Preserved Film Movies

  • 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
  • 1966
    Amphetamine

    Amphetamine

    Amphetamine

    01966HD

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

    Amphetamine
  • 1934
    Squares

    Squares

    Squares

    01934HD

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

    Squares
  • 1974
    Climb

    Climb

    Climb

    71974HD

    Climb is a 1974 short documentary directed by DeWitt Jones featuring Michael Farrell and Russell Mclean. It is about rock climbing that takes place...

    Climb
  • 1951
    The Seeing Eye

    The Seeing Eye

    The Seeing Eye

    01951HD

    An updated Technicolor followup to a black & white Broadway Brevity (1941) tour of the Morristown, New Jersey seeing eye dog training program. Much...

    The Seeing Eye
  • 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

    61974HD

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

    Print Generation
  • 2001
    Rounds

    Rounds

    Rounds

    02001HD

    ROUNDS is a hand-painted film composed of a series of film loops printed in such a fashion that, while there is a feeling of repetitive familiarity,...

    Rounds