Preserved Projects
To date, the Academy’s active preservation program has preserved over 1,100 films. This list is updated on a quarterly basis. Download the full excel sheet.
In 2007, the Academy began embarking on a comprehensive project to digitize and conserve thousands of videotape elements in the Archive’s collection. Download the list of videotapes that have been digitized and conserved.
Visit Academy Collections, which brings together the holdings of the Academy Film Archive and a portion of the holdings of the Margaret Herrick Library for search and discovery.
THE ADVENTURES OF DUDLEY WORTHINGTON
Release Year:
1960
Preserved Year:
2014
1960
2014
ADVISE & CONSENT
Release Year:
1961
Preserved Year:
2007
Filmmaker(s)
Otto Preminger
1961
2007
Otto Preminger
Categories
Drama, Political
Partners
Andrew J. Kuehn Jr. Foundation
AETHER
Release Year:
1972
Preserved Year:
2011
Filmmaker(s)
Daina Krumins
1972
2011
Daina Krumins
Categories
Experimental
AINSLIE TRAILER
Release Year:
1972
Preserved Year:
2016
Filmmaker(s)
Curt McDowell
1972
2016
Curt McDowell
AKBAR: FILM PORTRAIT TWO
Release Year:
1970
Preserved Year:
2012
Filmmaker(s)
Richard Myers
1970
2012
Richard Myers
Categories
Documentary
AKRAN
Release Year:
1969
Preserved Year:
2010
Filmmaker(s)
Richard Myers
1969
2010
Richard Myers
Partners
Hunt, Martha
AL NEIL / A PORTRAIT
Release Year:
1979
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
David Rimmer
1979
2013
David Rimmer
Categories
Documentary
ALEX'S 1ST MOVIE
Release Year:
1969
Preserved Year:
2015
Filmmaker(s)
David Wilson
1969
2015
David Wilson
Categories
Experimental
ALL ABOUT EVE
Release Year:
1950
Preserved Year:
2000
Filmmaker(s)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1950
2000
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Categories
Drama, Show business
Awards
Actor Supporting Role Winner, Actress Leading Role Nominee, Actress Leading Role Nominee, Art Direction Nominee, Best Picture Winner, Cinematography Nominee, Costume Design Winner, Directing Winner, Film Editing Nominee, Music (Scoring) Nominee, Sound Winner, Writing Winner
Partners
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1994- )
ALL THAT JAZZ
Release Year:
1979
Preserved Year:
2001
Filmmaker(s)
Bob Fosse
1979
2001
Bob Fosse
Categories
Biographical, Dance, Musical
Awards
Actor Leading Role Nominee, Art Direction Winner, Art Direction Winner, Cinematography Nominee, Costume Design Winner, Directing Nominee, Film Editing Winner, Music (Scoring) Winner, Writing Nominee
Partners
Film Foundation, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1994- )
ALL THE KING'S MEN
Release Year:
1949
Preserved Year:
2000
Filmmaker(s)
Robert Rossen
1949
2000
Robert Rossen
Categories
Drama, Political
Awards
Actor Leading Role Winner, Actor Supporting Role Nominee, Actor Supporting Role Nominee, Best Picture Winner, Directing Nominee, Film Editing Nominee, Writing Nominee
Partners
Sony Pictures Entertainment (1991- )
THE ALL-STAR BOND RALLY
Release Year:
1945
Filmmaker(s)
Michael Audley
1945
Michael Audley
Partners
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1994- )
ALLEGRETTO [EARLY VERSION]
Release Year:
1936
Preserved Year:
1999
Filmmaker(s)
Oskar Fischinger
1936
1999
Oskar Fischinger
Partners
Film Foundation
ALLEGRETTO [LATE VERSION]
Release Year:
1941
Preserved Year:
1999
Filmmaker(s)
Oskar Fischinger
1941
1999
Oskar Fischinger
Partners
Film Foundation
ALLISON
Release Year:
1970
Preserved Year:
2014
Filmmaker(s)
Richard Myers
1970
2014
Richard Myers
ALONG THE MOONBEAM TRAIL
Release Year:
1920
Preserved Year:
2008
1920
2008
ALWAYS FOR PLEASURE
Release Year:
1978
Preserved Year:
1999
Filmmaker(s)
Les Blank
1978
1999
Les Blank
Categories
Documentary
AMAZON DIARY
Release Year:
1990
Preserved Year:
2012
Filmmaker(s)
Robert Nixon
1990
2012
Robert Nixon
Categories
Documentary
Awards
Short Film (Live Action) Nominee
AMERICAN GUERRILLA IN THE PHILIPPINES
Release Year:
1950
Preserved Year:
2001
Filmmaker(s)
Fritz Lang
1950
2001
Fritz Lang
Categories
War
Partners
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1994- )
AN AMERICAN MARCH
Release Year:
1941
Preserved Year:
2000
Filmmaker(s)
Oskar Fischinger
1941
2000
Oskar Fischinger
THE AMERICAN SCENE / A JOURNEY. NO. 5
Release Year:
1944
Preserved Year:
2009
1944
2009
Categories
Documentary
Collection
Preserved Film - Academy War Film Collection
THE AMERICAN SCENE / STEEL TOWN. NUMBER 6
Release Year:
1944
Preserved Year:
2012
Filmmaker(s)
Willard Van Dyke
1944
2012
Willard Van Dyke
Categories
Documentary
THE AMERICAN SCENE / THE TOWN. NO. 4
Release Year:
1943
