Preserved Film Movies

NO NO NOOKY TV posits sexuality to be a social construct in a "sex-text" of satiric graphic representation of "dirty pictures." Made on an Amiga...

A historical film contrasting the two Germanies – the good and the evil – which struggled for power between the two world wars.

While at his workshop in Puerto Rico, Pablo Casals prepares to conduct a Bach suite for a concert performance. Oscar Winner for the category "Best...

Nelson sets minimal, repetitive imagery against a looping recording of his daughter Oona, which goes gradually from sweet to curious to mysterious to...

After becoming hypnotised Felix decides to try hypnotism himself. After he is successful a couple of times he decides to hypnotise his wife. The plan...

Made in an environment and at a time when frequent and gratuitous images of nude women permeated the work of her male counterparts, director Penelope...

An ode to queer sex and drugs, boys shooting up and kissing. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1998.

A “found object of paint and mold” given to Brakhage by the poet David Meltzer. According to Jane Brakhage, Stan did nothing to it but...

A dirge-like hula song illustrates humanity's woes. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

Experimental film by Elwood Decker. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Operation Vittles is a 1948 American short documentary film about the Berlin Airlift, from the initial closure of the city in 1948 through 1949. It...

Recurrent themes of violence, sex and TV commercials. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.

Optical printing pioneer Pat O’Neill uses “his skills in special effects production to extrapolate metaphysical meaning from the...

Jenny Smith is a young American journalist searching for her long-lost grandfather in the mountains of Bolivia. When she finds her grandfather's...

Warhol Factory days... serendipity visits, Janis and Castelli and Bellevue glances... Malanga at work ... glances at Le Mépris and North by...

Krumins’ fantasy sets the world of flora and fauna on its ear. At one moment grotesque greenish mushrooms grow, wither and reverse their...

Background is a 1973 American short documentary film directed by Carmen D'Avino. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. ...

Short film made up of various clips showcasing the Cinecolor process, including a visit to a Marx Brothers film set. Preserved by the Academy Film...

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

"Muscle Beach is a fascinating location for people-watching in the L.A. area, and in 1963, the strangeness of its sights was much more pronounced...