Preserved Film Movies

The short film was made from material shot for a Levi’s commercial on which Gus Van Sant was given complete freedom. Van Sant delivered the ad,...

A look at the inner workings of a hospital. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2011.

The Flight of the Gossamer Condor tells the inspiring true story of history's first successful human-powered flight. Renowned inventor Dr. Paul...

The bizarre adventures of the cartoon character Foska, drawn by 22 animators working in collaboration. Each animator worked on his or her own...

A compilation of four Mother Goose stories "photographed in three-dimensional animation" and unified by a prologue and an epilogue with Mother Goose...

"A feature-length deluge of incessant, brilliant bursts of images (short takes and jump cuts, single frames in series, freeze-frames slightly altered...

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...

Using clips from several unidentified films of the preceding decade, featuring many well-known stars of the day, this short demonstrates that an...

Follows a crusading lawyer as he embarks on a campaign to save an African-American man, Paul Crump, from the electric chair. Preserved by the...

They All Fall is a 1925 American slapstick comedy film featuring Bobby Ray & Oliver Hardy. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

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...

A description and enactment of the discovery of gold by James Marshall, and the role played by John Sutter. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

Two aspiring Italian actors, hoping to become movie stars, dream of moving to New York City to study at the Actors Studio. Preserved by the Academy...

Documentary about the Watts Towers. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.

The entire film is divided into four consecutive chosen approaches—the fourth section devoted to a reiteration and extension of the original...

The cartoon is one of the Marshall Plan's most popular films. A clash between a shoemaker and a hat maker illustrates the contrasts between...

A series of terrifying dramas of male-female relationships offset against the background of a New York tenement. Preserved by the Academy Film...

"The Open Track" is a short action film from the action series of short films "The Hazards of Helen". This is episode 63 from a total of 119 weekly...

Short film about nurse service in wartime. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

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'...