Search Help

How does this work?
There are many ways to search the collections of the Freedom Archives. Below is a brief guide that will help you conduct effective searches. Note, anytime you search for anything in the Freedom Archives, the first results that appear will be our digitized items. Information for items that have yet to be scanned or yet to be digitized can still be viewed, but only by clicking on the show link that will display the hidden (non-digitized) items. If you are interested in accessing these non-digitized materials, please email info@freedomarchives.org.
Exploring the Collections without the Search Bar
Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
Basic Searching
You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
Advanced Searching
The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
Keyword Searches
You’ll notice that under the heading KEYWORDS, there are a number of words, phrases or names that describe content. Sometimes these are also called “tags.” Clicking on these words is essentially the same as conducting a basic search.

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Patriotism Patriotism
Call Number: CD 309Format: DVDProducers: FantomaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Generations of American children sat in dark classrooms and absorbed wisdom in the form of 16 mm educational and social guidance films. Through the flicker of dim projector bulbs and the warble of optical soundtracks a blueprint for better living in the Atomic Age was spelled out in no uncertain terms. Now, just as you remember them, Fantoma presents this collection of patriotic films and Cold War classics. Some historical, some hysterical and a ll filled with more important misinformation than you can digest in just one viewing. Revel in the American way of life, get a glimpse of vintage Homeland Security and learn what you can do for your country in such films as Day Of Thanksgiving, Duck & Cover, Red Nightmare, You Can Change The World (with Jack Benny & Bob Hope) and Patriotism (featuring Bob Crane!). Includes 3 hours of digitally mastered shorts from original 16 mm prints; notes on each film by collection curator Skip Elsheimer of the A/V Geeks Educational Film Archive; Optional 'Classroom Experience' Dolby Digital soundtrack; and interactive bonus filmstrip.