Preserved Year:
2012
Filmmaker(s)
Josef von Sternberg
1943
2012
Josef von Sternberg
Categories
Documentary
Collection
Preserved Film - Academy War Film Collection
THE AMERICAN SCENE / TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER. NUMBER XIII
Release Year:
1945
Preserved Year:
2007
Filmmaker(s)
John Houseman
1945
2007
John Houseman
Categories
Documentary
Collection
Preserved Film - Academy War Film Collection
AMERICA'S HIDDEN WEAPON
Release Year:
1944
Preserved Year:
2012
Filmmaker(s)
William McGann
1944
2012
William McGann
Categories
Documentary
Collection
Preserved Film - Academy War Film Collection
AMPHETAMINE
Release Year:
1966
Preserved Year:
1998
Filmmaker(s)
Warren Sonbert
1966
1998
Warren Sonbert
Categories
Experimental
Partners
Estate Project for Artists with AIDS
ANDREI SVISLOTSKY
Release Year:
1991
Preserved Year:
2007
Filmmaker(s)
Igor Kovalyov
1991
2007
Igor Kovalyov
ANGEL BLUE SWEET WINGS
Release Year:
1966
Preserved Year:
2011
Filmmaker(s)
Chick Strand
1966
2011
Chick Strand
Categories
Experimental
Partners
National Film Preservation Foundation (1997- ), Pacific Film Archive
ANGIE [ -- PRODUCTION ELEMENTS]
Release Year:
1976
Preserved Year:
2011
Filmmaker(s)
Deirdre L. Cowden
1976
2011
Deirdre L. Cowden
ANIJAM
Release Year:
1984
Preserved Year:
2010
Filmmaker(s)
Marv Newland
1984
2010
Marv Newland
ANSELMO
Release Year:
1967
Preserved Year:
2016
Filmmaker(s)
Chick Strand
1967
2016
Chick Strand
Categories
Experimental
ANTICIPATION OF THE NIGHT
Release Year:
1958
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage
1958
2013
Stan Brakhage
Categories
Experimental
Partners
Film Foundation
APARAJITO [ENGLISH SUBTITLES]
Release Year:
1957
Preserved Year:
1996
Filmmaker(s)
Satyajit Ray
1957
1996
Satyajit Ray
Categories
Family
Partners
Film Foundation, Merchant and Ivory Foundation
APPOINTMENT IN TOKYO
Release Year:
1945
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
Jack Hively
1945
2013
Jack Hively
Categories
Documentary
APUR SANSAR
Release Year:
1959
Preserved Year:
1996
Filmmaker(s)
Satyajit Ray
1959
1996
Satyajit Ray
Categories
Drama
Partners
Film Foundation, Merchant and Ivory Foundation
ARABESQUE
Release Year:
1975
Preserved Year:
2007
Filmmaker(s)
John Whitney
1975
2007
John Whitney
Categories
Experimental
Partners
Whitney, John, Jr. (Jr.)
ARMY IN OVERALLS
Release Year:
1941
Preserved Year:
2008
Filmmaker(s)
Philip, Jr. Martin
1941
2008
Philip, Jr. Martin
Categories
Documentary
Collection
Preserved Film - Academy War Film Collection
ART
Release Year:
1970
Preserved Year:
2011
Filmmaker(s)
Mike Henderson
1970
2011
Mike Henderson
Categories
Experimental
THE ART DIRECTOR
Release Year:
1948
Preserved Year:
2012
Filmmaker(s)
Otto Lang
1948
2012
Otto Lang
Categories
Documentary
ARTIFICIAL PARADISE
Release Year:
1986
Preserved Year:
2011
Filmmaker(s)
Chick Strand
1986
2011
Chick Strand
Categories
Experimental
Partners
National Film Preservation Foundation (1997- ), Pacific Film Archive
ARTURO TOSCANINI
Release Year:
1944
Preserved Year:
2010
Filmmaker(s)
Alexander Hackenschmidt, Irving Lerner
1944
2010
Alexander Hackenschmidt, Irving Lerner
Categories
Biographical (Non-fiction), Documentary, Music
Collection
Preserved Film - Academy War Film Collection
Awards
Documentary Short Nominee
AS IF WE
Release Year:
1980
Preserved Year:
2012
Filmmaker(s)
Phil Solomon
1980
2012
Phil Solomon
Categories
Experimental
ASPARAGUS
Release Year:
1978
Preserved Year:
2014
Filmmaker(s)
Suzan Pitt
1978
2014
Suzan Pitt
THE ASSIGNATION
Release Year:
1953
Preserved Year:
2006
Filmmaker(s)
Curtis Harrington
1953
2006
Curtis Harrington
Categories
Experimental
Partners
Cinémathèque française
AT A PREMIUM
Release Year:
1916
Preserved Year:
2010
1916
2010
Categories
Comedy
AT THE FRONT IN NORTH AFRICA
Release Year:
1943
Preserved Year:
2013
1943
2013
Categories
Documentary
Partners
UCLA Film and Television Archive
AT YALE
Release Year:
1928
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
Edward H. Griffith
1928
2013
Edward H. Griffith
Categories
Comedy
Collection
Preserved Film - New Zealand Project
ATOL
Release Year:
1966
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
John Stehura
1966
2013
John Stehura
AUTUMN SPECTRUM
Release Year:
1957
Preserved Year:
2000
Filmmaker(s)
Hy Hirsh
1957
2000
Hy Hirsh
Categories
Experimental
Collection
Preserved Film - Iota Center Collecton
Partners
iotaCenter (1994- ), National Film Preservation Foundation (1997- )
THE AWFUL BACKLASH
Release Year:
1967
Preserved Year:
2005
Filmmaker(s)
William Allan, Robert Nelson
1967
2005
William Allan, Robert Nelson
Categories
Experimental