A searchable library of forgotten public-domain film clips from 1915 onward

 (movingimagearchive.com)

15 points | by momentmaker 2 days ago

4 comments

  • USeyller 25 minutes ago
    Sounds rally cool. How and where are the movie clips collected, and how is it verified that they are in public domain?
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    • mocheeze 22 minutes ago
      Many of these are sourced from the US Government, which means public domain. They also have links to the sources below so you can verify source and copyright.
  • Animats 14 minutes ago
    This looks like a collection of clips from the Internet Archive. "General Aviation - Fact or Fiction" is on the Moving Image Archive at [1], and the full version is in the Internet Archive at [2]. Most of the content is from the Internet Archive. What's the point?

    At least they don't slap their logo on public domain material, like Periscope Films does.

    [1] https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/general-aviation-...

    [2] https://archive.org/details/gov.ntis.ava12749vnb

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    • mocheeze 3 minutes ago
      BTW they don't hide the source of the videos. Scrolling down on the video page links to the collection and source.
  • pmdulaney 2 days ago
    I don't see how to access the search function. All I see are example videos.
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    • jolmg 40 minutes ago
      Right above the thumbnails is a search input. On the top right is also a link that says "Search" that takes you to it.
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  • cowboylowrez 26 minutes ago
    lol that website is a p-i-g pig but can you make it a bit slower? that would be hilarious haha

    holy shit took 90 seconds to CLOSE man thats rough, this epidemic of vibe coding sure takes some getting used to