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Inside the Vault

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A 1983 History of Coca-Cola Provides Insight Into the Vols’ Colorful 1940 Rose Bowl Trip

In Inside the Vault, Movies & TV by Eric DawsonNovember 9, 2016leave a COMMENT

Read the first part of this story here.  Several years ago, a VHS transfer of some old 16mm film came to the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound, courtesy …

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Even Before TV, Local Photographers Documented the Vol Football Team on Film

In Inside the Vault, Movies & TV by Eric DawsonOctober 26, 2016leave a COMMENT

Seems like everybody’s got Vol fever recently. Even people who normally don’t care that much about football have gotten excited, watching the games at crowded bars or with friends. University …

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Revisiting Stan Brock’s Unlikely Sideline as an ’80s Action Hero

In Inside the Vault, Movies & TV by Eric DawsonSeptember 28, 2016leave a COMMENT

A recent cover story on Stan Brock brought to mind an obscure film with Knoxville connections that he starred in. Through his work with Remote Area Medical, providing assistance to the …

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Sweet Clifford: Remembering Knoxville Soul Legend Clifford Curry

In Inside the Vault, Music Stories by Eric DawsonSeptember 9, 2016leave a COMMENT

Knoxville lost one of its great voices when soul singer Clifford Curry died on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at the age of 79, after a stroke several days earlier. Curry never …

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Reed Massengill and the Rediscovery of Clarence Brown’s ‘Smouldering Fires’

In Inside the Vault, Movies & TV by Eric DawsonAugust 17, 2016leave a COMMENT

By 1959, former Knoxvillian Clarence Brown had been retired for seven years. At the time, there wasn’t a whole lot of interest in past masters of the cinema, especially those …

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