Preserved Film Movies

  • 1954
    Thursday's Children

    Thursday's Children

    Thursday's Children

    6.6361954HD

    Won the Academy Award for the Best Documentary Short of 1954. The subject deals with the children at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, Kent....

    Thursday's Children
  • 1945
    Tuesday in November

    Tuesday in November

    Tuesday in November

    01945HD

    A propaganda short about the 1944 United States presidential election, produced by the Office of War information, for overseas distribution. It is...

    Tuesday in November
  • 1978
    Always for Pleasure

    Always for Pleasure

    Always for Pleasure

    7.31978HD

    An intense insider's portrait of New Orleans' street celebrations and unique cultural gumbo: Second-line parades, Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest. Features...

    Always for Pleasure
  • 1980
    Dinosaur

    Dinosaur

    Dinosaur

    01980HD

    A short educational Claymation film about dinosaurs. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

    Dinosaur
  • 1959
    Moonbird

    Moonbird

    Moonbird

    5.3851959HD

    Two boys go outside at night to capture a bird. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2003.

    Moonbird
  • 1927
    The Blood Ship

    The Blood Ship

    The Blood Ship

    01927HD

    A disgraced sea captain signs on as a crewman on a cargo ship. He discovers that the vessel is captained by the very man who stole his ship, a...

    The Blood Ship
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1956
    The Wormwood Star

    The Wormwood Star

    The Wormwood Star

    6.41956HD

    A portrait of artist, actress, poet and occultist Marjorie Cameron, it shows images of her paintings and recitations of her poems. Preserved by the...

    The Wormwood Star
  • 1938
    The Titan: Story of Michelangelo

    The Titan: Story of Michelangelo

    The Titan: Story of Michelangelo

    6.11938HD

    The life and works of the great artist Michelangelo Buonarroti are shown against the historical background of his time. It begins with his earliest...

    The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
  • 1928
    The Mating Call

    The Mating Call

    The Mating Call

    6.21928HD

    A World War I veteran takes on the Ku Klux Klan when he loses his wife to a womanizing Klansman. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in...

    The Mating Call
  • 1943
    Johnny Come Lately

    Johnny Come Lately

    Johnny Come Lately

    6.71943HD

    Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her newspaper. The pace is fast, and audiences of all ages will...

    Johnny Come Lately
  • 1953
    The Assignation

    The Assignation

    The Assignation

    5.61953HD

    Long considered lost, The Assignation was Curtis Harrington's first color film. It was shot in Venice, Italy, and follows a masked figure through the...

    The Assignation
  • 1965
    Oh Dem Watermelons

    Oh Dem Watermelons

    Oh Dem Watermelons

    5.91965HD

    Commissioned by the San Francisco Mime Troupe as a short to be screened during intermission for its rather infamous 1965 Minstrel Show (Civil Rights...

    Oh Dem Watermelons
  • 1965
    Black Vision

    Black Vision

    Black Vision

    01965HD

    "Black Vision is inspired by the only passage in Jean Paul Sartre's writings which has ever specifically concerned me – the passage from Nausea...

    Black Vision
  • 1974
    Closed Mondays

    Closed Mondays

    Closed Mondays

    6.1431974HD

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

    Closed Mondays
  • 1928
    Four Sons

    Four Sons

    Four Sons

    7.21928HD

    A family saga in which three of a Bavarian widow's sons go to war for Germany and the fourth goes to America, Germany's eventual opponent. Preserved...

    Four Sons
  • 1914
    The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese Fan

    The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese Fan

    The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese Fan

    51914HD

    An early Thomas Edison short. A young woman is kidnapped while attending a play in Chinatown. A reporter attends another play in Chinatown, is...

    The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese Fan