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, Troy University Dothan Campus, Dothan, AL

Access: Open

Date processed: October 24, 2019

Processed By: DS

INVENTORY

File ID File Title, description, URL to digital version (Links open in new windows)

251-19-1024-Film-001 Castle Films, “News Parade of the Year 1938,” B&W, 9:56 min [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oqmv84wcNs]

251-19-1024-Film-002 Castle Films, “News Parade of the Year 1939,” B&W, 9:25 min [https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collection/WWIIHstFlm/id/94]

251-19-1024-Film-003 Castle Films, “News Parade of the Year 1940,” B&W, 9:15 min [https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collection/WWIIHstFlm/id/95]

251-19-1024-Film-004 Castle Films, “News Parade of the Year 1941,” B&W, 9:27 min [https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collection/WWIIHstFlm/id/96]

251-19-1024-Film-005 Castle Films, “News Parade of the Year 1942,” B&W, 9:15 min [https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collection/WWIIHstFlm/id/97]

251-19-1024-Film-006 Castle Films, “News Parade of the Year 1943,” B&W, 9:24 min [https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collection/WWIIHstFlm/id/2/rec/6]

251-19-1024-Film-007 Castle Films, “News Parade of the Year 1944,” B&W, 9:20 min [https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collection/WWIIHstFlm/id/10]

251-19-1024-Film-008 Castle Films, “News Parade of the Year 1945,” B&W, 9:20 min [https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collection/WWIIHstFlm/id/17]

251-19-1024-Film-009 Castle Films, “News Parade of the Year 1946,” B&W, 9:02 min [https://youtu.be/yzFtJMT_meg?si=jvEFq0bG-n0WqnQK]

251-19-1024-Film-010 Castle Films, “News Parade of the Year 1947,” B&W, 8:55 min [https://youtu.be/l2e_RQHFvjk?si=K7kwDyHOA7iyI6w2]

251-19-1024-Film-011 Castle Films, “News Parade of the Year 1948,” B&W, 12:36 min [https://youtu.be/mK3dSqvykik?si=SbiVyrCfid39XSN2]

251-19-1024-Film-012 Castle Films, “News Parade of the Year 1949,” B&W, 8:55 min [https://youtu.be/1XVT1lgMVU4?si=VrfVAmDkx2I8MSO1]

251-19-1024-Film-013 Castle Films, “News Parade of the Year 1950,” B&W, 8:44 min [https://youtu.be/VvNHyPVVNqg?si=9HG3vLaSBiUO-DK0]

251-19-1024-Film-014 Castle Films, “News Parade of the Year 1951,” B&W, 8:38 min [https://youtu.be/YR7wOKK2-Zw?si=Ue-4LtjUKb7e7xW9]

251-19-1024-Film-015 Castle Films, “The News Parade: Camera Thrills of War (1944),” B&W, 9:28 min [https://youtu.be/qy0A6s64aS4?si=xdS4Oxg4wGGau8yu]

251-19-1024-Film-016 Castle Films, “The News Parade: Victory over Germany,” B&W, 9:54 min [https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/collection/WWIIHstFlm/id/123 or https://youtu.be/E9Jm91-GPEQ?si=Dh3itbTJrBzXJ9A8]

251-19-1024-Film-017 Castle Films, “The News Parade: Yanks Recapture Guam and Paris Liberated,” B&W, 9:27 min [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TxLSAslA6A]

251-19-1024-Film-018 Castle Films, “The News Parade: Battle for France [c. 1940],” B&W, 9:49 min [https://youtu.be/X2JDTrH4Zog?si=8mvHq8AK4H-cnRvw]

251-19-1024-Film-019 Castle Films, “The News Parade: Rome Falls to the Allies ; Invasion of Fortress Europe,” B&W, 15:40 min [https://youtu.be/suWgDJZoo5E?si=PqS6B859PVrAD2Jq]

251-19-1024-Film-020 Castle Films, “The News Parade of the Year,” [Reels, 1939-1940 combined], B&W, 19:08 min [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31h4Y2Q_6HQ]

251-19-1024-Film-021 Castle Films, “The News Parade of the Year [1943-1948 combined],” B&W, 49:09 min [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHBB9GJgyGM]

251-19-1024-Film-022 Castle Films, “[Cartoon: Andy Panda] Andy's Blacksmith Shop,” B&W, 9:37 min [https://youtu.be/_-9UGL6CeM4?si=Klynzpqt3e4dpgD2]

251-19-1024-Film-023 Universal “Cartune,” Andy Panda in “Fish Fry,” Color, 1:00 min [https://youtu.be/LimWf_jjXpg?si=tQiQFA4XTHNkZH_S]

251-19-1024-Film-024 Cartoon: Ride ‘Em Chico [Not Found]

251-19-1024-Film-025 Castle Films, [Cartoon] “Little Black Sambo (1942)” Color, 7:53 min [https://archive.org/details/ComicolorCarttoonsLittleBlackSambo1935HDRemastered]

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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