Cia Films At The National Archives

[Ognir]

After a certain number of years, the CIA, like many other agencies, turns over its films and other documents to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

The lengthy list of CIA films at the Archives has never been publicly released, but researcher Michael Ravnitzky requested and received a copy from NARA. It's posted in two formats at the link above (the plain text version looks better online). Many of the films were created by the CIA, and some - such as news reports and the occasional Hollywood movie - were not. Unfortunately, there's no indication of authorship in the list, though you can sometimes tell by the title.

You can request a copy of any of the films under the Freedom of Information Act. Send requests to

National Archives and Records Administration
Ramona Oliver, FOIA Officer
Office of the General Counsel
Room 3110
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001


The List is as follows :

Animal Farm

Bolivia Cocaine Growing

Bombed Qitaf Villages Poison, Gas Use

Brainwashing

CBS Reports: UFO: Friend, Foe or Fancy?

Communist China's A-Bomb Explosion - 16 Oct. 1964

Don't Be a Sucker/Propaganda/Prejudices

Ear Wiretapping -- Bugging Devices

Extraordinary Occurrence, II

How Free Should the Press Be?

How to Fight A Guerrilla War -- 20th Century

Interrogation Techniques

Investigation of US Bacteriological Warfare

Israel - Arab Prisoners

Israel Captured Equipment

Jews in Iraq

Jim Garrison's Responses/Discusses JFK Assassination

Kidnap Executive Style

Mickey Mouse Cartoon-Squatter's Rights

Moscow Antarctica -- Polar Outpost

Our Election Day Illusion/The Best Majority

POW Interviews & Photos 1972

Production of Uranium Feed Materials

Psychological Operations in Support of Unconventional Warfare

Psychology of Imprisonment

Restoration of Sanity, Mental Illness Diagnostic

Spying for Uncle Sam, Part 1

Study of Sun's Corona

Sunken Vietcong Boat

Unidentified Flying Objects

US Crime of Bacteriological Warfare

US Germ Warfare in Korea



Interesting choice of films
OG

[Skinski7]

FOIA requests will often cost several hundred dollars as a locating fee. If the FOIA request is in the USA the cost structure is found in...
Title 5 United States Code, Chapter 15, Section 2502.11 to 2502.15

You can look up the entire United States Code here...

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/

You can also successfully ask for a fee waiver or reduction if you politely request in your letter that the information is for non-commercial use and state the reason for your request. When asking for a fee waiver I would reference the section in the code pertaining to fee waivers but that is your homework to find. The people assessing your request are just workers like you or me so politeness goes a long way.

For people to utilise the information posted above they need some of the other materials ommitted above but which appear at the original source due to the fact that additional information is needed for filing. An incomplete FOIA request will be returned with a rejection notice, I have dealt with government departments extensively so you need to cross those t's and dot those i's.:)

source article:- http://www.thememoryhole.org/cia/films_at_nara.htm

How to file a FOIA request (article IV is the applicable here)...
http://www.archives.gov/foia/foia-guide.html

Film List Spreadsheet with...
RG | Series | Item | Reel | Format | Gauge | Footage | Type
http://www.thememoryhole.org/cia/cia_films_at_nara.doc





"Listen to everyone, read everything, believe nothing unless you can prove it in your own research." William Cooper

[tsoldrin]

Some of those titles look pretty interesting... I wonder how many of them they were using as part of 'training' !!

These should not be too expensive for FOIA btw, since it's not like asking for something like 'all information pertaining left handed mimes who are double agents' which has to be coalated by an agent then redacted... this stuff is already released and cataloged to NARA:)

But there is always media and copy costs eh?

I'm gonna send in some requests and claim 'public best interest' to see!

WTF is that soviet polar outpost?! It's the wrong pole!

[JohnDoe1984]

We need to pass a bill requiring digital copies be archieved at web sites instead of being filed away. Mailing in requests seems so 20 years ago. Get the freedom of information act into the 21st century. They could be making money off of these files charging for downloads of documents without having to expense the manpower to do so. It would cost to set up but once set up it would pay for itself.

[tsoldrin]

So true man... but they don't want to give out this info. They will stay within the letter of the law... while they're being watched, but will make it as hard as possible to get any information. Otherwise, you could use the entirety of their info as a massive open source intelligence database and probably be more well informed than THEY are. :)

The sad truth, it's far more likely that even more restrictions will be placed on FOIA if it's not overturned completely in the interests of national security.:(

[wokensheep]

Quote:Restoration of Sanity, Mental Illness Diagnostic

that confirms some things

[Skinski7]

Tsoldrin and Joe,

Do you really expect them to upload every government film, video, tape, microfiche and file to the internet? Do you have any idea of how much that would cost and how long it would actually take? Do you have any clue as to how many documents there actually are?


You have obviously never been into a federal depository library in your lives in order to make such a statement. I recommend you go visit one and you will be absolutely astounded.


We ought to be thankful we have a FOIA avenue to use. Stop being lazy and thus wanting everything done for you.

[JohnDoe1984]

Do you have any idea how powerful computers are?

They obviously don't have to put everything out there. Why not start with new video's now. Get off your high hobby horse it was just a suggestion. How about a searchable data base if no documents at all.

Thanks for the info but take out your frustrations on someone else.

[tsoldrin]

Quote:Tsoldrin and Joe,

Do you really expect them to upload every government film, video, tape, microfiche and file to the internet? Do you have any idea of how much that would cost and how long it would actually take? Do you have any clue as to how many documents there actually are?


You have obviously never been into a federal depository library in your lives in order to make such a statement. I recommend you go visit one and you will be absolutely astounded.


We ought to be thankful we have a FOIA avenue to use. Stop being lazy and thus wanting everything done for you.

Dude, what planet have you been living on for the last 10 years? Almost ALL of the information gleaned by these agencies is being sifted by computers and thus ALREADY in a digital format. As for being thankful... no thank you... I dont feel compelled to be thankfull for access to information that I already pay for. In fact, the current system is ridiculously outdated and the ONLY reason for that is that they are hiding criminal information from the people. The fact that anyone has to REQUEST anything like this should be an OUTRAGE, but that is with many other outrages exactly how THEY made it, by inching further over time.

What would it be like if the police had to submit a FOIA request while tracking down criminals? Why would that be any more important than the information demanded by any constituant who has to make decisions on who to vote for and thus ultimately run the country?;)