The following teaser is from the March 12, 2015 edition of theadvocate.com:
One video at a time, Louisiana Public Broadcasting and the Secretary of State’s Office are preserving the past.
Federal marshals escorting Ruby Bridges as she integrated New Orleans public schools; President John F. Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald distributing information on Bourbon Street; footage of the devastation left by Hurricane Camille all along the Gulf Coast — these historic videos and hundreds more are now available for anyone to see at ladigitalmedia.org.
Five years in the making, the Louisiana Digital Media Archive was launched last month with 1,600 digitized video clips from LPB’s and the State Archives’ collections. An ongoing project and the first such partnership between a public television station and a state agency, the number of clips contained on the website will continue to grow.
Go directly to the Louisiana Digital Media Archive, and browse the video.
Thanks to Dick Eastman for the heads-up.
Check out William Dollarhide’s new Louisiana Name Lists volume at the FRPC website.
