Videos

This 1946 Department of Interior film explained how steel is made and its importance to the expansion of cities and infrastructure. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20…

President Biden signed a proclamation on-site in Coconino County, Arizona, to designate nearly 1 million acres of land as Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni -- Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Cany…

Several federal and state officials, including Representative Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland spoke before President Biden at a ceremony designating a new national mo…

This 1951 Department of the Interior film, with footage from the Sinclair Refining Company, described the history and evolution of the American oil industry. Reel America is an American Hist…

President Biden stressed his ongoing commitment to investing in tribal communities during the Tribal Nations Summit at the Interior Department. Topics he touched on included protections for …

Vice President Harris gave remarks at the White House Tribal Nations Summit held at the Department of the Interior.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland brief reporters on the recent investigation into federal Indian boarding schools that found evidence o…

This U.S. Interior Department film documents efforts to improve housing and living conditions on Native American reservations, and shows how tribes are preserving cultural practices while ad…

This U.S. Interior Department film shows young men in the Civilian Conservation Corps doing infrastructure and maintenance work in New Jersey state parks. The conservation work was part of a…

This Interior Department film highlights infrastructure and conservation work by young men during the Great Depression and promotes the Roosevelt administration’s Civilian Conservation Corps…

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke hosted a news media telephone briefing regarding the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (National OCS Program).

Trip of the President: September 24-28, 1963 is an Interior Department film produced by the Naval Photographic Center documenting President John F. Kennedy’s eleven state tour to highlight c…

This 1935 film is a survey of the work being done by the Civilian Conservation Corps on national and state parks in California’s giant redwood territory.

This is a portion of a film designed to be shown to visitors at National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) visitor centers. The film tells the history of the National Wildlife Refuge system.

Eric Martin talked about the history of Ford’s Theatre and the assassination of President Lincoln. He spoke about the immediate aftermath of the assassination on April 14, 1865, and the fate…

Bruce Quirk talked about how drones were being utilized by the Department of the Interior, including what technology was available or being developed. He used slides during his presentation …

This 1955 film, The Story of Hoover Dam, explained the need to control and regulate the waters of the Colorado River. The film examined the 1928 passage of the Boulder Canyon Project authori…

President Obama made remarks at the signing of his executive order that designates the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks in southern New Mexico as a national monument. He talked about the histori…

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell spoke at an event commemorating the 75th Anniversary of Marian Anderson’s Lincoln Memorial Concert. On Easter Sunday in 1939, singer Marian Anderson pe…

Blake Bell, a historian at the Homestead National Monument of America, talks about immigration law in the United States and the debate surrounding the Homestead Act of 1862. The law distribu…