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Donated by Margaret Carson, the niece of Arthur J. Hines, in 2016.
The films in this collection have been digitized for research access and are available for playback in the NMAI Archives offices. The original reels are not available for playback due to fragility.
The material is organized in two film series: Series 1:
Amateur filmmaker and World War II veteran Arthur J. Hines was born on February 7, 1916 in Brooklyn, NY to Anna Daly and John Hines. In the early 1940s, Hines worked as a firefighter for the NY Fire Department.
During World War II, Hines served as a Lieutenant Naval Rescue Pilot in the United States Navy, where his responsibilities included searching the Pacific Ocean for downed pilots. After the War, Hines served on the Navy Reserves until 1952. He held a number of positions post-War including a Rug salesman and a superintendent in an Upper West Side New York City brownstone. In 1955 Hines' daughter Cynthia was born.
In his spare time, Hines was an avid traveler and amateur filmmaker. He traveled across the world to locations such as Guadalajara and Timbuktu, capturing footage on his moving image film cameras. Additionally, Hines was involved with the American Indian rights movement in the 1940s and advocated for American Indians to choose their own lawyers, among other causes. Later, a visit to an Oklahoma Indian festival inspired Hines to make a home movie documentary, which would later be entitled,
In the 1970s Hines moved to St. Petersburg, FL. He died on May 7, 2008 and was buried in Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Arthur J. Hines films, NMAI.AC.101; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Collection processed by Emily Moazami, Supervisory Archivist, 2019.
This collection contains audio and film recordings that were created by amateur filmmaker Arthur J. Hines circa 1950-1979.
The material includes Hines' film
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This series contains film and audio tape created by amateur filmmaker Arthur J. Hines for his film
The films in this series have been digitized for research access and are available for playback in the NMAI Archives offices (NMAI-101_reel_001 to NMAI-101_reel 003). The original reels are not available for playback due to fragility.
This 16mm color Kodachrome film
This 16mm color Kodachrome, silent film contains raw footage filmed by Arthur J. Hines circa 1950-1955 and later used in his film
This 16mm color Kodachrome, silent film contains raw footage filmed by Arthur J. Hines circa 1950-1955 and later used in his film
This sound recording is the soundtrack to Arthur J. Hines' film
This series contains a film recording shot by Arthur J. Hines circa 1976-1979 and depicts a Powwow in a high school gym in New Mexico and footage shot at Chaco Canyon also in New Mexico. The film was shot on Super 8mm, color film.
This film has been digitized for research access and is available for playback in the NMAI Archives offices (NMAI-101_reel_005.mov). The original reel is not available for playback due to fragility.