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The Two-Inch videotapes consist mainly of campaign commercials and other television spots and appearances by Romney. Among them is the episode of the Lou Gordon program on which Romney made his "brainwashed" comment when discussing his trip to Vietnam.

The Motion Picture Films (8 linear feet) include a wide variety of material, from brief clips to extended footage to finished television programs. The clips, generally a few seconds to a few minutes long, may be the product of WWJ-TV in Detroit. They primarily show Romney or others responding to WWJ reporters' questions. A few of the 1962 clips relate to John Swainson, and not to Romney. Extended footage, from a few minutes to 60 minutes, documents Romney speeches and campaign activities. Some of the footage has been edited, but much of it has not. Finished programs include campaign commercials and local and network news specials on which Romney appears. Collections of 1966 campaign commercials include commercials made for Robert Griffin's United States Senate campaign. "Lenore," a film produced for Lenore Romney's 1970 campaign for the United States Senate, is the only visual record of that campaign in the collection. Programs with no connection to Romney include "The Cobo story: a report to the people of Michigan," from Albert Cobo's 1956 campaign for governor; "Wanted, one million jobs: the story of the unemployed Negro," an October 1962 NBC documentary that highlights the lives of four Detroit workers; "Don't curse the darkness: a look at youth crime in Michigan," probably made in 1964.