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It would be like throwing her whole life away
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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

It would be like throwingher whole life away if I didn'’t do somethingwith them

It would be like throwing
her whole life away if I didn'’t do something
with them

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It would be like throwing her whole life away
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if I didn'’t do something with them.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
01:19:37
Uploaded
Jun 10, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
End Cue,Electric Chinoland,C41

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Movie Summary

For over 30 years, Marion Stokes obsessively and privately recorded American television news 24 hours a day filling 70,000 VHS tapes, capturing wars, talk shows and commercials that show us how television shaped the world of today.
It was really a full-time job for a year and a half. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
It was really a full-time job for a year and a half.
I donated a lot of books to a charity that uses - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
I donated a lot of books to a charity that uses
Got rid of the Apple computers, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
Got rid of the Apple computers,
So we decided to take allthe tapes and put '’em in a pod. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
So we decided to take allthe tapes and put '’em in a po...
They were like 16 foot long, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
They were like 16 foot long,
We were very afraid nobody wants these - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
We were very afraid nobody wants these
This story just hits home with us newsies, us news junkies. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
This story just hits home with us newsies, us news junkies.
Every news broadcast for 35 years - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
Every news broadcast for 35 years
Thirty-five years, and for thatwe have this woman to thank, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
Thirty-five years, and for thatwe have this woman to thank,
Marion Stokes hit record way back in 1977. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Marion Stokes hit record way back in 1977.
She didn'’t stop until December of 2012. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
She didn'’t stop until December of 2012.
All of that history arriving today by truck at an archive - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
All of that history arriving today by truck at an archive
With me now from Philadelphia is Marion Stokes'’ son, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
With me now from Philadelphia is Marion Stokes'’ son,
But first, Roger, to you, tell me - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
But first, Roger, to you, tell me
It'’s an exceptional collection, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
It'’s an exceptional collection,
I first heard of Marion Stokes - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
I first heard of Marion Stokes
I was just amazed that somebody - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
I was just amazed that somebody
We shipped it across the country, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:12
We shipped it across the country,
That we just felt like, you know, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
That we just felt like, you know,
I think the scale of Marion Stokes'’ collection - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
I think the scale of Marion Stokes'’ collection