Preserved Film Movies

  • 1964
    World Without Sun

    World Without Sun

    World Without Sun

    6.41964HD

    Fascinating underwater documentary filmed with hand-held cameras by frogmen and mostly filmed in deep-water seas from within a special designed...

    World Without Sun
  • 1980
    Tell Me a Riddle

    Tell Me a Riddle

    Tell Me a Riddle

    61980HD

    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...

    Tell Me a Riddle
  • 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
  • 1944
    The Town

    The Town

    The Town

    51944HD

    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...

    The Town
  • 1927
    Spiritual Constructions

    Spiritual Constructions

    Spiritual Constructions

    6.71927HD

    One of Oskar Fischinger's earliest films, Seelische Konstruktionen (as it is known in German), clearly points the way to the masterpieces of...

    Spiritual Constructions
  • 1978
    Rip Van Winkle

    Rip Van Winkle

    Rip Van Winkle

    51978HD

    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...

    Rip Van Winkle
  • 1967
    The Box

    The Box

    The Box

    6.41967HD

    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...

    The Box
  • 1976
    Crossroads

    Crossroads

    Crossroads

    6.91976HD

    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...

    Crossroads
  • 2000
    Water for Maya

    Water for Maya

    Water for Maya

    4.62000HD

    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...

    Water for Maya
  • 1952
    Navajo

    Navajo

    Navajo

    51952HD

    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...

    Navajo
  • 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
  • 1971
    The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam

    The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam

    The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam

    5.31971HD

    Uncle Sam has been living peacefully in the American southwest, running a gas station. But when terrorists kidnap the Statue of Liberty, Uncle Sam...

    The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam
  • 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
  • 1954
    The Unconquered

    The Unconquered

    The Unconquered

    7.3751954HD

    Narrated by actress Katharine Cornell and filmed in black and white, it spends the first 24 minutes introducing viewers, through newsreels,...

    The Unconquered
  • 1943
    Guadalcanal

    Guadalcanal

    Guadalcanal

    51943HD

    A stop-motion animated account of the 1942 Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.

    Guadalcanal
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1966
    Skaterdater

    Skaterdater

    Skaterdater

    5.81966HD

    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...

    Skaterdater
  • 1950
    Memories of a Mexican

    Memories of a Mexican

    Memories of a Mexican

    71950HD

    Explore the events of the Mexican Revolution as they are recreated through the use of archival material and interviews with participants and...

    Memories of a Mexican
  • 1969
    The Olympics in Mexico

    The Olympics in Mexico

    The Olympics in Mexico

    5.71969HD

    Documentary about the XIX Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures...

    The Olympics in Mexico