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From the Archives: 16 at 12
June 3, 10, 17, 24
July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
August 5, 12, 19, 26
September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

Tuesdays at noon will feature unusual historical films in 16 mm from the National Gallery's film department, including artists' portraits and exceptional educational films on topics from prehistory to the present. Now considered an endangered format, these 16 mm prints are sometimes unique copies.

Glassmakers of Herat
June 3, 10, 17, 24 at 12:00PM
August 5, 12, 19, 26 at 12:00PM

In association with the exhibition Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul, this film documents a one-room glass factory that has retained production methods from the Assyrian culture 3,000 years ago. (Elliott Erwitt, 1979, 16 mm, 26 minutes)

Helen Frankenthaler—Toward a New Climate
July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 at 12:00PM

In this unique portrait from the late 1970s, Helen Frankenthaler is filmed in her studio with friends and colleagues, and at New York's Emmerich Gallery with her work. (Perry Miller Adato, 1978, 16 mm, 30 minutes)

A Glimpse of de Kooning
September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 at 12:00PM

In his studios in New York and East Hampton, Willem de Kooning discusses action painting with Franz Kline and Harold Rosenberg. (Robert Snyder, 1968, 16 mm, 20 minutes)