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Arthur Hiller (1923–2016)
Arthur Hiller (right) with Roger Mayer.The NFPF joins the film community in mourning Arthur Hiller, who passed away on August 17 at the age of 92. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, he served in the Royal...
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Recently Completed Preservation Projects: Wayne State University Historic Films
A spirited game of pushball between WSU freshmen and sophomores captured on film in 1925.Perhaps the most satisfying moment of a film preservation project is its completion, when an archivist can rest...
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Lighter Than Air, Larger Than Life: The U.S.S. Akron Onscreen
Construction of the U.S.S. Akron, captured on film by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and preserved by the University of Akron with an NFPF grant.The deadliest airship disaster in history was...
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Play/Back: A National Endowment for the Humanities Symposium on Preserving...
On Friday, Sept. 30, archivists, librarians, and scholars will be attending Play/Back, a one day symposium held in Washington D.C. Held by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Play/Back calls...
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NFPF Screenings at the Exploratorium
Butterfly (1967) by Shirley Clarke and her daughter Wendy (pictured above).On Thursday, October 20, the Exploratorium in San Francisco presents “Seasons of Unrest: Activist Filmmaking in the Vietnam...
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More “Lost” Films Premiere at the NFPF Website
Happy Hooligan meets the Emperor in A Smashup in China (1919).Now streaming are three more films from the NFPF’s ongoing partnership with EYE Filmmuseum in Amsterdam. These newly preserved American...
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The 2016 Association of American Moving Image Archivists Conference
Navajo Rug Weaving (1938-39), filmed by Tad Nichols.From Nov. 9-12 Pittsburgh will host the annual conference of the Association of American Moving Image Archivists. This gathering, the largest of its...
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2017 NFPF Grants Announcement and Deadlines
Attention archivists! The National Film Preservation Foundation has just announced its 2017 federally funded grants, made possible by the Library of Congress Sound Recording and Film Preservation...
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Celebrate Thanksgiving "For Liberty and Union"
For Liberty and Union (1977)Now available for public viewing on the NFPF website, For Liberty and Union is an example of sponsored filmmaking in the service of history. It is a dramatization of the...
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Now Online: Treasures From American Film Archives
William S. Hart in Hell’s Hinges (1916), one of nearly four dozen films from Treasures from American Film Archives that are now online.Today the NFPF makes freely available for online viewing 47 films...
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