Guide to the Dr. Mark Fischer Collection
Record Group 251
Date Span: ca. 1938-1951
Extent: 30 items
Biographical Sketch: Mark Fischer practiced urology in the Dothan area since receiving his medical degree from the University of Alabama in 1979. Dr. Fischer was born in Minot, North Dakota, where he attended high school. He was attending college at the University of Colorado, joined the army in January 1970, and served in the Vietnam War. Fischer is an avid military and World War 2 era avocational historian. He has been interviewed about his military experience multiple times by students in the Dothan area.
Scope / Content: Twenty-five reels of 16mm films from Castle Films, an early producer of 8mm and 16mm movies for home projection, a 1948 16 mm projector, a WWII era gas mask, a silk map of the border between Germany and Belgium.
Film titles include "News Parade of the Year," 1938-51; two compilations of news parades, 1939-40 and 1943-48; five World War 2 news compilations; and four cartoons.
Provenance: All films and projector owned by Dr. Fischer's father and passed to him.
Preferred Citation: Dr. Mark Fischer Collection, RG 251, Wiregrass Archives, 好色先生TV Dothan Campus, Dothan, AL
Access: Open
Date processed: October 24, 2019
Processed By: DS
INVENTORY
File ID File Title, description, URL to digital version
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251-19-1024-Film-001 Castle Films, 鈥淣ews Parade of the Year 1938,鈥� B&W, 9:56 min []
251-19-1024-Film-002 Castle Films, 鈥淣ews Parade of the Year 1939,鈥� B&W, 9:25 min []
251-19-1024-Film-003 Castle Films, 鈥淣ews Parade of the Year 1940,鈥� B&W, 9:15 min []
251-19-1024-Film-004 Castle Films, 鈥淣ews Parade of the Year 1941,鈥� B&W, 9:27 min []
251-19-1024-Film-005 Castle Films, 鈥淣ews Parade of the Year 1942,鈥� B&W, 9:15 min []
251-19-1024-Film-006 Castle Films, 鈥淣ews Parade of the Year 1943,鈥� B&W, 9:24 min []
251-19-1024-Film-007 Castle Films, 鈥淣ews Parade of the Year 1944,鈥� B&W, 9:20 min []
251-19-1024-Film-008 Castle Films, 鈥淣ews Parade of the Year 1945,鈥� B&W, 9:20 min []
251-19-1024-Film-009 Castle Films, 鈥淣ews Parade of the Year 1946,鈥� B&W, 9:02 min []
251-19-1024-Film-010 Castle Films, 鈥淣ews Parade of the Year 1947,鈥� B&W, 8:55 min []
251-19-1024-Film-011 Castle Films, 鈥淣ews Parade of the Year 1948,鈥� B&W, 12:36 min []
251-19-1024-Film-012 Castle Films, 鈥淣ews Parade of the Year 1949,鈥� B&W, 8:55 min []
251-19-1024-Film-013 Castle Films, 鈥淣ews Parade of the Year 1950,鈥� B&W, 8:44 min []
251-19-1024-Film-014 Castle Films, 鈥淣ews Parade of the Year 1951,鈥� B&W, 8:38 min []
251-19-1024-Film-015 Castle Films, 鈥淭he News Parade: Camera Thrills of War (1944),鈥� B&W, 9:28 min []
251-19-1024-Film-016 Castle Films, 鈥淭he News Parade: Victory over Germany,鈥� B&W, 9:54 min [ or ]
251-19-1024-Film-017 Castle Films, 鈥淭he News Parade: Yanks Recapture Guam and Paris Liberated,鈥� B&W, 9:27 min []
251-19-1024-Film-018 Castle Films, 鈥淭he News Parade: Battle for France [c. 1940],鈥� B&W, 9:49 min []
251-19-1024-Film-019 Castle Films, 鈥淭he News Parade: Rome Falls to the Allies ; Invasion of Fortress Europe,鈥� B&W, 15:40 min []
251-19-1024-Film-020 Castle Films, 鈥淭he News Parade of the Year,鈥� [Reels, 1939-1940 combined], B&W, 19:08 min []
251-19-1024-Film-021 Castle Films, 鈥淭he News Parade of the Year [1943-1948 combined],鈥� B&W, 49:09 min []
251-19-1024-Film-022 Castle Films, 鈥淸Cartoon: Andy Panda] Andy's Blacksmith Shop,鈥� B&W, 9:37 min []
251-19-1024-Film-023 Universal 鈥淐artune,鈥� Andy Panda in 鈥淔ish Fry,鈥� Color, 1:00 min []
251-19-1024-Film-024 Cartoon: Ride 鈥楨m Chico [Not Found]
251-19-1024-Film-025 Castle Films, [Cartoon] 鈥淟ittle Black Sambo (1942)鈥� Color, 7:53 min []
251-19-1024-Artifact-001 16 mm projector
251-19-1024-Artifact-002 WW2 era gas mask
251-19-1024-Artifact-003 Pilot's map, silk, WW2
251-19-1024-Artifact-004 American Flag Arm Band
251-19-1024-Artifact-005 Empty Film Reel
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