Preserved Projects

Film Archive

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

ADVISE & CONSENT
Release Year:
1961
Preserved Year:
2007
Filmmaker(s)
Otto Preminger

Categories
Drama, Political
Partners
Andrew J. Kuehn Jr. Foundation

AETHER
Release Year:
1972
Preserved Year:
2011
Filmmaker(s)
Daina Krumins

Categories
Experimental

AINSLIE TRAILER
Release Year:
1972
Preserved Year:
2016
Filmmaker(s)
Curt McDowell

AKBAR: FILM PORTRAIT TWO
Release Year:
1970
Preserved Year:
2012
Filmmaker(s)
Richard Myers

Categories
Documentary

AKRAN
Release Year:
1969
Preserved Year:
2010
Filmmaker(s)
Richard Myers

Partners
Hunt, Martha

AL NEIL / A PORTRAIT
Release Year:
1979
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
David Rimmer

Categories
Documentary

ALEX'S 1ST MOVIE
Release Year:
1969
Preserved Year:
2015
Filmmaker(s)
David Wilson

Categories
Experimental

ALL ABOUT EVE
Release Year:
1950
Preserved Year:
2000
Filmmaker(s)
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

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

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

Partners
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1994- )

ALLEGRETTO [EARLY VERSION]
Release Year:
1936
Preserved Year:
1999
Filmmaker(s)
Oskar Fischinger

Partners
Film Foundation

ALLEGRETTO [LATE VERSION]
Release Year:
1941
Preserved Year:
1999
Filmmaker(s)
Oskar Fischinger

Partners
Film Foundation

ALLISON
Release Year:
1970
Preserved Year:
2014
Filmmaker(s)
Richard Myers

ALONG THE MOONBEAM TRAIL
Release Year:
1920
Preserved Year:
2008

ALWAYS FOR PLEASURE
Release Year:
1978
Preserved Year:
1999
Filmmaker(s)
Les Blank

Categories
Documentary

AMAZON DIARY
Release Year:
1990
Preserved Year:
2012
Filmmaker(s)
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

Categories
War
Partners
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1994- )

AN AMERICAN MARCH
Release Year:
1941
Preserved Year:
2000
Filmmaker(s)
Oskar Fischinger

THE AMERICAN SCENE / A JOURNEY. NO. 5
Release Year:
1944
Preserved Year:
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

Categories
Documentary

THE AMERICAN SCENE / THE TOWN. NO. 4
Release Year:
1943
Preserved Year:
2012
Filmmaker(s)
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

Categories
Documentary
Collection
Preserved Film - Academy War Film Collection

AMERICA'S HIDDEN WEAPON
Release Year:
1944
Preserved Year:
2012
Filmmaker(s)
William McGann

Categories
Documentary
Collection
Preserved Film - Academy War Film Collection

AMPHETAMINE
Release Year:
1966
Preserved Year:
1998
Filmmaker(s)
Warren Sonbert

Categories
Experimental
Partners
Estate Project for Artists with AIDS

ANDREI SVISLOTSKY
Release Year:
1991
Preserved Year:
2007
Filmmaker(s)
Igor Kovalyov

ANGEL BLUE SWEET WINGS
Release Year:
1966
Preserved Year:
2011
Filmmaker(s)
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

ANIJAM
Release Year:
1984
Preserved Year:
2010
Filmmaker(s)
Marv Newland

ANSELMO
Release Year:
1967
Preserved Year:
2016
Filmmaker(s)
Chick Strand

Categories
Experimental

ANTICIPATION OF THE NIGHT
Release Year:
1958
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage

Categories
Experimental
Partners
Film Foundation

APARAJITO [ENGLISH SUBTITLES]
Release Year:
1957
Preserved Year:
1996
Filmmaker(s)
Satyajit Ray

Categories
Family
Partners
Film Foundation, Merchant and Ivory Foundation

APPOINTMENT IN TOKYO
Release Year:
1945
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
Jack Hively

Categories
Documentary

APUR SANSAR
Release Year:
1959
Preserved Year:
1996
Filmmaker(s)
Satyajit Ray

Categories
Drama
Partners
Film Foundation, Merchant and Ivory Foundation

ARABESQUE
Release Year:
1975
Preserved Year:
2007
Filmmaker(s)
John Whitney

Categories
Experimental
Partners
Whitney, John, Jr. (Jr.)

ARMY IN OVERALLS
Release Year:
1941
Preserved Year:
2008
Filmmaker(s)
Philip, Jr. Martin

Categories
Documentary
Collection
Preserved Film - Academy War Film Collection

ART
Release Year:
1970
Preserved Year:
2011
Filmmaker(s)
Mike Henderson

Categories
Experimental

THE ART DIRECTOR
Release Year:
1948
Preserved Year:
2012
Filmmaker(s)
Otto Lang

Categories
Documentary

ARTIFICIAL PARADISE
Release Year:
1986
Preserved Year:
2011
Filmmaker(s)
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

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

Categories
Experimental

ASPARAGUS
Release Year:
1978
Preserved Year:
2014
Filmmaker(s)
Suzan Pitt

THE ASSIGNATION
Release Year:
1953
Preserved Year:
2006
Filmmaker(s)
Curtis Harrington

Categories
Experimental
Partners
Cinémathèque française

AT A PREMIUM
Release Year:
1916
Preserved Year:
2010

Categories
Comedy

AT THE FRONT IN NORTH AFRICA
Release Year:
1943
Preserved Year:
2013

Categories
Documentary
Partners
UCLA Film and Television Archive

AT YALE
Release Year:
1928
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
Edward H. Griffith

Categories
Comedy
Collection
Preserved Film - New Zealand Project

ATOL
Release Year:
1966
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
John Stehura

AUTUMN SPECTRUM
Release Year:
1957
Preserved Year:
2000
Filmmaker(s)
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

Categories
Experimental