http://ask.metafilter.com/89224/Where-can-I-find-film-footage-of-Richard-Nixon-bowling/ Comments on Ask MetaFilter post Where can I find film footage of Richard Nixon bowling? Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:45:29 -0800 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:45:29 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/89224/Where-can-I-find-film-footage-of-Richard-Nixon-bowling Where can I find film footage of Richard Nixon bowling? <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Lqm5emQl4">According to ESPN</a> (about 1:05), he was an "avid, if awkward bowler", and they play 2 awesome seconds of footage. I want more. post:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.89224 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:41:52 -0800 Tlogmer politics sports stock film video history http://ask.metafilter.com/89224/Where-can-I-find-film-footage-of-Richard-Nixon-bowling#1311559 I assume you're not expecting it to be online? As near as I can tell, there is that one &quot;Lebowski&quot; shot of Nixon bowling and the rest is archival, buried in the libraries. I dug around a little bit in the Nixon archives and it seems like there may be some on Super 8 which would require some sort of payment, I'm assuming.<br> <br> - <a href="http://www.nixonlibrary.gov/forresearchers/find/av/motion_film/super_8_finding_aid.php">Roll C-10</a> &quot;<em>underexposed interior seq. appears to be of bowling</em>&quot;<br> <br> The bulk of the film collection has offline finding aids that you can have a librarian search for you. Follow the link <a href="http://www.nixonlibrary.gov/forresearchers/find/av/motion_film/white_house.php">on this page</a>. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.89224-1311559 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:45:29 -0800 jessamyn