Theatre

"includes over 13,000 images of items selected from the Federal Theatre Project Collection at the Library of Congress. Featured here are stage and costume designs, still photographs, posters, and scripts for productions of Macbeth and The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus as staged by Orson Welles, and for Power, a topical drama of the period (over 3,000 images). Also included are 68 other playscripts (6,500 images) and 168 documents selected from the Federal Theatre Project Administrative Records (3,700 images)."

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Documents in detail the historical development of both men's and women's fashion from ancient Egyptian times to the twentieth century. (1186 color slides)
- v. 1. 3100 B.C. to 1100 A.D.
- v. 2. 1100 to 1510
- v. 3. 1500- 1615
- v. 4. 1615 to 1785
- v. 5. 1785 to 1930.

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The slides and text for each period are side by side in eight bound ringbinder volumes with slip cases. (1900 color slides)
- v. 1. 2800 B.C.-150 B.C. Egypt, Crete-Mycenae, Greece
- v. 2. 350 B.C.-325 A.D. Rome, Pompeii
- v. 3. 250-1200. Early Christian, Byzantine, Romanesque
- v. 4. 660-1540. Gothic, English Medieval
- v. 5. 1420-1600. Italian Renaissance
- v. 6. 1500-1750. European Renaissance, Baroque
- v. 7. 1600-1800. France, England
- v. 8. 1800-1975. Europe, United States.

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"access thousands of professional quality sound effects. These are the same sound effects used by television and video producers. No licensing fees. 2,250 Sound Effects"
1. BBC sound effects -- 2. Exterior atmospheres -- 3. Household -- 4. Interior backgrounds -- 5. Transport -- 6. Animals and birds -- 7. Human crowds, children and footsteps -- 8. Comedy, fantasy and humor -- 9. International -- 10. Communications -- 11. Water -- 12. British birds -- 13. Industry -- 14. Cities -- 15. Rural atmospheres -- 16. Cars -- 17. Sport and leisure -- 18. Bang! -- 19. Electronically generated sounds -- 20. Weather (1) -- 21. Weather (2) -- 22. Ships and boats (1) -- 23. Ships and boats (2) -- 24. America -- 25. Aircraft -- 26. China -- 27. Babies -- 28. Hospitals -- 29. Africa: the human world -- 30. Africa: the natural world --31. Equestrian events -- 32. Greece -- 33. Adventure sports -- 34. Livestock (1) -- 35. Livestock (2) -- 36. Farm machinery -- 37. Horses (1) -- 38. Horses (2) and dogs -- 39. Schools and crowds -- 40. Spain. -- 41. Trains -- 42. Age of steam -- 43. Construction -- 44. Cats -- 45. Emergency -- 46. Istanbul --47. Birds -- 48. Crowds -- 49. Suburbia -- 50. France-Paris -- 51. London -- 52. Exterior atmospheres : rural backgrounds -- 53. India and Nepal: City life -- 54. India, Pakistan and Nepal: countryside -- 55. Footsteps 1 -- 56. Footsteps 2 -- 57. South America: urban -- 58. South America: rural -- 59. Hungary -- 60. Czech Republic and Slovakia.

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- "Disc 1: Grouped into "Old England," "Street Traffic Over the Years," and "Changing Battles," the 35 tracks include atmospheres and spot effects composed of the sounds of windmills and watermills; horses, cars, and buses from the early 20th century; and warfare spanning the 17th century to World War II.
- Disc 2: Grouped into "London Scenes," "By the Sea," "Aboard a Sailing Ship," "On the Railways," "Entertainment and Leisure," "In the Air," and "Heavy Work," the 34 tracks include atmospheres and spot effects composed of the sounds of Victorian street activities, steam-age docks and railway stations, an Edwardian carnival, a 1950s airport, and a Victorian factory."

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- "Nightscapes, five extended tracks that offer the sounds of outdoor evenings in field and forest settings—insects and animals, breezes and heavy winds
- Rainscapes, four extended tracks that offer the sounds of rain and thunder, ranging in severity from mild to wild
- Creepscapes, eight extended tracks that offer a variety of ominous and nerve-racking sounds, including drips, rumbles, creaks, and ticking
- Streetscapes, four extended tracks that offer the sounds of traffic and urban bustle in modern metropolitan, early 1900s, and Middle East harbor environments"

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"contains music that is perfect for underscoring school films and television programs, classroom theater productions, noncommercial radio shows, public service announcements, and assorted student projects—and it is all copyright-free. ...includes 918 cuts, ranging in length from stings to full-length compositions of more than five minutes. Dozens of versions are pre-edited to 20, 30, and 60 seconds."

