Category Archives: Video Archive

Holiday Flicks

Posted on December 15, 2010 by internetarchive

Internet Archive Forum contributors are a diverse bunch. A recent post by The_Monkey_Master in the Movies Forum had a timely list of films for the holiday season. With his permission I thought I’d share it. (He requested that credit for … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Internship at the Archive

Posted on November 29, 2010 by internetarchive

I’ve been working as an intern here at the Archive since the end of August-–a requirement of my Library Technology program at Diablo Valley College. Since I was a professional cook for 20 + years, I undertook consolidating the cookbook … Continue reading →

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Ted Nelson Launches His Autobiography at Internet Archive

Posted on October 15, 2010 by internetarchive

    On October 8, 2010, Brewster Kahle and Internet Archive hosted Ted Nelson’s book launch for his autobiography “Possiplex.” It was a special evening. There was a wide array of guests, including some of Ted’s closest collaborators. Ted Nelson … Continue reading →

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Little Known Classics You NEED To Watch!

Posted on September 21, 2010 by internetarchive

The classic, the rare, the obscure…you movie junkies love this stuff. It’s always cool to discover the weird films made by familiar faces. Kudos Matt Holmes and Peter Willis of Obssessed With Film for assembling a Top 10 of little … Continue reading →

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Top 40 best free legal movies you can download right now

Posted on August 12, 2010 by internetarchive

Sean P. Aune at tech.blorge has put together a great list of movies on archive.org.  From his blog: The Internet Archive works to bring together anything and everything that resides in the public domain, and that includes movies.  We’ve gathered … Continue reading →

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Then and Now

Posted on July 22, 2010 by internetarchive

With the continued difficulties in the economy and the comparison often heard to the Great Depression I thought I’d search the Archive for some perspective. While unquestionably there was hardship and suffering, I was heartened to see footage from two … Continue reading →

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Eels as party favors?

Posted on July 14, 2010 by internetarchive

I was in Mexico City a couple of weeks ago, and we went to Plaza Garibaldi where all of the mariachi hang out, waiting to be hired.  There are great bars on the plaza where you can sip tequila (NOT … Continue reading →

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better mp4 (h.264) derivatives at archive.org!

Posted on April 26, 2010 by internetarchive

Late last week, we pushed live a new video deriving technique, as well as in the process updated our audio/video file reader, ffmpeg. New items will benefit from this newer method, and prior items can be re-derived by users if … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Summit and Marionettes

Posted on April 22, 2010 by internetarchive

In light of the recent nuclear de-proliferation summit in Washington, D.C., I thought I’d bone up on pre-cautions in case things don’t work out. Today’s question is: Can paper maché marionettes survive the bomb? Let’s find out: Rural Civil Defense … Continue reading →

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NASA partners with Internet Archive to archive digital imagery

Posted on April 9, 2010 by internetarchive

From Jon Hornstein at Internet Archive’s NASA images: NASA gave a nice shout-out to the Internet Archive for helping them address their Open Government Initiative requirements. http://www.nasa.gov/open/plan/records-management.html Here’s a couple of choice quotes . . . “. . . (the … Continue reading →

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New York City

Posted on April 7, 2010 by internetarchive

Just back from a sightseeing trip of New York City. After visiting so many famous landmarks I decided to check out what we have at the Archive. I dig the riveting machine in this movie of the construction of the … Continue reading →

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St. Patrick’s Day at the Archive

Posted on March 17, 2010 by internetarchive

Let’s see what we’ve got for St. Patrick’s Day on the servers….. Newsreel of the huge parade in New York City in 1939 (with some other interesting news of the day). A tune featuring bagpipe and fiddle A breathtaking image … Continue reading →

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Economic Crisis and the President’s Response

Posted on March 12, 2010 by internetarchive

On today’s date in 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the first of his radio “fireside chats,” telling Americans what was being done to deal with the nation’s economic crisis. Searching the Internet archive I found an audio file in … Continue reading →

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The Story of Stuff …

Posted on March 10, 2010 by internetarchive

As I sit here looking at the beautiful San Francisco Bay I see an enormous container ship heading to port with a huge load of…stuff. Made me think of this great video, “The Story of Stuff“,  I saw a while … Continue reading →

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Alice In Wonderland…a look back

Posted on March 5, 2010 by internetarchive

Twas Brillig! With a yet another new version of Alice In Wonderland being released today in a theater near you, I thought I’d take a look back in the Internet Archive to see what we have. Here is the first … Continue reading →

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