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Short films presumed lost now available to the public
An international collaboration between the NFSA and the US National Film Preservation Foundation has returned eight American silent short films previously presumed lost.
An international collaboration between the NFSA and the US National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF) has returned to the public eight American silent short films previously presumed lost. Preserved copies of the film are now available to view online with supporting scholarly research, and copies are also held in the US and Australia for screenings.
Follow the links below to view six of the rediscovered films (thumbnails courtesy US National Preservation Foundation).
Follows a familiar storyline in which the Westerner, though unschooled in human wiles, thwarts his foe and creates a new community.
Although incomplete, this documentary appears to be the longest surviving non-fiction film about the US Navy dating from before the First World War.
This fragment comes from a documentary sponsored by the YWCA to celebrate its 15th anniversary of service to Japan.
On Strike is one of more than 300 animated ‘half-reelers’ produced between 1913 and 1926 starring the popular American comic-strip characters Mutt and Jeff.
This ad promoting the Australian release of a 1917 American potboiler still tantalises today, although for different reasons: it teases with a glimpse of a film that can no longer be seen.
Actuality films capturing news and sporting events were part of the movie repertory as early as 1895 but it was not until 1909 or 1910 that Charles Pathé introduced a film compilation of the events of the day. This newsreel contains events from January and February of 1922.
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