View Famous Faces Demo

Musicians and politicians, Hollywood “royalty” and European royals, astronauts and sports stars—the WPA Film Library offers many famous faces of the 20th Century. Selected highlights:

African American Icons: Exclusive 1960s-70s interviews with Muhammad Ali, Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan, Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, James Baldwin, Stokely Carmichael, and more.

Decades of Hollywood: Movie premieres, behind-the-scenes production, and interviews from the 1930s to early 1990s. Both well-known and ephemeral celebrities appear: Walt Disney, James Cagney, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jessica Lange, Rita Hayworth, Bob Hope, Grace Kelly, Tom Hanks, Mae West, Mr. T, Ally Sheedy, and Vanna White, to name a few.

Sports Legends: From Joe Louis to Roger Bannister, Gertrude Ederle to Althea Gibson, Bobby Jones to Mario Andretti, and Seabiscuit to… who’s a famous cricketer? Well, at any rate, if it’s a sports legend you need, chances are good that WPA will have footage.

See also the Music section.