The Lending Library of the Pare Lorentz Film Center makes audiovisual resources on the Roosevelt era available to educators at no charge. Holdings include archival film footage from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library’s collection, documentaries on the Roosevelts and related topics, newsreels of the 1930s–40s, government film productions, and Hollywood feature films of the period. The Film Center’s own educational productions, as well as the films of Pare Lorentz and audio recordings, are also available. Most films are available in DVD format and may be borrowed for classroom use for up to three weeks. Click HERE to Browse the Library. |
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About the Pare Lorentz Film Center
“…When a documentary film maker commissions original music for a production, he is following Lorentz’s lead. When he shows what man has done to nature and what nature does to man in retaliation, he is moving in the Lorentz tradition. When he combines a dramatized story with factual material, he is following the trail Lorentz blazed…” Robert L. Snyder, Pare Lorentz and the Documentary Film The Pare Lorentz Film Center’s mission is to apply audiovisual techniques to teaching the history the Roosevelt era. Located at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, the center is funded by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute through a generous grant from the New York Community Trust. Pare Lorentz (1905-1902) created groundbreaking documentary films—a powerful synthesis of stunning imagery, poetic narration, and evocative music—for the US Resettlement Administration, the USDA Farm Service Administration (FSA), and The US Film Service.
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