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Breakfast Pals

19390mAnimation, AdvertisingPublic domain

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Prelinger Ephemera 101

Prelinger Ephemera 101

The films America made to sell itself a way of life.

Curated by Popcorn Curators · 18 films

PBS Space Time

PBS Space Time

Every episode, in order.

Curated by PBS Space Time · 444 films

WWII on Film

WWII on Film

Capra, Huston, Ford and the Signal Corps go to war.

Curated by Popcorn Curators · 21 films

Silent Comedy Masters

Silent Comedy Masters

Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd, Arbuckle, Normand and the art of falling down.

Curated by Popcorn Curators · 22 films

Universal Newsreels

Universal Newsreels

The news, twice a week, before the feature — 1929 to 1967.

Curated by Popcorn Curators · 20 films

Atomic Age

Atomic Age

Bert the Turtle, Operation Cue and the films that taught a nation to live with the bomb.

Curated by Popcorn Curators · 19 films

Early Cinema 1895–1915

Early Cinema 1895–1915

From the Black Maria to Gertie the Dinosaur: the first twenty years.

Curated by Popcorn Curators · 24 films

Film Noir in the Public Domain

Film Noir in the Public Domain

Cheap, fast and fatalistic: the B-noirs that nobody bothered to renew.

Curated by Popcorn Curators · 21 films

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26 films

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6 films

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6 films

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Context: 1927

The Jazz Singer

Al Jolson speaks in The Jazz Singer and the silent era is doomed; Sunrise, Wings, Metropolis and Napoléon are released; the Academy is founded. Lindbergh flies to Paris; Trotsky is expelled from the party.

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