Michigan State University (MSU) is home to WKAR-TV, the second oldest still-operating public television station in the country, and the oldest east of the Mississippi River. MSU Archives & Historical Collections has approximately 287 kinescope reels (many titles exclusive to WKAR-TV) in their collections. Prior to the advent of videotape in the…[Read more]

Historical filmed recordings of demonstrations may live on reels of production elements. However, film can labels and film leader descriptors may not always provide all the information about the moving image content on its related reel. But when instances such as these are discovered, they may greatly benefit researchers. By creating separate…[Read more]