Blackhawk Films collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 2685

Staff Only
This container is restricted and is not requestable.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of various 8mm films from distributor Blackhawk Films’ catalog. Films include shorts featuring Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, and Harold Lloyd.

Dates

Creation: Majority of material found within c.1950s-c.1960s

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is unavailable for access at this time due to its current state of processing,

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical / Historical

Blackhawk Films was a company that restored and reprinted shorts and films on 8mm, Super 8, and 16mm filmstock for home viewing, primarily titles from the silent film era. The company was active from the 1950s through the 1980s, and they eventually incorporated magnetic media into their catalog. The company ceased operations in 1987.