Photography became a part of public life in the mid-19th century, especially during the Civil War, when photographers documented American battlefields ... initiated public film screenings in ...

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is home to an extensive number of objects and images related to film and television history, and we are digitizing more all the time.

For the last decade or so, it has sometimes seemed as if Hollywood has lost its grandest ambition—not merely to entertain, provoke, or create art, but to pursue and portray America's national myths, ...

With a long, grand history spanning more than a century, Stacker compiled the 100 greatest movie songs using data from the American Film Industry's 100 Years Project. The survey, which occurred in ...