To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
We were very afraid nobody wants these
Please log in to add to collections.
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

We were very afraidnobody wants these and they'’ll all just bethrown in the trash

We were very afraid
nobody wants these and they'’ll all just be
thrown in the trash

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:04.873
We were very afraid nobody wants these
00:00:04.917 --> 00:00:07.702
and they'’ll all just be thrown in the trash.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
01:20:16
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
End Cue,Electric Chinoland,C41

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

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.
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
Nobody in this field has ever heard or seen the like. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
Nobody in this field has ever heard or seen the like.
What she recorded is inaccessible to us. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
What she recorded is inaccessible to us.
All the long form programming that she got, - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:06
All the long form programming that she got,
There are probably elements that she has that nobody has. - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:04
There are probably elements that she has that nobody has.
She understood the power of media - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
She understood the power of media
One of my mother'’s dreams was that - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project 00:05
One of my mother'’s dreams was that