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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

People would saythings, like, "Well, of course, the station'’sgonna keep everything." Of...

People would say
things, like, "Well, of course, the station'’s
gonna keep everything." Of course,
we know now that the stations don'’t keep everything

Full Transcript

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People would say things, like, "Well,
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of course, the station'’s gonna keep everything."
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Of course, we know now that the stations
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don'’t keep everything.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:18
Uploaded
Jun 11, 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.
She understood that this was changing, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:11
She understood that this was changing,
And if we came in and the tape stopped, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
And if we came in and the tape stopped,
"The tape is ended, what happened?" - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
"The tape is ended, what happened?"
She always knew exactly - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
She always knew exactly
There is a system with your TV where you can record stuff, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
There is a system with your TV where you can record stuff,
She was concerned someone else would know what she was taping. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
She was concerned someone else would know what she was tapin...
And she said, "I can tape what I want - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:13
And she said, "I can tape what I want
A moment-by-moment account on how things changed - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
A moment-by-moment account on how things changed
She would often ask the people, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
She would often ask the people,
I don'’t look like you and you don'’t understand - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
I don'’t look like you and you don'’t understand...
When she moved into The Barclay, she said - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:09
When she moved into The Barclay, she said
She was secretive about the process of recording - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:10
She was secretive about the process of recording
Lucy Coleman and Liz are identical twins - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
Lucy Coleman and Liz are identical twins
The odds of twins living a century are said to be - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
The odds of twins living a century are said to be
This is the greatest thing this town has ever had. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
This is the greatest thing this town has ever had.
- That'’s fine, thank you. - You'’re very welcome. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
- That'’s fine, thank you. - You'’re very welcome....
She told her husband ten years ago - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
She told her husband ten years ago
So after the 62-year old woman - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
So after the 62-year old woman
After the car was lowered into the vault by the crane, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:08
After the car was lowered into the vault by the crane,
She'’s 18 months old, she'’s been trapped - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:07
She'’s 18 months old, she'’s been trapped