Preserved Film Movies
- 1925
They All Fall
They All Fall51925HD
They All Fall is a 1925 American slapstick comedy film featuring Bobby Ray & Oliver Hardy. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.
- 1936
Dummy Ache
Dummy Ache4.81936HD
Dummy Ache is a 1936 American short comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins. An assuming husband, suspicious of his wife, follows her for the day....
- 1947
Motion Painting No. 1
Motion Painting No. 16.21947HD
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...
- 1971
I Don't Know
I Don't Know41971HD
A truly major work, I Don’t Know observes the relationship between a lesbian and a transgender person who prefers to be identified somewhere in...
- 1949
The Art Director
The Art Director01949HD
A film's art director is in charge of the set, from conception to construction to furnishing. This short film walks the viewer through art directors'...
- 2003
Chinese Series
Chinese Series5.12003HD
Stan Brakhage's final film, made shortly before his death by wetting a filmstrip with saliva and using his fingernail to scratch marks into the...
- 1928
The Matinee Idol
The Matinee Idol6.31928HD
The famous matinee idol and blackface comedian, Don Wilson, heads out of town to escape adulation. There, calling himself Harry Mann, he accidentally...
- 1992
Adam
Adam6.2691992HD
The hand of God fashions Adam out of the clay of Earth and places him on a small and empty planet. Each of Adam's actions - at first he can't stand...
- 1974
Naked Yoga
Naked Yoga5.21974HD
Three young ladies perform yoga without clothes in the open air of Cyprus. Another does the same in a studio. These visuals are interspersed with...
- 1924
The White Shadow
The White Shadow7.21924HD
The White Shadow is a British drama film directed by Graham Cutts based on the novel "Children of Chance" by Michael Morton. Alfred Hitchcock worked...
- 1958
Anticipation of the Night
Anticipation of the Night6.21958HD
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.
- 1987
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
Who Killed Vincent Chin?51987HD
This film recounts the murder of Vincent Chin, an automotive engineer mistaken as Japanese who was slain by an assembly line worker who blamed him...
- 1997
Quest
Quest6.7411997HD
A being made of sand wakes up in the desert. It finds a bottle near him, but it's empty. The noise of dropping water can be heard not far away. ...
- 1966
A Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Double Feature
A Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Double Feature5.41966HD
A prototype of modern music videos, this is an animated film set to the music of two popular tunes recorded by Herb Alpert and his Latin-flavored...
- 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...
- 1935
Composition in Blue
Composition in Blue6.51935HD
An abstract film in which every motion of coloured shapes is in strict synchronization with music. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.
- 1975
Conquest of Light
Conquest of Light01975HD
Examines the mesmerising construction of clear crystal glass pieces created by the craftsmen of Waterford. The process from the intense heat of the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1989
Palm Springs
Palm Springs5.91989HD
This short is about a purple dinosaur named Sigmund, who likes to bounce on top of trees. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.