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1. Nature ambiences -- 2. Animals -- 3. Wind -- 4. Water -- 5. Rain & thunder, fire, bubbles -- 6. Planes & trains -- 7. Cars -- 8. Traffic, sirens, motors, busses -- 9. Guns & ricochets, explosions, fireworks -- 10. Fights, body falls, cracks, whips -- 11. Crashes, swishes, impacts -- 12. Sports & boats -- 13. Human sounds -- 14. Crowds, kids, babies, heartbeats -- 15. Interior ambiences -- 16. Household -- 17. Telephones, cameras, clocks -- 18. Doors, elevators, creaks, & squeaks -- 19. Beeps, bells, buzzers, rumbles, & tools -- 20. Electronic, sci-fi -- 21. Aircraft: modern -- 22. Aircraft: historical -- 23. Military: modern -- 24. Military: historical -- 25. House: interior & exterior -- 26. High tech science & medicine -- 27. Industrial equipment -- 28. Foley footsteps & impacts -- 29. Cars, trucks, and motor cycles -- 30. Sports effects -- 31. Water -- 32. Household -- 33. Doors, creaks, & knocks -- 34. Transportation -- 35. Plops, squishes & impacts -- 36. Air, steam & machinery -- 37. Crowds, foreign & kids -- 38. Cloth, grabs, zips & rips -- 39. Human activities -- 40. Guns, silenced & bullets -- 41. Computers & electronics -- 42. Recreation -- 43. Sci-fi, eerie & horror -- 44. Scrapes & switches -- 45. Airport & travel -- 46. Rain & wind -- 47. Traffic: city & rural -- 48. Room tones, ambience & industry -- 49. Nature ambiences -- 50. Designed events.

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v. 1. Street walla/ambience, Chinatown to ghetto -- v. 2. Street walla: parades, preachers, prostitutes, bums & bells -- v. 3. Street walla: parks, pigeons, fountains, fireworks -- v. 4. Traffic, traffic, traffic--busy & light, wet & dry -- v. 5. Traffic 2: bumper to bumper, bridges, trucks & horns, squeaks & screeches -- v. 6. Garbage trucks, police & fire sirens, car alarms -- v. 7. From here to there: by buses & trains -- v. 8. Subways: trains, tracks, tokens, turnstiles -- v. 9. Hammers, harbors, helicopters, ferries & boats -- v. 10. Interiors: dining rooms, delis, museums, malls, elevators, apartments & department stores.

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Disc 1. Propeller aircraft -- Disc 2. Jet aircraft, helicopters & airports -- Disc 3, 4. Modern automobiles (2 CDs) -- Disc 5. Vintage automobiles -- Disc 6. Automobile accessories -- Disc 7. Motorcycles -- Disc 8. Buses, trams & trucks -- Disc 9. Horses -- Disc 10. Horses & carriages -- Disc 11. Clocks, bells & telephones -- Disc 12. Electrical & radio -- Disc 13. Science fiction -- Disc 14. Doors -- Disc 15, 16. Industrial (2 CDs) -- Disc 17. Hotels, catering & markets -- Disc 18. English towns & countrysides -- Disc 19. English towns -- Disc 20. Foreign towns & countrysides.

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1. Insects ; Birds ; Animals ; Bells ; Boings ; Combinations -- 2. Explosions ; Footsteps ; Horns ; Humans -- 3. Impacts ; Machines ; Mechanical devices -- 4. Miscellaneous ; Music ; Pop/Stretches -- 5. Raspberries ; Sci-fi ; Splats ; Squeaks ; Swishes ; Vehicles ; Water ; Whistles ; Zaps.

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Most volumes contain 2 discs.
v. 1. To kill a mockingbird soundtrack -- v. 2. The crucible soundtrack -- v. 3. The Glass menagerie soundtrack -- v. 4. The miracle worker soundtrack -- v. 5. Little women soundtrack -- v. 6. The Hobbit soundtrack -- v. 7. James and the giant peach soundtrack -- v. 8. Flowers for Algernon soundtrack -- v. 9. A few good men soundtrack -- v. 10. Murder on the Nile soundtrack.