Preserved Film Movies

  • 1969
    Akran

    Akran

    Akran

    7.71969HD

    "A feature-length deluge of incessant, brilliant bursts of images (short takes and jump cuts, single frames in series, freeze-frames slightly altered...

    Akran
  • 1986
    Cinderella

    Cinderella

    Cinderella

    81986HD

    “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...

    Cinderella
  • 1999
    Persian #2

    Persian #2

    Persian #2

    5.71999HD

    Multiple thrusts and then retractions of oranges, reds, blues, and the flickering, almost black, textural dissolves suggesting an amalgam approaching...

    Persian #2
  • 1960
    The Dead

    The Dead

    The Dead

    4.71960HD

    "The Dead became my first work in which things that might very easily be taken as symbols were so photographed as to destroy all their symbolic...

    The Dead
  • 1962
    The World's Greatest Sinner

    The World's Greatest Sinner

    The World's Greatest Sinner

    7.11962HD

    A bored insurance salesman quits his job to go into politics. He first starts preaching about how man is greater than he thinks and that man can live...

    The World's Greatest Sinner
  • 1930
    Study No. 6

    Study No. 6

    Study No. 6

    6.41930HD

    The first Studies were synchronized with records (Fischinger made a total of 13 Studies all without sound). It was only with the introduction of...

    Study No. 6
  • 1947
    Motion Painting No. 1

    Motion Painting No. 1

    Motion Painting No. 1

    6.21947HD

    Motion Painting No. 1 is a 1947 experimental short animated film in which film artist Oskar Fischinger put images in motion to the music of Johann...

    Motion Painting No. 1
  • 1991
    One Hand Don’t Clap

    One Hand Don’t Clap

    One Hand Don’t Clap

    01991HD

    Kavery Kaul’s engaging documentary traces the history of calypso and soca music from their birth in the African-East Indian traditions of...

    One Hand Don’t Clap
  • 1998
    Slam

    Slam

    Slam

    6.81998HD

    Raymond Joshua, a young black performance poet, is arrested and imprisoned for a petty marijuana charge in a Washington, D.C. jail. Although the...

    Slam
  • 1993
    The Village

    The Village

    The Village

    7.51993HD

    A village is ruled by the church, but is filled with hypocritical sinners who constantly spy on each other. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in...

    The Village
  • 1974
    Closed Mondays

    Closed Mondays

    Closed Mondays

    6.1431974HD

    A man visiting a museum sees the works of art come to life.

    Closed Mondays
  • 1958
    Anticipation of the Night

    Anticipation of the Night

    Anticipation of the Night

    6.21958HD

    First person view of a man, seen only in shadow, attempting to connect with the world around him. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

    Anticipation of the Night
  • 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
  • 1972
    Confessions

    Confessions

    Confessions

    61972HD

    Curt McDowell has a confession for his parents. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

    Confessions
  • 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
  • 1936
    Bored of Education

    Bored of Education

    Bored of Education

    6.51936HD

    Spanky and Alfalfa fake a toothache to get out of school. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with UCLA Film & Television Archive...

    Bored of Education
  • 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
  • 1920
    Along the Moonbeam Trail

    Along the Moonbeam Trail

    Along the Moonbeam Trail

    4.81920HD

    A magic aeroplane takes two children to the Moon, where they encounter prehistoric monsters and witness a battle between them. As far as is known...

    Along the Moonbeam Trail
  • 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
  • 1973
    Frank Film

    Frank Film

    Frank Film

    5.7671973HD

    A compilation of images co-creator Frank Mouris had collected from magazines interwoven with two narrations, one giving a mostly linear autobiography...

    Frank Film