See also
Inventory of Videotapes to be converted to digital
Update: November 2011
Chronological list based on year of original material
Ca. 1957 - The Unvictorious One - VHS dub of 16mm film of AH performing
psychological drama while in Germany, US Army Special Services [ca. 10 min.]
1973 - ILE IFE: House of Love by Raymond Hartung - ¾" Umatic-SP dub
from VHS of 16mm print (Sony KSP-30)
1975? - AH @ Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - MRN 1436 (3M T60)
1977 - Fat Tuesday and all that jazz! produced by Wesley Brustad -
two Beta-SP preservation masters transferred from Umatic March 2009
(Fujifilm M321SP)
1977 - Snake Dance Teacher Dance by Abbott Meader, Huey, & B.Wms. -
several archival dubs from 16mm, including S-VHS and
two (2) 1" Master Broadcast videotapes (3M 480xst and Ampex 196)
1978 - Orison Omi (The Well) by B.Wms. - ¾" Umatic-SP dub from 16mm
print (Sony KSP-30) and a 1" Master Broadcast videotape from 16mm print
(3M 480xst) and an S-VHS master
1979 - Wm. Townes Roots promos WPHL-TV17 (3/4" Umatic SP)
[Run time (RT) of above ca. 3:00 hrs]
[For video dubs of 16mm footage from the 1980s, see 1996 below.]
1989 - Arthur Hall in Lebanon, NH [ca. 2:00 hrs.]
# 1: 8911 - 11/9/89 // 8912 Rough cut (Panasonic S-VHS 60)
# 2: 8911 - 11/9/89 (Pan S 60)
See also BBW Tape Log of SFT: @ 1:12:00 AH backup, Sample Reel,
in memoriam Eddie @ 1:42:00
See also tape 89-95: "Edited Master 8911, Water Spirit Festival (31:52 Pan S 60)
See also VHS copy, Water Spirit Festival (3M T60)
1990 - 26 rolls (#1 thru #19 and #21 Pan S60)
(#20 and #22 thru #26, Pan S120) [ca. 32:00 hrs.]
#1 through #13: AH in the elementary schools of Townshend and Grafton, VT
Jan. 1990, incl. warm-ups, cross-floor, rehearsals, and performances
#14: AH in Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, April 24, 1990
#15: 1 Belfast - Dunham class, July 12, 1990
#16: 7/12/90 Celebration to 9:32 [50 minutes blank]
#17: 7/12/90-2 AH Celebration, 9:32 on
#18: D2, Rockland, Maine, Dunham class & kid's class, July 12, 1990
#19: 9001 Edit (T)Che (T)Che Kule - Edit Master
#20: AH June/July 1990 - AAW exercises
#21: 1 AH in Owl's Head, July 90
#22: 2 AH in Owl's Head, July 90
#23: 1A AH in Owl's Head, July 90
#24: 2 Bancroft
#25: Rangeley dance 8/4/90 // Technique class 8/24/90
#26: 1 Belfast 8/30/90, Adult class, Dunham, x-floor, Jim & Elona, et al,
children's class w/adults, CCK @ 1:51
#9001: CCK backup dub (Panasonic S-VHS S60)
1991 - NewVerMaine (NVM) Dance Company (3M S-VHS 120 rolls) [ca. 11:00 hrs.]
#1: 8/18/91 NVM performance, Dibden Auditorium, Johnson State College
(Perkins Foss, camera)
#2: 8/18/91 NVM performance (Tim camera)
#3: 8/18/91 NVM perfprmance (Amy camera)
#4: NVM, Lebanon Opera House [Sample Reel, Oct.94 & Annegret Beier @tail 96]
#5: NVM, Lebanon Opera House, balcony camera
#6: NVM, Lebanon Opera House, side camera
#7: NVM Edit Master [OBA] - Akom - Edit Master 91-12 [1] - Obatala @ 53:30 -
Sample @ 1:22:00 - Heartwood '95 @ 1:32:00
see also NVM 20 Edit Master 91-12 [2] - @ 40:00 OBA 1st ed. 1993 - MYC @ 1:16:00
1993 - 7 camera rolls (3M S-VHS 120 rolls) [ca. 14:00 hrs.]
