Preserved Film Movies

"The insinuation of camera movements and the familiarity of the same forms recurring in black and then luminous white shapes, makes X an intriguing vi...

Documentary short film demonstrating the way wartime farming measures in 1943 resulted in the greatest American food crop in history. Preserved by th...

1975, b/w, sound, 3 min. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

ca. 1975, 35mm, color, sound, 4 min. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.

ca. 1974, b/w, sound, 4 min. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

ca. 1973-4, b/w, silent, 9 min. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

1973, b/w, sound, 4 min. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.

1973, color, sound, 6 min., aka Immaculate Gate. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.

color, sound, 15 min., never shown. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.

1972, color, sound, 6 min. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.

Short film from Elwood Decker preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.

Experimental short film by Oskar Fischinger. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

Demonstrates the importance of parks and open spaces in an urban environment through a young woman's exploration of New York City's variety of environ...

Experimental short shot on reel to reel video tape and preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2008.

Experimental short film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015

Experimental short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Daily Rains is a measured, poetic work that confronts head-on the micro- and macro-aggressions faced by young Black women. Restored by the Academy Fi...

The mechanized production of Duro-Test light bulbs is filmed as a dance to the tune of the Brandenburg, as choreographed filaments, glass, and metal c...

1974, b/w, sound, 10 min., aka Express Implication

Gracias Amigos was a 1944 propaganda short produced by the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs to educate the American public about th...