Preserved Film Movies
- 1982
The Great Cognito
The Great Cognito5.51982HD
The film tells of a music hall impressionist who caricatures personalities from the second world war. Animated by Barry Bruce at Will Vinton...
- 1950
Screen Actors
Screen Actors61950HD
This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
- 1949
Picnic
Picnic5.81949HD
Beginning in the reality of American middle-class life, Picnic portrays the idealistic dream-quest of the protagonist, from which he is finally cast...
- 1982
Seepage
Seepage71982HD
"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...
- 1941
Women in Defense
Women in Defense4.81941HD
Short documentary extolling the virtues and necessity for women to participate in America's preparation for war, showing women working in scientific,...
- 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...
- 1988
Ken Death Gets Out of Jail
Ken Death Gets Out of Jail11988HD
Youth tells about his jail experience. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.
- 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...
- 1968
Windy Day
Windy Day6.11968HD
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...
- 1979
Soft Fiction
Soft Fiction7.61979HD
Chick Strand's SOFT FICTION is a personal documentary that brilliantly portrays the survival power of female sensuality. It combines the documentary...
- 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...
- 1944
Prices Unlimited
Prices Unlimited01944HD
Two young women, frustrated by war rationing, have a dream illustrating the likely results on prices in America should the measure were prematurely...
- 2010
The Cow Who Wanted To Be a Hamburger
The Cow Who Wanted To Be a Hamburger5.42010HD
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...
- 1965
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story5.81965HD
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...
- 1999
Jolly Roger
Jolly Roger6.41999HD
After marauding and sinking another ship, a band of pirates capture a female passenger, then send her overboard as punishment for her defiance. She...
- 1928
The Matinee Idol
The Matinee Idol6.11928HD
The famous matinee idol and blackface comedian, Don Wilson, heads out of town to escape adulation. There, calling himself Harry Mann, he accidentally...
- 1944
Hymn of the Nations
Hymn of the Nations4.91944HD
Hymn of the Nations, originally titled Arturo Toscanini: Hymn of the Nations, is a 1944 film directed by Alexander Hammid, which features the "Inno...
- 1961
A Tribute to Dylan Thomas
A Tribute to Dylan Thomas5.6671961HD
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...
- 1959
Sirius Remembered
Sirius Remembered3.91959HD
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...
- 1961
Munro
Munro5.7921961HD
A four-year-old boy is drafted into the army. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.