#1 through #7: AH returns to ILE (libations with Jojo), MarcFest street walk
and outdoor performance @ HS, Movement Theatre International (MTI)
master class (Yanvallu), and performance with 3 cameras
(Perk, Bob Lazar, B.Wms.)
1994 - [ca. 2:00 hrs.]
94 EM Edit Master [2] OBA 2nd ed., November 27, 1994 (3M S120)
See also 94 AIS 96 - "Summer 1994 - AH > Eddie" (Maxell ST 126 BQ)
1995 - All tapes 3M S-VHS 120 (unless noted otherwise) [ca. 45 hrs]
#1: Philadelphia, June 10, 1995 / Heartwood School of Art, 7/27,
7/28 Naoto @ 1:40:00
#2: Philadelphia, June 10, 1995 / Heartwood School of Art,
7/28 Naoto @ 1:34:00
#3: Philadelphia, June 10-11, 1995, wide OBA @ Odunde [roof camera]
Heartwood School of Art, 7/27/95 and 7/28 rehearsal
#4: Philadelphia, June 11, 1995, to 28:33 / Heartwood School of Art,
7/28 [Becky camera] / at 1:40:50, Miss D
#5: Philadelphia Odunde footage dubbed from 16mm - Memphis, Phila/Maine OBA,
AHOBA 96 (Avid opening) [DuArt roll]
#6: Ile Ife Phila PA dub of 16mm color reels 1-23 [68 min] [DuArt roll]
#7: OBA Edit Master - 2nd Obatala / dub of school class to 33:22
Farnsworth @ 33:28
#8: Phila to 17:26 / Heartwood 7/28/95 / OBA 3 @ 1:31:00
#9: 8/21 Dunham class and Miss D / 8/22 rehearsal
#10: 8/22 rehearsal
#11: Children's class to 48:36 / Akom & song to 1:30:00 / class to 1:40:00
rehearsal w/band
#12: Children's class to 33:20 / Miss D w/band to 1:01:00 /
Karen solo to 1:09:00 / 8/24/95 a cappella w/ Rita, Van, & Ricardo
#13: rehearsal w/band / small studio / Miss D / John Jenkins / Nin Nin Wo
#14: rehearsal
#15: rehearse Ya Ni Hura / 8/27 Madison performance @ 58:45
#16: 8/27 Madison performance [Black camera]
#17: Madison performance to 48:22 / rehearsal to 2:00:00
#18: Madison, camera left CU / Becky camera, 2nd half
@ 50:21, Nana at Railroad Square, 9/16/95 [Alan's daughter camera - Sabrina?]
#19: Lewiston performance 8/30/95 [studio camera]
#20: Lewiston perf. [Becky cam] / 1:16:46, Nana @ RR2, 9/16/95 [Alan cam]
#21: Lewiston [Black cam]
#22: Bath perf., 9/1/95 [studio cam]
#23: Bath [Black cam]
#24: Bath [Becky cam]
#25: Rockport Opera House performance [Black cam]
#26: Rockport performance, backstage [Becky, Ben cam]
#27: Rockport [Perk cam]
See also 1995 OBA BU - Obatala camera backup of Phila 93 / AH Prep 8/1991 [Pan S120]
See also 95 EM [1]: Diane, Nov 95 / Shana [Pan S120]
[RT ca. 31:00 hrs.]
