Archival
Theater
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Ethiopia...The Land Reaching Out |
Documentary telling the story of The American Lutheran Church's
mission work in Ethiopia, ca. 1964. |
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The Way of Peace |
A 1947 stop-motion animated
film, written and directed by Frank Tashlin, narrated by Lew Ayres,
with technical supervision and story concept by the Rev. H.K.
Rasbach. Produced by Wah Ming Chang and Blanding Sloan, animated by
Gene Warren and Herbert Johnson, with puppet design and photography
by Wah Ming Chang. Prepared for the American Lutheran Church's
Wartburg Press, Columbus, Ohio. |
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Sent |
A documentary promoting
Seminex, Christ Seminary in Exile, which resulted from a split in
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, a seminary of the Lutheran
Church-Missouri Synod. The Seminex controversy was the impetus
behind the formation of the Association of Evangelical Lutheran
Churches, an ancestor body of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America, ca. 1978. |
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Seminex Exile newsreel |
TV news footage of the
Seminex, Christ Seminary in Exile, split with Concordia Seminary,
St. Louis, and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, 1973. |
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Augustana Academy filmstrip |
Augustana
Academy, formerly located in Canton, S.D., was a Lutheran high
school associated with The American Lutheran Church. |
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Nigeria's New Dawn |
The film
tells the story of Philip, a Nigerian villager who is asked by a
missionary to attend a Christian school. Produced by the Division
for World Missions of The American Lutheran Church, 1969. |
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Turn in the Road |
Paul Empie,
Carl Lund-Quist, and Fredrik Schiotz discuss the efforts of Lutheran
World Action after 10 years of service, including its work
in providing food, clothing,
medical services, displacement services, and worship facilities to
millions of refugees, orphans, and others following World War II.
Produced by Lutheran World Action, ca. 1952. |
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Lutheran World Federation Third Assembly 1957 |
Held in
Minneapolis, the third assembly of the Lutheran World Federation
featured such speakers as Dr. Hanns Lilje, Dr. Franklin Clark Fry,
Bishop Lajos Ordass, and Dr.
Otto Dibelius. Newsreel footage of Lutheran World Federation, 1957. |
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From All the World |
Telling the
story of the Lutheran World Federation, and its relief and mission
work following World War II, including work in Tanganyika
(Tanzania), the Middle East,
Europe, and China. The film shows footage of the 1947 and 1952 LWF
Assemblies. Produced in preparation for the LWF Assembly in
Minneapolis, 1957. |
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Ahsante |
In Tanzania,
the Lutheran World Federation and Lutheran World Relief provide
clean water, food, medical clinics, and schools. Produced by
Lutheran World Action, 1971. |
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March of Faith |
Lutheran
World Action, 1948. The film includes footage of the 1947 Lutheran
World Federation Assembly at Lund, Sweden. |
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Carlos of Brazil |
The true
story of a 19-year-old Brazilian struggling to decide whether to
stay on his parents' poverty-stricken farm or go to the city to
continue his education so he can return to help others. Produced by
The American Lutheran Church's Division of World Missions. |
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Rocky Boy Today |
Shot at Rocky Boy Lutheran mission, Chippewa (Ojibway) and Cree,
Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, Montana, ca. 1935. Silent film produced by John
Gable, son of mission pastor William H. Gable. |
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Rocky Boy Christmas |
Christmas celebration at Rocky Boy Lutheran mission, Chippewa (Ojibway)
and Cree, Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, Montana, ca. 1931. Silent film
produced by John Gable, son of mission pastor William H. Gable. |
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Youth on the Beach |
Martin
Luther King, Jr. speaks to The American Lutheran Church's first
Luther League Convention, held in Miami Beach, Fla., in 1961. |
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A Light in Humboldt Park |
Mission efforts of The
American Lutheran Church in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of
Chicago, 1985. |
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The Difference |
State university? Big
school? Church college? What's the difference? This film shows that
a church college has something to offer that can't be found
elsewhere. Produced in 1950 by Cathedral Films for the United
Lutheran Church and the American Lutheran Church. Staring Dick Jones
as Paul Reed. |
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Shishmaref |
The story of the the
Lutheran mission at Shishmaref, Alaska, among the Eskimo people,
including the work of Helen Frost. Produced by the Lutheran
Daughters of the Reformation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, ca.
1952. |
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Alaskan Discovery |
Lutheran home mission
efforts in Alaska, ca. 1959, including Shishmaref, Teller, and Nome.
Featuring narration by Clarence Solberg, and appearances by Revs.
Norval Hegland, John Maakestad, Fredrik Schiotz, and Thomas Knudson.
Directed by Rev. Alton C.O. Halverson for the Board of Home Missions
of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. |
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Alaska |
Silent film telling story of
Lutheran mission efforts among Eskimo people of Alaska. Includes
footage of Shishmaref, church, funerals, Christmas, school, women's
meeting, Sunday School, baptism, and Rev. Edson George Hartje, who
served in Shishmaref from 1933-1936. Produced by the Norwegian
Lutheran Church of America, ca. 1933-1936. |
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Soli Deo Gloria: With Christ, For
Christ / This I Believe |
Documentary of the 10th
International Luther League Convention of the old American Lutheran
Church, Pullman, Wash., 1949. Featuring Revs. Marcus Rieke, J.A.
Dell, F.J. Molter, Charles Sandrock. This I Believe is a musical
presentation of the Nicene Creed by the Luther League chorus, filmed
in West Lafayette, Ind. |
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Luther League: 90 Years
Young |
History
presentation of the Luther League of the American Lutheran Church,
1985. |
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Healing in the Holy Land |
800,000 Arab
refugees, pushed out of their native land by the exigencies of world
politics, live a cheerless life in tents and compounds.
Here, in a Lutheran hospital,
the challenge of Christian brotherhood is met. Also features footage
of the second Lutheran World Federation assembly, held in 1952 in
Hanover, Germany. Produced by Lutheran World Action. |
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Another Family Farm |
A
video produced by The American Lutheran Church, ca. 1985, examining
the economic difficulties faced by farmers. |
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Responding to the Farmer in
Crisis |
A video produced by The American Lutheran Church, ca.
1985, examining the economic difficulties faced by farmers. A follow-up to
"Another Family Farm," with emphasis on the church's response to the crisis. |
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Warehouse of Miracles |
The story of
the Archives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, as
narrated by Secretary Lowell Almen, 1999. |
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Lowell Almen Installation |
The
installation of Lowell Almen as Secretary of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America by Bishop Herbert W. Chilstrom, UIC
Pavillion, Chicago, October 10, 1987. |
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