Preserved Film Movies
- 1954
Thursday's Children
Thursday's Children6.6361954HD
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....
- 1945
Tuesday in November
Tuesday in November01945HD
A propaganda short about the 1944 United States presidential election, produced by the Office of War information, for overseas distribution. It is...
- 1978
Always for Pleasure
Always for Pleasure7.31978HD
An intense insider's portrait of New Orleans' street celebrations and unique cultural gumbo: Second-line parades, Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest. Features...
- 1980
Dinosaur
Dinosaur01980HD
A short educational Claymation film about dinosaurs. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
- 1959
Moonbird
Moonbird5.3851959HD
Two boys go outside at night to capture a bird. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2003.
- 1927
The Blood Ship
The Blood Ship01927HD
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...
- 1964
World Without Sun
World Without Sun6.41964HD
Fascinating underwater documentary filmed with hand-held cameras by frogmen and mostly filmed in deep-water seas from within a special designed...
- 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...
- 1993
The Village
The Village7.51993HD
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...
- 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...
- 1956
The Wormwood Star
The Wormwood Star6.41956HD
A portrait of artist, actress, poet and occultist Marjorie Cameron, it shows images of her paintings and recitations of her poems. Preserved by the...
- 1938
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo6.11938HD
The life and works of the great artist Michelangelo Buonarroti are shown against the historical background of his time. It begins with his earliest...
- 1928
The Mating Call
The Mating Call6.21928HD
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...
- 1943
Johnny Come Lately
Johnny Come Lately6.71943HD
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...
- 1953
The Assignation
The Assignation5.61953HD
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...
- 1965
Oh Dem Watermelons
Oh Dem Watermelons5.91965HD
Commissioned by the San Francisco Mime Troupe as a short to be screened during intermission for its rather infamous 1965 Minstrel Show (Civil Rights...
- 1965
Black Vision
Black Vision01965HD
"Black Vision is inspired by the only passage in Jean Paul Sartre's writings which has ever specifically concerned me – the passage from Nausea...
- 1974
Closed Mondays
Closed Mondays6.1431974HD
A man visiting a museum sees the works of art come to life.
- 1928
Four Sons
Four Sons7.21928HD
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...
- 1914
The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese Fan
The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese Fan51914HD
An early Thomas Edison short. A young woman is kidnapped while attending a play in Chinatown. A reporter attends another play in Chinatown, is...