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The '''National Air and Space Museum Film Archives''', part of the Archives Division at the [[National Air and Space Museum]], [[Smithsonian Institution]], holds over 20,000 films documenting the history of [[aviation]] and [[space flight]].

The Film Archives is located at the [[Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center]] in [[Chantilly, Virginia]], where it moved in 2011 from its previous location in the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) building on the [[National Mall]].<ref name=Move>{{cite news|last=Maksel|first=Rebecca|title=The Archives' Big Move|url=http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/In-the-Museum-The-Archives-Big-Move-162911146.html|accessdate=7 December 2012|newspaper=Air & Space magazine|date=August 2012}}</ref> The collections are available for research, though requests must be made in advance.<ref name=NASM-film-archives>{{cite web|title=NASM Film Archives|url=http://airandspace.si.edu/research/arch/collections/filmarchives.cfm|publisher=National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution|accessdate=7 December 2012}}</ref>

NASM Film Archives' collections range from the early days of flight to space exploration.<ref name=NASM-film-archives /> Totaling more than 700,000 feet of motion picture film as well as videotape,<ref name=Archives-collections>{{cite web|title=Archives Division: Collections|url=http://airandspace.si.edu/research/arch/collections.cfm|publisher=National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution|accessdate=7 December 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224024123/http://airandspace.si.edu/research/arch/collections.cfm|archivedate=24 December 2012}}</ref> the collections include edited [[documentaries]], [[instructional film]]s, promotional films, [[home movies]], interviews and [[outtakes]].<ref name=Move /><ref name=Dailey>{{cite journal|last=Dailey|first=J. R.|title=History in the Filmmaking|journal=Air & Space Smithsonian|date=December 2006|volume=21|issue=5|pages=4}}</ref> The earliest item in the collection is a 1909 [[Flight test|test flight]] of the [[Wright Model A|Wright Military Flyers]] at [[Fort Myer|Ft. Myer, Virginia]].<ref name=FAQ>{{cite web|title=FAQs: Film Archives|url=http://airandspace.si.edu/research/arch/info/faq/faqfilm.cfm|publisher=National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution|accessdate=7 December 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424185757/http://airandspace.si.edu/research/arch/info/faq/faqfilm.cfm|archivedate=24 April 2013}}</ref>

The collections include:
*[[Keystone Aircraft Corporation Collection]] (1926–34)
*[[Seymour Collection]] (1926–34)
*[[Lewis E. Reisner Collection]] (1929–38)
*[[World Trip Collection]] (1935–36)
*''We Saw It Happen'' (1953)

==External links==
*[http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch/collections/filmarchives.cfm National Air and Space Museum Film Archive Website]
*[http://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/films-preserved-through-the-nfpf National Film Preservation Foundation]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Film archives in the United States]]
[[Category:Smithsonian Institution]]
[[Category:History of aviation]]

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