#95/12 [1]: AH Rockland studio 12/4, 12/5
#95/12 [1A]: Joe Nash @ Orono, 4/29/95 / Nao to dub
#95/12 [2A]: Rockland rehearsal, 12/5/95 [second night] and 12/6 (Panasonic S120)
#95/12 [2B]: Rockland rehearsal, 12/7 and 12/10 (Maxell ST 126 BQ)
#95/12 [3]: Rockland, Sunday PM, Mon. eve 12/11, Tues. eve 12/12
#95/12 [4]: Rockland, 12/12
#95/12 [5]: Rockland, 12/16 / Sunday AM 12/17
#95/12 [6]: Rockland, 12/17 AM & PM
#95/12 [7]: Rockland, Mon 12/18; 12/19
#95/12 [8]: Rockland, 12/27
#95/12 [9]: Rockland, 12/27
#95/12 [10]: Rockland, Friday 12/29
#95/12 [11]: Rhythm of Life concert, Camden Opera House, 12/30/1995 [Valasco cam]
#95/12 [12]: Rhythm of Life [B.Wms. cam]
#95/12 [13]: Rhythm of Life from 16mm B&W [27 min 11 sec; rolls 1-9; DuArt roll]
#95/12 [14]: Rhythm of Life from color 16mm [Greg Hudson cam - Arri]
[1 hr 21 min 15 sec; Color 1 through Color 7 and R1 through R7; DuArt roll]
#95/12 [15]: AH International Dance Center, Sample 1/27/96 / Requiem @ 6:39
Obatala and Shango @ 32:48 / Tche Tche Kule @ 40:20
1996 - Camera tapes - 3M ST 120 (Unless noted otherwise) [RT ca. 32:30 hrs.]
#1: AH Lewiston 3/14/96
#2: 7/14/96 Farnsworth / Heartwood @ 46:11 / X-floor @ 1:05:00
#3: PAJ Heartwood 7/96, warmup, X-floor, dance, costumes / wu, chillout, Xfl
wu 3, etc, / Yanvallu @ 2:00:17
#4: HSA - teen class Yanvallu, adult class Yemanja, kids wu, chillout, Xfl
#5: HSA performance PAJ cam
#6: HAS performance BBW cam / Sankofa @ 33:24
#7: African Harvest for the World - 9/9/96 AH wu no drums / rehearsal 9/22 Union
#8: 9/28/96 rehearsal
#9: Union 9/28/96 / Ellsworth 9/29/96
#10: 9/29/96 Ellsworth [Obie Buell camera]
#11: 9/29 Ellsworth finale to 21:53
#12: December 96 African Harvest, rehearsal @ Watts Hall
#13: 12/27 Watts rehear / 12/28 Dress rehear @ Camden Opera House
#14: 12/28 COH [Evan cam] rehear to 1:24:00 / Van sample / Accent Ghana sample
#15: 12/28 COH [Obie Buell cam]
#16: 12/28 COH performance [Evan cam]
#17: 1996 EM - 19 Maine / Sample 10/96 @ 1:26:51 (3M ST120)
1996 - Video dubs of 1980s 16mm in AHC [DuArt (3M ST60) - RT ca. 5:30 hrs.]
#96-1: Ile Ife Phila Pa - Orisun Omi - CR#A [29:19] // Tche Tche Kule @ 30:24
#96-2: Tape 4 CR#1-14 - Odunde, Saka Aquaye, Hazlett Award, Obatala (1980) [60 min]
#96-3: B&W reversal - Obatala at the Phila Museum of Art (1982) [33:30]
#OO-1: Wulomei @ Zimbabwe // class @ Ile // NewVerMaine [19:33]
#OO-2: CR#B [29:19]
#OO-3: CR#C [29:30]
See also 1996 Dub Master AH 120 Dance Video (3M ST120)
1997 - Two (2) cameras documenting concert [Ampex ST120 - RT ca. 6:00 hrs.]
#1: Accent Ghana [Bobson cam 1]
#2: Accent Ghana [Bobson cam 2]
#3: Accent Ghana [Horsach cam]
1998 - [RT ca. 7:30 hrs.]
