Preserved Film Movies

This hand-painted, step-printed film begins with several seconds of blank white (interrupted by red and brief electric yellow) and then proceeds to...

[1970/2003, color, 7.5 min] Experimental short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

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

A Hy Hirsh film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with iotaCenter and National Film Preservation Foundation in 2000.

A static close-up of a clock. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

"My first film, THE PATH, was based on a dream about a group of people on an ‘outing’ or a picnic. The people in the dream meet and greet...

Documentary short film detailing the history of the American Women's Army Corps, the WACS. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, Academy War Film...

In Loving (1957), a couple make love in the sun and their optic system flares -- it's really the nervous system's ecstasy -- in oranges and yellows...

Future Perfect is an early algorithmic film, based on a collection of decreasing mathematical series that produce visual and auditory rhythms beyond...

Based on the book by anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff, this Academy Award-winning short documentary offers a tender portrait of a community of elderly...

Experimental short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2017.

A hand-painted experimental short. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

A lyrical recreation of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ decision at age eight to stop chopping cotton and start singing for a living. Preserved by...

Satyajit Ray's poetic documentary was commissioned by the Chogyal (King) of Sikkim at a time when he felt the sovereignty of Sikkim was under threat...

Experimental short subject preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2014.

A cowboy helps a pretty young woman find lost gold. Restored by the Academy Film Archive with additional funding from the National Endowment for the...

Non-orange negative hand-painted film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

A documentary/recruitment film originally intended for showings outside the United States to promote careers in public health and American methods in...

A short comedy by Curt McDowell. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

P. Adams Sitney, Professor of Visual Art at Princeton University, wrote a short essay for Artforum International "Medium Shots: the films of Morgan...