Preserved Film Movies
- 1964
World Without Sun
World Without Sun6.41964HD
Fascinating underwater documentary filmed with hand-held cameras by frogmen and mostly filmed in deep-water seas from within a special designed...
- 1980
Tell Me a Riddle
Tell Me a Riddle61980HD
Touching story of elderly couple David and Eva who go on one last journey across the USA when they discover Eva is dying, ending up with their...
- 1937
Educated Fish
Educated Fish5.6111937HD
A small fish doesn’t pay attention in school, and ends up getting caught on a hook. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with...
- 1944
The Town
The Town51944HD
The Town was a short propaganda film produced by the Office of War Information in 1945. It presents an idealized vision of American life, shown in...
- 1927
Spiritual Constructions
Spiritual Constructions6.71927HD
One of Oskar Fischinger's earliest films, Seelische Konstruktionen (as it is known in German), clearly points the way to the masterpieces of...
- 1978
Rip Van Winkle
Rip Van Winkle51978HD
Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where he runs into an odd group of men...
- 1967
The Box
The Box6.41967HD
An old bearded man wearing a raincoat walks into a bar and sits down, placing a mysterious box next to him. The other patrons try, with varying...
- 1976
Crossroads
Crossroads6.91976HD
The 1945 atomic-bomb explosion at Bikini Atoll becomes a thing of terrible beauty and haunting visual poetry when shown in extreme slow motion, shown...
- 2000
Water for Maya
Water for Maya4.62000HD
Water for Maya is a hand-painted work which came into being during a film interview with Martina Kudlacek about Maya Deren. There was a sudden...
- 1952
Navajo
Navajo51952HD
A young Navajo Indian boy is caught up in the conflict of cultures when he rejects the white man's school. Told in semi-documentary style. Preserved...
- 1991
One Hand Don’t Clap
One Hand Don’t Clap01991HD
Kavery Kaul’s engaging documentary traces the history of calypso and soca music from their birth in the African-East Indian traditions of...
- 1971
The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam
The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam5.31971HD
Uncle Sam has been living peacefully in the American southwest, running a gas station. But when terrorists kidnap the Statue of Liberty, Uncle Sam...
- 1986
Cinderella
Cinderella81986HD
“CINDERELLA is a musical treatment of the fairy tale. I have broken apart the story and set it as a mechanical game with a series of...
- 1954
The Unconquered
The Unconquered7.3751954HD
Narrated by actress Katharine Cornell and filmed in black and white, it spends the first 24 minutes introducing viewers, through newsreels,...
- 1943
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal51943HD
A stop-motion animated account of the 1942 Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.
- 1946
John Henry and the Inky-Poo
John Henry and the Inky-Poo5.91946HD
In this Puppetoon animated short film (an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee), legendary American folklore figure John Henry (voice...
- 1970
Necrology
Necrology5.71970HD
The faces of a 5:00 PM crowd descending via the Pan Am building escalators in one continuous shot. In old-fashioned black and white, these faces...
- 1966
Skaterdater
Skaterdater5.81966HD
The film tells a story with no dialogue. The group of boy skaters are suddenly at a point when one of the boys sees a young girl, and becomes...
- 1950
Memories of a Mexican
Memories of a Mexican71950HD
Explore the events of the Mexican Revolution as they are recreated through the use of archival material and interviews with participants and...
- 1969
The Olympics in Mexico
The Olympics in Mexico5.71969HD
Documentary about the XIX Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures...