The List of Films

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Introduction

>>> After a certain number of years, the CIA, like many other agencies, turns over its films and other documents to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

The lengthy list of CIA films at the Archives has never been publicly released, but researcher Michael Ravnitzky requested and received a copy from NARA. It's posted in two formats at the link above (the plain text version looks better online). Many of the films were created by the CIA, and some - such as news reports and the occasional Hollywood movie - were not. Unfortunately, there's no indication of authorship in the list, though you can sometimes tell by the title.

You can request a copy of any of the films under the Freedom of Information Act. Send requests to

National Archives and Records Administration
Ramona Oliver, FOIA Officer
Office of the General Counsel
Room 3110
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001

More info on making a FOIA request to NARA is here.

Any request should mention the Record Group (RG), the Series, Item, etc. (all the descriptors listed for that film in the spreadsheet ). Here are the fields:

RG | Series | Item | Reel | Format | Gauge | Footage | Type

In addition, requesters should be aware that they might be able to view the films at NARA at no cost, but to obtain a video copy the first requester for any particular film will likely have to pay for the creation of a video master, and then a dub from that master.

Some of the most intriguing film titles

Animal Farm

Bolivia Cocaine Growing

Bombed Qitaf Villages Poison, Gas Use

Brainwashing

CBS Reports: UFO: Friend, Foe or Fancy?

Communist China's A-Bomb Explosion - 16 Oct. 1964

Don't Be a Sucker/Propaganda/Prejudices

Ear Wiretapping -- Bugging Devices

Extraordinary Occurrence, II

How Free Should the Press Be?

How to Fight A Guerrilla War -- 20th Century

Interrogation Techniques

Investigation of US Bacteriological Warfare

Israel - Arab Prisoners

Israel Captured Equipment

Jews in Iraq

Jim Garrison's Responses/Discusses JFK Assassination

Kidnap Executive Style

Mickey Mouse Cartoon-Squatter's Rights

Moscow Antarctica -- Polar Outpost

Our Election Day Illusion/The Best Majority

POW Interviews & Photos 1972

Production of Uranium Feed Materials

Psychological Operations in Support of Unconventional Warfare

Psychology of Imprisonment

Restoration of Sanity, Mental Illness Diagnostic

Spying for Uncle Sam, Part 1

Study of Sun's Corona

Sunken Vietcong Boat

Unidentified Flying Objects

US Crime of Bacteriological Warfare

US Germ Warfare in Korea

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