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An evolving archive of historically and culturally significant films about Black people, made from 1915 to 1979.

85,000 freely accessible newsreels, silent and with audio.

Films, audio interviews, oral histories, and printed materials from the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s.

Documentary films on American folklife.

Classic TV programs, public domain films, industrial films, and vintage public service films.

Filmed interviews with participants in the Civil Rights movement. Transcripts included.

Hundreds of previously unavailable films from the Library of Congress' moving image collection.

Brief films covering politics, sports, current events, entertainment, and other topics, from Universal Studios (1929-1967).