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.
BURDEN OF DREAMS
Release Year:
1982
Preserved Year:
1999
Filmmaker(s)
Les Blank, Les Blank, Maureen Gosling
1982
1999
Les Blank, Les Blank, Maureen Gosling
Categories
Documentary
BUSY LITTLE BEARS
Release Year:
1939
Preserved Year:
2013
1939
2013
Awards
Short Film (Live Action) Winner
Partners
UCLA Film and Television Archive
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
Release Year:
1969
Preserved Year:
1998
Filmmaker(s)
George Roy Hill
1969
1998
George Roy Hill
Categories
Buddy, Western
Awards
Best Picture Nominee, Cinematography Winner, Cinematography Winner, Music (Scoring) Winner, Music (Song) Winner, Sound Nominee, Writing Winner
Partners
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1994- )
BY THE LAKE
Release Year:
1986
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
Chick Strand
1986
2013
Chick Strand
Categories
Experimental
BY THE SEA
Release Year:
1963
Preserved Year:
2007
Filmmaker(s)
Robert Abel, Pat O'Neill
1963
2007
Robert Abel, Pat O'Neill
Categories
Experimental
Partners
O'Neill, Pat
CALIFORNIA'S GOLDEN BEGINNING
Release Year:
1948
Filmmaker(s)
Cecil B. DeMille
1948
Cecil B. DeMille
Categories
Documentary
CALLING ALL WORKERS
Release Year:
1941
Preserved Year:
2009
1941
2009
Categories
Documentary
Collection
Preserved Film - Academy War Film Collection
CALYPSO'S CLOAK
Release Year:
1987
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
James Otis
1987
2013
James Otis
Categories
Experimental
CAMERA THRILLS
Release Year:
1935
Preserved Year:
2012
1935
2012
Awards
Short Film (Live Action) Nominee
Partners
Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division (1978- )
CANADA CARRIES ON / WOMEN ARE WARRIORS
Release Year:
1942
Preserved Year:
2008
Filmmaker(s)
Stanley Hawes, Jane Marsh
1942
2008
Stanley Hawes, Jane Marsh
Categories
Documentary
Collection
Preserved Film - Academy War Film Collection
CANNIBAL ORGY, OR THE MADDEST STORY EVER TOLD
Release Year:
1968
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
Jack Hill
1968
2013
Jack Hill
Categories
Horror
CANNOT EXIST
Release Year:
1994
Preserved Year:
2016
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage
1994
2016
Stan Brakhage
Categories
Experimental
THE CARDINAL
Release Year:
1963
Filmmaker(s)
Otto Preminger
1963
Otto Preminger
Categories
Historical, Religious
Awards
Actor Supporting Role Nominee, Art Direction Nominee, Art Direction Nominee, Costume Design Nominee, Directing Nominee, Film Editing Nominee
CARNIVAL
Release Year:
1955
Preserved Year:
2014
Filmmaker(s)
Don Bevis
1955
2014
Don Bevis
CARNIVAL OF SOULS
Release Year:
1962
Preserved Year:
2012
Filmmaker(s)
Herk Harvey
1962
2012
Herk Harvey
Categories
Horror
CARRIAGE TRADE
Release Year:
1971
Preserved Year:
1998
Filmmaker(s)
Warren Sonbert
1971
1998
Warren Sonbert
Categories
Experimental
Partners
Estate Project for Artists with AIDS
CARTOON LE MOUSSE
Release Year:
1979
Preserved Year:
2009
Filmmaker(s)
Chick Strand
1979
2009
Chick Strand
Categories
Experimental
Partners
National Film Preservation Foundation (1997- ), Pacific Film Archive
CASALS CONDUCTS: 1964
Release Year:
1964
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
Lawrence Sturhahn
1964
2013
Lawrence Sturhahn
Categories
Documentary
Awards
Short Film (Live Action) Winner
CASTRO STREET
Release Year:
1966
Preserved Year:
2000
Filmmaker(s)
Bruce Baillie
1966
2000
Bruce Baillie
Partners
Pacific Film Archive
CATFILM FOR KATY AND CYNNIE
Release Year:
1973
Preserved Year:
2011
Filmmaker(s)
Standish D. Lawder
1973
2011
Standish D. Lawder
Categories
Experimental
CAT'S CRADLE
Release Year:
1959
Preserved Year:
2006
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage
1959
2006
Stan Brakhage
Categories
Experimental
CAVALCADE
Release Year:
1933
Preserved Year:
2002
Filmmaker(s)
Frank Lloyd
1933
2002
Frank Lloyd
Categories
Drama, Historical
Awards
Actress Leading Role Nominee, Art Direction Winner, Art Direction Winner, Directing Winner
Partners
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1994- )
CELERY STALKS AT MIDNIGHT
