the lost films
Much of the film record of the American Indian populations is lost, misplaced, or otherwise buried away in underutilized collections. If you have any of the following films and would like to add them to our online collection-- or if you know where the lost movies may be found—please notify us. Our email address is: aifg@macfilms.com
All Indian Pow Wow and Rodeo (Bengal Pictures 1946)
America’s Oldest Inhabitants (Bray 1940s)
American Antiquities (Bell & Howell 1940s)
American Indians of Today (Encyclopedia Britannica 1957)
Among the Navajo Indians (Bell & Howell 1927)
Art Patterns of the Northwest Coast (Starling 1955)
Arts and Crafts (Harmon American Indian #7 1930s)
Beyond the Andes (Modern 1954)
Billie the Buffalo Baby (Frith 1956)
Blunden Harbour (Brandon 1951)
Bread from Acorns (Haselton 1933)
Ceremonial Dances of the Southwest Tribes (Ambrosch 1939)
Cheeka, An Indian Boy (Edwards 1936)
Cheyenne Sun Dance (University of Oklahoma Press 1934)
Dakota Wars and Reservation Life (University of Nebraska 1954)
Dances of the Southwest Indians (Am Museum of Nat Hist 1938)
Dawn of Plains History (University of Nebraska 1954)
Day of Decision (Presbyterian Church 1955)
Desert People (U.S. Indian Service 1940s)
Displaced People: Winnebago and Ponca (U. of Nebraska 1954)
Early American Civilizations
Faces to the Sun (Cawley 1958)
Family Life of the Navaho Indians (NYU 1940s)
Fighting Cheyenne (U of Nebraska 1954)
From Nomad to Villager (U of Nebraska 1954)
Glimpse of the Past, A (Indiana U 1951)
Grass Is Gold (Indian Bureau Survey 1950)
Great Spirit of the Plains (Methodist Board 1948)
His Contributions to Modern Civilization (American Indian #9)
Hopi Horizons (SDF 1940s)
Hopi Indians (Coronet 1943)
In the Land of the Navajo (Hunt 1947)
In the Land of the Navajos (1941)
In the Land of the Navajos (Hunt 1943)
Indian American (Cathedral 1955)
Indian Artist of the Southwest (Contemporary 1956)
Indian Communication (American Museum of Nat’l Hist 1938)
Indian Cowboy (Indian Service 1943)
Indian Dances of the Southwest (Ambrosch 1954)
Indian Dances of the Southwest (Bell & Howell 1941)
Indian Family of Long Ago (EB 1957)
Indian Forests of the Southwest (Indian Service 1947)
Indian Gardens of Oklahoma (Indian Service 1947)
Indian House, The (Gateway 1950)
Indian Life Today (Bell & Howell 1941)
Indian Missionary Diary (Broadman 1956)
Indian Musical Instruments (U. of Oklahoma Press 1955)
Indian Paint (Colorado Fuel 1948)
Indian Silver Craft (Harmon 1946)
Indian Tribal Customs and Village Life (Edwards 1936) 55 mins.
Indian Villages of Antiquity (Department of Interior 1930s )
Indians of the Painted Desert (Bray 1939)
Indians of the Plains (American Museum of Natural History 1938)
Indians of the Plains—Present Day Life (Academy 1954)
Indians of the Southwest (American Museum of Nat History 1938)
Indians on Parade (New Mexico Tourist Bureau 1940s)
Indians—America: Oldest Inhabitants (Bray 1939)
Indians—First Families of America (Bray 1939)
Life and Customs of the Hopi (Ambrosch 1939)
Life of the Navajo Indians (Ambrosch 1939)
Life of the Zuni Indians (Ambrosch 1939)
Little Indian Weaver (1929)
Longer Trail (NFBC 1956)
Longhouse People, The (EB 1950)
Making an Indian Tipi (Association Films 1948)
Martryed Men (Gospel 1956)
Mask of Kagabas I (National Educational Television 1956)
Mask of Kagabas II (National Educational Television 1956)
Mask of Kagabas III (National Educational Television 1956)
Mexico of the Indians (1936)
Monument Valley (Hoefler 1955)
Musa Isle Seminole Indian Village (World in Color 1954)
Navajo Canyon Country (Avalon Daggett 1954)
Navajo Dancers (Chief Hailstorm 1954)
Navajo Indian Life (BFS 1941)
Navajo Indian Life (Nichols 1941)
Navajo Indians (Coronet 1943)
Navajo Indians of the Painted Desert (Bailey 1948)
Navajo Land (ITTCO 1942)
Navajo Land (Santa Fe Railroad 1942)
Navajo Night Watch (Allen 1942)
Navajo Rug Weaving (Bailey 1941)
Navajo Rug Weaving (Nichols 1941)
Navajo Sand Painting (Bailey 1941)
Navajo Weaving (American Museum of Natural History 1938)
No Longer Vanishing (National Film Board of Canada 1956)
Pala (Frontier Call Div 1953)
Pawnee: Men of Men (University of Nebraska 1954)
Peaceful Ones (Avalon Daggett 19952)
Point of Pines (New York University 1955)
Pueblo Arts (University of Minnesota 1952)
Pueblo Indian Life (Ambrosch 1955)
Pueblo Indian Pottery (Ambrosch 1954)
Pueblo Indians of the Southwest (Hunt 1939)
Pueblo Indians of the Southwest (Hunt 1947)
Pueblo Indians of the Southwest (Hunt 1943)
Pueblo Indians of Today (Bray 1939)
Rainbow of Stone (TFC 1949)
Rebuilding Indian Country (Department of Interior 1930s)
Red-White Struggle (University of Nebraska 1954)
Rhythm of the Redman (Hunt 1939)
Rise of the Horsemen (University of Nebraska 1954)
Riviere et les homes (French 1954)
Sacred Arrow Ceremony of the Cheyenne Indians (University of Oklahoma Press 1934)
Silent Enemy (Canadian film 1940s)
Smoki Snake Dance (Avalon Daggett 1952)
Song of the Feathered Serpent (P. Lorillard 1954)
Song of the Shining Mountain (B&F Comm 1955)
Strength of the Hills (Protestant Episcopal Church 1953)
Sun God’s Children (Hunt 1939)
Talking Hands (University of Oklahoma 1954)
Tempera Painting by Quincy Tahoma (1940s)
To! Cil! (Department of Interior 1930s)
Totem (National Film Board of Canada 1944)
Tribe of the Turquoise Waters (Avalon Daggett 1952)
Tribes of the Eastern Plains (University of Nebraska 1954)
Utopia of Death (MGM Passing Parade 1940s)
Vanishing American Art (Bell & Howell 1940s)
War Dance (University of Oklahoma 1954)
Warriors at Peace (Avalon Daggett 1952)
Way of the Navajo (CBS 1956)
Weavers of the West (Avalon Daggett 1954)
Wee Annie Sees the Indians (Cinegraphic 1937)
Work for Your Own (Gutlohn 1941)
Work for Your Own (ITTCO 1941)
Wupatki, II (Flemming 1955)
All Indian Pow Wow and Rodeo (Bengal Pictures
1946)