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Exporting Popular Culture - Movies
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs. From Portrait of the USA, this section provides a history of the movies in America.
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/factover/ch11.htm#movies

Film: Movies and Modern America
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Society & Values Electronic Journal, April 2003. Contemporary American movies, like the great films of earlier decades, reflect the intimate relationship between entertainment and art.
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itsv/0403/ijse/pells.htm

The U.S. Screen Scene
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Society & Values Electronic Journal, June 1998. Despite the frequent barbs from observers of U.S. moviemaking, book critic Scott Eyman submits that there are some significant developments in that art form that bear watching, a sign that the next century promises great leaps.
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itsv/0698/ijse/eyman.htm

National Film Preservation Act of 1996, Fact Sheet
Library of Congress. Describes the highlights of this act, which reauthorizes the National Film Preservation Board, and establishes the National Film Preservation Foundation.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/film/facts.html

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