Release Year:
1952
Preserved Year:
1999
Filmmaker(s)
John Whitney
1952
1999
John Whitney
Categories
Experimental
C'ERA UNA VOLTA IL WEST
Release Year:
1968
Filmmaker(s)
Sergio Leone
1968
Sergio Leone
Categories
Western
Partners
Film Foundation
CHAGALL
Release Year:
1964
Preserved Year:
2008
Filmmaker(s)
Lauro Venturi
1964
2008
Lauro Venturi
Categories
Documentary
Awards
Documentary Short Winner
THE CHAIR
Release Year:
1962
Preserved Year:
2007
Filmmaker(s)
Richard Leacock, D.A. Pennebaker, Gregory Shuker
1962
2007
Richard Leacock, D.A. Pennebaker, Gregory Shuker
Categories
Documentary
Partners
Film Foundation
THE CHANCE MARKET
Release Year:
1916
Preserved Year:
2010
Filmmaker(s)
King Baggot
1916
2010
King Baggot
Categories
Drama, Romance
CHARULATA
Release Year:
1964
Preserved Year:
1996
Filmmaker(s)
Satyajit Ray
1964
1996
Satyajit Ray
Categories
Drama
Partners
Film Foundation, Merchant and Ivory Foundation
CHASSE DES TOUCHES
Release Year:
1959
Preserved Year:
2000
Filmmaker(s)
Hy Hirsh
1959
2000
Hy Hirsh
Categories
Experimental
Collection
Preserved Film - Iota Center Collecton
Partners
iotaCenter (1994- ), National Film Preservation Foundation (1997- )
CHERRY YOGURT
Release Year:
1963
Preserved Year:
2012
Filmmaker(s)
Bruce Baillie
1963
2012
Bruce Baillie
CHICAGO LOOP
Release Year:
1976
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
James Benning
1976
2013
James Benning
Categories
Experimental
Partners
Austrian Film Museum
CHICKEN REAL
Release Year:
1970
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
Les Blank
1970
2013
Les Blank
CHILDREN WITHOUT
Release Year:
1964
Preserved Year:
2016
Filmmaker(s)
Charles Guggenheim
1964
2016
Charles Guggenheim
Categories
Documentary
Awards
Documentary Short Nominee
CHINA INVADED
Release Year:
1938
Preserved Year:
2007
Filmmaker(s)
George A. Fitch
1938
2007
George A. Fitch
Categories
Documentary
Partners
Visual Communications (1970- )
CHINESE SERIES
Release Year:
2003
Preserved Year:
2009
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage
2003
2009
Stan Brakhage
Categories
Experimental
CHOPPERS
Release Year:
1976
Preserved Year:
2011
Filmmaker(s)
Chris Langdon
1976
2011
Chris Langdon
Categories
Experimental
A CHRISTMAS GIFT
Release Year:
1980
Preserved Year:
2012
Filmmaker(s)
Will Vinton
1980
2012
Will Vinton
CHRISTOPHER TREE
Release Year:
1968
Preserved Year:
2013
Filmmaker(s)
Les Blank
1968
2013
Les Blank
Categories
Documentary
CHROMESTHETIC RESPONSE
Release Year:
1988
Preserved Year:
2016
Filmmaker(s)
Scott Stark
1988
2016
Scott Stark
Categories
Experimental
CHRONICLES OF A LYING SPIRIT BY KELLY GABRON
Release Year:
1992
Preserved Year:
2016
Filmmaker(s)
Cauleen Smith
1992
2016
Cauleen Smith
Categories
Experimental
CINDERELLA
Release Year:
1986
Preserved Year:
2017
Filmmaker(s)
Ericka Beckman
1986
2017
Ericka Beckman
Categories
Experimental
THE CINEMATOGRAPHER
Release Year:
1951
Preserved Year:
2012
1951
2012
Categories
Documentary
CIRCLES [ABSTRACT VERSION]
Release Year:
1933
Preserved Year:
2000
Filmmaker(s)
Oskar Fischinger
1933
2000
Oskar Fischinger
CIRCLES [TOLIRAG VERSION]
Release Year:
1934
Preserved Year:
2000
Filmmaker(s)
Oskar Fischinger
1934
2000
Oskar Fischinger
THE CIRCUS
Release Year:
1928
Preserved Year:
2002
Filmmaker(s)
Charles Chaplin
1928
2002
Charles Chaplin
Categories
Comedy
Awards
Special Award
Partners
Association Chaplin, L'Imaginne Ritrovatto
CITY FINAL [ -- EXCERPTS. HOLLYWOOD BLACKLIST IN 1957]
Release Year:
1957
Preserved Year:
2002
1957
2002
Categories
News
CITY HARVEST
Release Year:
1943
Preserved Year:
2013
1943
2013
Categories
Documentary
Collection
Preserved Film - Academy War Film Collection
CITY OF WAX
Release Year:
1934
Preserved Year:
2007
1934
2007
Categories
Documentary
Awards
Short Film (Live Action) Winner
Partners
UCLA Film and Television Archive
CITY STREAMING
Release Year:
1990
Preserved Year:
2015
Filmmaker(s)
Stan Brakhage
1990
2015
Stan Brakhage
CITY THRONGS CHEER FALL OF GERMANY
Release Year:
1945
Preserved Year:
2012
1945
2012
Categories
Documentary
Collection
Preserved Film - Academy War Film Collection