Preserved Film Movies

  • 1982
    The Great Cognito

    The Great Cognito

    The Great Cognito

    5.51982HD

    The film tells of a music hall impressionist who caricatures personalities from the second world war. Animated by Barry Bruce at Will Vinton...

    The Great Cognito
  • 1950
    Screen Actors

    Screen Actors

    Screen Actors

    61950HD

    This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

    Screen Actors
  • 1949
    Picnic

    Picnic

    Picnic

    5.81949HD

    Beginning in the reality of American middle-class life, Picnic portrays the idealistic dream-quest of the protagonist, from which he is finally cast...

    Picnic
  • 1982
    Seepage

    Seepage

    Seepage

    71982HD

    "Marlborough" and "The Arab", lounging on the pool terrace, are alienated characters in some future time, living in a world where art work comes to...

    Seepage
  • 1941
    Women in Defense

    Women in Defense

    Women in Defense

    4.81941HD

    Short documentary extolling the virtues and necessity for women to participate in America's preparation for war, showing women working in scientific,...

    Women in Defense
  • 1937
    Educated Fish

    Educated Fish

    Educated Fish

    5.6111937HD

    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...

    Educated Fish
  • 1988
    Ken Death Gets Out of Jail

    Ken Death Gets Out of Jail

    Ken Death Gets Out of Jail

    11988HD

    Youth tells about his jail experience. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

    Ken Death Gets Out of Jail
  • 1970
    Necrology

    Necrology

    Necrology

    5.71970HD

    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...

    Necrology
  • 1968
    Windy Day

    Windy Day

    Windy Day

    6.11968HD

    Two little girls muse on marriage and babies, love and death as they create and act out plays in their backyard. Preserved by the Academy Film...

    Windy Day
  • 1979
    Soft Fiction

    Soft Fiction

    Soft Fiction

    7.61979HD

    Chick Strand's SOFT FICTION is a personal documentary that brilliantly portrays the survival power of female sensuality. It combines the documentary...

    Soft Fiction
  • 1946
    John Henry and the Inky-Poo

    John Henry and the Inky-Poo

    John Henry and the Inky-Poo

    5.91946HD

    In this Puppetoon animated short film (an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee), legendary American folklore figure John Henry (voice...

    John Henry and the Inky-Poo
  • 1944
    Prices Unlimited

    Prices Unlimited

    Prices Unlimited

    01944HD

    Two young women, frustrated by war rationing, have a dream illustrating the likely results on prices in America should the measure were prematurely...

    Prices Unlimited
  • 2010
    The Cow Who Wanted To Be a Hamburger

    The Cow Who Wanted To Be a Hamburger

    The Cow Who Wanted To Be a Hamburger

    5.42010HD

    A children's fable about the power of advertising, the meaning of life and ultimately the test of a mother's love. Preserved by the Academy Film...

    The Cow Who Wanted To Be a Hamburger
  • 1965
    The Eleanor Roosevelt Story

    The Eleanor Roosevelt Story

    The Eleanor Roosevelt Story

    5.81965HD

    An intimate and moving portrait of one of the most remarkable women in American history. It is the story of a lonely, unhappy child who became the...

    The Eleanor Roosevelt Story
  • 1999
    Jolly Roger

    Jolly Roger

    Jolly Roger

    6.41999HD

    After marauding and sinking another ship, a band of pirates capture a female passenger, then send her overboard as punishment for her defiance. She...

    Jolly Roger
  • 1928
    The Matinee Idol

    The Matinee Idol

    The Matinee Idol

    6.11928HD

    The famous matinee idol and blackface comedian, Don Wilson, heads out of town to escape adulation. There, calling himself Harry Mann, he accidentally...

    The Matinee Idol
  • 1944
    Hymn of the Nations

    Hymn of the Nations

    Hymn of the Nations

    4.91944HD

    Hymn of the Nations, originally titled Arturo Toscanini: Hymn of the Nations, is a 1944 film directed by Alexander Hammid, which features the "Inno...

    Hymn of the Nations
  • 1961
    A Tribute to Dylan Thomas

    A Tribute to Dylan Thomas

    A Tribute to Dylan Thomas

    5.6671961HD

    An atmospheric tribute to the genius of Welsh poet and dramatist Dylan Thomas, using many of the windswept locations where Thomas himself grew up and...

    A Tribute to Dylan Thomas
  • 1959
    Sirius Remembered

    Sirius Remembered

    Sirius Remembered

    3.91959HD

    A tribute to Stan Brakhage's pet dog Sirius, whose decompostion was recorded over 6 months after he had died. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive...

    Sirius Remembered
  • 1961
    Munro

    Munro

    Munro

    5.7921961HD

    A four-year-old boy is drafted into the army. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.

    Munro