Rick Prelinger Movies

  • 2011
    These Amazing Shadows

    These Amazing Shadows

    These Amazing Shadows

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    Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and...

    These Amazing Shadows
  • 2003
    Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films

    Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films

    Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films

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    This film covers the early history of post World War II educational films, especially those involving traffic safety by the Highway Safety Foundation...

    Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
  • 2016
    Overgames

    Overgames

    Overgames

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    On a talkshow, actor and German TV ikon Joachim Fuchsberger recalls how the games for his show "Nur nicht nervös werden" (Don't Get Nervous),...

    Overgames
  • 2013
    No More Road Trips?

    No More Road Trips?

    No More Road Trips?

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    A journey from the Atlantic to California made from a collection of 9,000 home movies, "No More Road Trips?" reveals hidden histories embedded in the...

    No More Road Trips?
  • 2019
    Everything You Wanted to Know About Sudden Birth (but were afraid to ask)

    Everything You Wanted to Know About Sudden Birth (but were afraid to ask)

    Everything You Wanted to Know About Sudden Birth (but were afraid to ask)

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    The amazing story of how the Berkeley police department, the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands, an Academy Award winner and Mr. Spock from TV’s...

    Everything You Wanted to Know About Sudden Birth (but were afraid to ask)
  • 2011
    Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation

    Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation

    Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation

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    This documentary short takes you inside the fascinating world of film preservation and restoration.

    Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation
  • 2004
    Panorama Ephemera

    Panorama Ephemera

    Panorama Ephemera

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    Collage of sequences drawn from a wide variety of ephemeral (industrial, advertising, educational) films, touring the conflicted landscapes of...

    Panorama Ephemera
  • 2011
    Dust of America

    Dust of America

    Dust of America

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    A dream walk through the United States of America; a meditation on the thoughts and ideals of its inhabitants, as they are exposed in their silent...

    Dust of America
  • 2016
    All-Is-Well

    All-Is-Well

    All-Is-Well

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    All-Is-Well collects ordinary adventures remembered only because they survive in home movies. Against a backdrop of distant news events, kids...

    All-Is-Well
  • 2022
    Lost Landscapes 2022: Past Glimpses and Possible Futures

    Lost Landscapes 2022: Past Glimpses and Possible Futures

    Lost Landscapes 2022: Past Glimpses and Possible Futures

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    This year's LOST LANDSCAPES pictures the infrastructures, peoples and landscapes of California, centering on San Francisco’s everyday past and...

    Lost Landscapes 2022: Past Glimpses and Possible Futures
  • 2014
    Yesterday and Tomorrow in Detroit

    Yesterday and Tomorrow in Detroit

    Yesterday and Tomorrow in Detroit

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    Compilation of archival film images of Detroit's people and places 1925-1976. Made to be shown to participatory audiences who identify locations, ask...

    Yesterday and Tomorrow in Detroit
  • 1970
    Lost Landscapes of Oakland

    Lost Landscapes of Oakland

    Lost Landscapes of Oakland

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    Rick Prelinger’s Lost Landscapes projects are evolving compendiums of footage from amateurs, industrials, and newsreels that present...

    Lost Landscapes of Oakland