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Nonprofit organization created by the U.S. Congress to help save America's film heritage. Supports activities nationwide that preserve American films and improve film access for study, education, and exhibition.
Hundreds of films chronicling American History available for viewing, such as early vaudeville entertainment, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, early films of New York City, and footage of McKinley's inauguration.
Collection of early motion pictures by inventor Thomas Edison. Produced by Edison's Kinetograph and Kinetoscope from 1891-1918 and include actual examples of news coverage, famous people, leisure, day to day life, and more. Films can be downloaded and viewed.
Text is arranged into three parts: the Silent Cinema, the Sound Cinema from 1930-1960, and the Modern Cinema from 1960 to the present. Each part includes essays on the background of each era, in addition to various subjects such as the studio system, technology, and genre and how they applied to countries around the world.