 11th at the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene in New York City.
Tower of Evil (AKA: Beyond the Fog) on 35mm – March 18th time TBA at the Texas Theatre.
Remixing The News – March 24th at 5:00 PM at the Deep in The Heart Festival in Waco.
Remixing The News – April 12th time TBA at the Experiments in Cinema Festival in Alberqueque, NM.
Social Media Stats for February:
We had 14,401 views totalling 314 hours of viewing time throughout February. Our most watched videos were:
2. The opening of the Big Bend rollercoaster in June of 1971.
3. A report from Verne Lundquist about the opening day of the first Rangers season…that didn’t happen.
WFAA Project Update:
The multi-year WFAA digitization project keeps coming along and we just completed digitizing our 2,500th roll! We have also started to make more of these available online via our YouTube page and our Reel-To-Web series. The Reel-To-Web series takes the roll from that day 50 years ago that day and presents it completely unedited for viewing.