National Film Registry
The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. The board, established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, was reauthorized in 1992, 1996 and 2005 by acts of Congress. The 1996 law also created the non-profit National Film Preservation Foundation, which is affiliated with the National Film Preservation Board but raises money from the private sector.
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The National Film Registry is meant to preserve up to 25 "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant films" each year; to be eligible, films must be at least 10 years old. The films do not have to be feature-length or to have had a theatrical release. The Foundation's primary mission is to save so-called "orphan films," films without owners to pay for their preservation. The films most at-risk are newsreels, silent films, experimental works, films out of copyright protection, significant amateur footage, documentaries, and features made outside the commercial mainstream. Some films made by now-defunct film studios have also been inducted. Hundreds of American museums, archives, libraries, universities, and historical societies care for "orphaned" original film materials of cultural value. As of 2004, there were 400 films preserved in the National Film Registry.
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Newsreels - Silent films - Experimental works - Copyright - Documentaries - Studios - Museums - Archives - Libraries - Universities - As of 2004
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Disneyland home movie from 1956 makes Library of Congress's National Film Registry
Molly sez, "Robbins Barstow's film Disneyland Dream was included in this year's National Film Registry (25 films selected by the Library of Congress annually). He is a tireless advocate for amateur film and a great supporter of Home Movie Day. Steve Martin wrote to Robbins Barstow after the news of Disneyland Dream being selected for the Film Registry. Martin appears in the home movie, he's 11 years old and worked selling guidebooks. Go home movies!" We've blogged Robbins's amazing home movies here before. The man's a hero of the medium. Well-deserved congratulations indeed. From the Library of Congress?s press release: Disneyland Dream (1956) The Barstow family films a memorable home movie of their trip to Disneyland. Robbins and Meg Barstow, along with their children Mary, David and Daniel were among 25 families who won a free trip to the newly opened Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., as part of a ?Scotch Brand Cellophane Tape? contest sponsored by 3M. Through vivid color and droll narration (?The landscape was very different from back home in Connecticut?), we see a fantastic historical snapshot of Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Catalina Island, Knott?s Berry Farm, Universal Studios and Disneyland in mid-1956. Home movies have assumed a rapidly increasing importance in American cultural studies as they provide a priceless and authentic record of time and place. The film, along with 15 other Barstow Travel Adventure titles, is available for viewing and downloading at the Internet Archive. Robbins Barstow?s ?Disneyland Dream? Named to National Film Registry, Steve Martin and Disneyland Dream (Thanks, Molly!) Previously:Robbins Barstow's spectacular amateur films - Boing Boing Home movie of contest-winning family vacation to Disneyland in ......
Terminator Added To Film Registry
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington on Dec. 30 added 25 more movies to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, including the genre classics The Invisible Man (1933), The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) and James Cameron's original The Terminator (1984).
Terminator joins movie archive
Classic Schwarzenegger film The Terminator is one of 25 films being added to the US National Film Registry.
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