Preserved Film Movies

  • 1974
    Pasadena Freeway Stills

    Pasadena Freeway Stills

    Pasadena Freeway Stills

    61974HD

    Possibly the most lucid, vivid, and awesome demonstration of the building up of still images to create moving ones, Pasadena Freeway Stills simply,...

    Pasadena Freeway Stills
  • 1986
    The Cup and the Lip

    The Cup and the Lip

    The Cup and the Lip

    01986HD

    The Cup and the Lip is a complex and challenging picture that will stimulate adventurous filmmakers for years to come. Although its imagery is too...

    The Cup and the Lip
  • 1969
    The Tuxedo Theatre

    The Tuxedo Theatre

    The Tuxedo Theatre

    01969HD

    About this film, Sonbert wrote in the London Filmmakers' Co-op catalogue: "New York again and some Morocco. First sketches of varieties of people....

    The Tuxedo Theatre
  • 1967
    The Tenth Legion

    The Tenth Legion

    The Tenth Legion

    01967HD

    Following Sonbert's death in 1995, we recovered a 16mm reversal print of THE TENTH LEGION among the materials in the filmmaker's estate, which...

    The Tenth Legion
  • 1960
    Scratch Pad

    Scratch Pad

    Scratch Pad

    01960HD

    Directed by Hy Hirsh. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

    Scratch Pad
  • 1953
    Come Closer

    Come Closer

    Come Closer

    01953HD

    Directed, assembled by Hy Hirsch.

    Come Closer
  • 1958
    Autumn Spectrum

    Autumn Spectrum

    Autumn Spectrum

    01958HD

    Whether at the stage of conceptualization or "editing", the blending and multiple impression of the images were done in-camera. In this sense, I...

    Autumn Spectrum
  • 1934
    Squares

    Squares

    Squares

    01934HD

    A continuous movement. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

    Squares
  • 1942
    Desert Wonderland

    Desert Wonderland

    Desert Wonderland

    01942HD

    Desert Wonderland is a 1942 American short documentary film directed by Russ Shields and Jack Kuhne exploring the Grand Canyon. It was nominated for...

    Desert Wonderland
  • 1974
    Print Generation

    Print Generation

    Print Generation

    01974HD

    J.J. Murphy’s feature length experimental film is a meditation on light, chemistry, and the properties of photographic emulsion and can...

    Print Generation