OO SVHS MAST 98 - Master of Orisun Omi / Ray Hartung @ 1:00:00 (Maxell ST120BQ)
AHC 98 Nov [1] Jan 1999 Camera Original (Fuji ST 120 S-VHS)
AHC 98 Nov [2] Jan 1999 Camera Original (Fuji ST 120 S-VHS)
AHC Nov 98 [3] Jan 99 EDIT 98/99 - AH @ Ridley School/Orono (Ampex ST126)
1999 - [1999 - 2008 RT ca. 11:00 hrs.]
ILE IFE Master 1999 [1] - Roots Promo #3 : Akom / Fat Tuesday from DVD Nov. 2008
(Ampex ST126)
EM [2] Obatala Composite 1999 (3M ST120)
2000 - TDK S-VHS 120 - 12 Sept 2000, S-VHS dub for Bayview Street Cinema,
Camden Memorial Screening (Ile Ife: House of Love & Arthur Hall's Obatala)
2000 - TDK S-VHS 120 - AHC 17 Sept 2000, Camden Opera House
2000 - Four (4) rolls TDK S-VHS 120 - October 2000, memorial gathering in
Philadelphia [ca. 7 hrs]
2008 - AHV 2008 Roll 1: August 25, 2008 - Nana Korantema
Renaissance on Sacred Ground
2008 - AHV 2008 Roll 2 / Edit Master 1: Renaissance on Sacred Ground
Nana Korantema
Undated, miscellaneous, unknown, or duplicate tapes:
Hi8 tape - "Arthur Hall in Camden" (Shoot 8/7, Cam 3 Lew / McDade?)
Children's warmup [no sound]
Five (5) Rolls of ¾" Umatic SP from Maine Public Broadcasting
Arthur #1 through Arthur #5 - with a note to Arthur on letterhead saying,
"Now you have it all. : John" [John Greenman]
TDK S-VHS ST120 - PBC (1) 2/11/2000 [content & RT unknown]
S-VHS (Fuji ST-30) ["OBA 1s"] - Obatala, Black & White (1st edition)
[RT ca. 20 min]
¾" Umatic SP (Fuji KCA-30) ["OBA 1"] - Obatala, Black & White
S-VHS (Fuji ST-10) ["OBA 2s"] - Obatala, Transfer from S-VHS Color (1st edition)
¾" Umatic SP (Maxell KCA-10) ["OBA 2"] - Obatala, Transfer from S-VHS Color
¾" Umatic (no case - probably distressed) ["AHD 2"]
"Arthur Hall Dancers, Tape #2" [RT unknown]
½" open reel video (Sony for Helical Scan) ["ADF 1"]
"Arthur Hall Afro American Dance Ensemble @ ADF, July 10, 1979, I"
[label on reel says tape II]
½" open reel video (Scotch - distressed by white mold) ["ADF II"]
[possibly reused tape, possibly ADF one or two, label on reel crossed out:
"Kensington mural project by Perez"]
¾" Umatic (Sony KCA-30) ["D 1"] - "Arthur Hall Dance Class/Interview at Dartmouth"
¾" Umatic (Sony KCA-60) ["D 2"] - "Arthur Hall, Farel Johnson Interviews at
Dartmouth"
¾" Umatic SP (Sony XBR KCA-60) ["CCK 1"] - Che Che Kule [RT 58:02]
¾" Umatic SP (UCA-30) ["AM OD"] - American Odyssey from 16mm interneg [27:00]
Film by Abbott Meader, Huey & B.Wms for Orff Schulwerk, contains "Tche Tche Kule"
Fuji S-VHS ST120 - Arthur in Chicago
3M VHS T15 - "Ile Ife Where the World Began" Art Institute of Chicago
with singing by Arthur Hall Afro Am
Two (2) copies Fuji T15 - AH Promotional: Snake Dance, Herbo (sic) Festival,
What's Going On, Temptation [Video D Studios, Inc., 29 W. 21st St., NY, NY 10010-6607
tel: (212) 242-3345
Numbered VHS copies
b1/10: Maine Public TV, "Wide Angle #306," Snake Dance Teacher Dance & King Kong
in a Blanket (Scotch T120)
b2/10: Obatala 2nd ed. [Arthur's copy, 12/4/94] (3M T15)
b3/10: Akom w/ John Jenkins [9/4/95] (3M T30)
b4/10: Farnsworth Obatala (3M T30)
b5/10: Sample Reel 8/11/96 (3M T20)
b6/10: Sample Reel 9/96 [for Ione] (3M T30)
b7/10: Sample reel "Thirty Years of the AHAADE" November 1996 (T10)
Numbered School and performance tapes [RT ca. 30:00 hrs.]
