Preserved Film Movies

  • 1975
    Glass Face

    Glass Face

    Glass Face

    01975HD

    "Like Los Ojos, Glass Face shows off Beydler's more whimsical side, but his consistently fresh approach to the transformation of still frames into...

    Glass Face
  • 1984
    When & Where

    When & Where

    When & Where

    01984HD

    A singular cinematic figure, San Francisco’s Mike Henderson became one of the first independent African-American artists to make inroads into...

    When & Where
  • 1996
    Blue Value

    Blue Value

    Blue Value

    01996HD

    This is a hand-painted step-printed film which begins with slow dissolves of what appear to be decaying leaves, crumpled browns and golds and oranges...

    Blue Value
  • 1969
    Migration

    Migration

    Migration

    61969HD

    "Whereas SQUARE INCH FIELD was composed largely in the camera, Rimmer's next film, MIGRATION, made full use of rear-projection rephotography,...

    Migration
  • 1941
    Fighting the Fire Bomb

    Fighting the Fire Bomb

    Fighting the Fire Bomb

    01941HD

    Documentary short explaining proper techniques for handling and disposal of incendiary bombs. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, from the...

    Fighting the Fire Bomb
  • 1941
    Calling All Workers

    Calling All Workers

    Calling All Workers

    01941HD

    Documentary short about the government census of unemployed but employable workers. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, Academy War Film...

    Calling All Workers
  • 1970
    Later That Same Night

    Later That Same Night

    Later That Same Night

    01970HD

    Hindle's first all-southern-made work, filmed shortly after moving his studio from San Francisco to the lower Appalachians. Jackie Dicie sings the...

    Later That Same Night
  • 1998
    No Use Walkin' When You Can Stroll

    No Use Walkin' When You Can Stroll

    No Use Walkin' When You Can Stroll

    01998HD

    One-time carny, bartender, and married 10 times, director Penelope Spheeris’ mother was an uncommon woman. In this sweet, funny, and moving...

    No Use Walkin' When You Can Stroll
  • 1967
    The Awful Backlash

    The Awful Backlash

    The Awful Backlash

    01967HD

    “In their starkly minimal film, The Awful Backlash, directors Robert Nelson and William Allan, focus solely on a pair of hands as they begin to...

    The Awful Backlash
  • 1976
    Our Lady of the Angels Part 1: Entrance Entrance

    Our Lady of the Angels Part 1: Entrance Entrance

    Our Lady of the Angels Part 1: Entrance Entrance

    01976HD

    The inevitable subjectivity and diaristic potential of landscape is foregrounded in this semi-structuralist work of weird poetic beauty. Preserved...

    Our Lady of the Angels Part 1: Entrance Entrance
  • 1967
    Truth Serum

    Truth Serum

    Truth Serum

    01967HD

    Truth Serum is a rare work by Sonbert made in New York City in 1967. The completed film (that is missing its original soundtrack) provides a unique...

    Truth Serum
  • 1971
    Real Italian Pizza

    Real Italian Pizza

    Real Italian Pizza

    21971HD

    "Taken between September 1970 and May 1971, with the unmoving camera apparently bolted to the window ledge, this film, a ten-minute eternity,...

    Real Italian Pizza
  • 1977
    Spaceborne

    Spaceborne

    Spaceborne

    6.31977HD

    Spaceborne is a 1977 short documentary directed by Philip Dauber. It shows images taken during space missions of the mid-1970s, including images of...

    Spaceborne
  • 1970
    Sophisticated Vamp

    Sophisticated Vamp

    Sophisticated Vamp

    01970HD

    Pure color forms glide across the screen to the music of a vamp in this abstract exercise produced by the world-famous creative photographer. ...

    Sophisticated Vamp
  • 1975
    Studies In Chronovision

    Studies In Chronovision

    Studies In Chronovision

    01975HD

    Film sketches constructed over the past five years investigating temporal composition via single frame-time lapse techniques: light struck...

    Studies In Chronovision
  • 1968
    Yin-Yang

    Yin-Yang

    Yin-Yang

    01968HD

    A psychedelic time-painting using positive, negative, and black light illuminated alternate frames, moving to the beat of a steel guitar blues music...

    Yin-Yang
  • 1966
    Atol

    Atol

    Atol

    01966HD

    A documentary abstraction recorded at night in Los Angeles backed by the music of Stockhausen. It is a preliminary effort to organise camera and...

    Atol
  • 1970
    Bowl, Garden, Theatre, Marble Game

    Bowl, Garden, Theatre, Marble Game

    Bowl, Garden, Theatre, Marble Game

    01970HD

    An animated short consisting of 4 segments: bowl, garden, theatre, marble game. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Harvard...

    Bowl, Garden, Theatre, Marble Game
  • 1972
    Throbs

    Throbs

    Throbs

    01972HD

    Coming in the wake of a whole movement of wild, ecstatic, psychedelic films loaded with unchecked energy and abandon, Throbs demonstrates a...

    Throbs
  • 1981
    On Your Own

    On Your Own

    On Your Own

    01981HD

    Into my hands fell a 20-minute exhortation to find the right job after high school. Struck by its fierce redundancy, I undertook a distillation,...

    On Your Own