y1a/10 and 1b/10: Two (2) copies of Ahimsa [Eastern Video Productions, Portsmouth, NH]
(T120)
y2/10: Ghana Dance Ensemble class w/ Arthur Hall (TKD T120) [damaged tape?]
y3/10: Vermont College Peace Week Program, Oct. 14, 1990, Akan Peace Ceremony by AH
(from Mitch Hall, Warren, VT) (Sony T120)
y4/10: Arthur Hall, Calias Elementary School, Spring 1991, by Jim Eaton (Fuji T120)
y5/10: Arthur Hall production by Woodman Park School, Dover, NH, May 1991 (Centron T120)
y6/10: Arthur Hall Water Spirit Festival [undated] (JVC T120)
y7/10: Water Spirit Festival, Waitsfield, VT, 1991 "Thank you, Arthur, Capilone College
Library" (VHS T120)
y8/10: Merrimack High School, April 1992, Tracy, Arthur, Chuck, Adam (Champion T120)
y9/10: Arthur Hall, May 1, 1992, Marston School, Hampton, NH, filmed by Mike Devine
[from Pat McKenzie to AH in Memphis] (Maxell T120)
y10/10: Arthur Hall, African Dance Program, May 22, 1992 [in Arthur's hand,
"Hail to the Chief, Wallace School, Lewiston] (Scotch T120)
y11/10: New Hampshire Public TV, "NH Crossroads: Arthur Hall's Four Seasons" (Ampex T60)
y12/10: An Evening of African Dance with Arthur Hall, Simonds Elementary students,
11/10/1993, Warner, NH ["For Arthur"] (Sony T120)
y13/10: Adam Smith, Sanbourne Regional High School, Kingston, NH, Sept. 22, 1995
(Maxell T120)
y14/10: Arthur Hall, Plainfield, NH, 10/25/1996 [Malsin, Plainfield School, 03770]
(Fuji T120)
y15/10: Oyster River: Arthur, Clamente, Adam [undated - 1994?] (Fuji T120)
y16/10: "In Praise of Aya" (Pt. 1) - "Preparing for Aya" (Pt.2)
[undated - note attached, "Dear Arthur, Here is the tape of the show, quality
not great, but we are glad to have it. Enjoy - Mary] (3M T60)
Numbered VHS tapes from Arthur's personal library [RT ca. 2:00 hrs.]
w1/10: Babatunde Olatunji - Excerpts from "The Rhythm of Healing" (T15)
w2/10: Magic Dances of Zaire, MTI Tabernacle Theatre, Philadelphia, May 1990
(Panasonic T120)
w3/10: The Bukom Ensemble, La Pleasure Beach, Accra (Kodak 120)
w4/10: Kenya: Music (Memorex T120)
w5/10: Welcome to Ghana (T15)
w6/10: Ian Kadir and Friends of Laughing Waters [Healing brain injury] (T30)
w7/10: Abomey Water Kings [from Rowland Abiodun, 1/4/1992 (3M T120)]
w8/10: The Architecture of Rhythm by Fred Barney Taylor (Maxell T60)
ca. 263:00 hrs. total RT