Join us at the Eagle Theater in LA on Saturday, July 18th at 4PM for 8 shorts @vidiots.bsky.social vidiotsfoundation.org/movies/celeb...

America is turning 250! Come on out for the NFPF’s Semiquincentennial Celebration of Celluloid! To herald the anniversary, we'll present a group of preserved cinematic gems demonstrating the American spirit and the drive of democracy. Saturday, July 18th, 4PM at @vidiots.bsky.social in Los Angeles

Catch Tom Mix in TRAILIN' (1921) at the UCLA Festival of Preservation on May 31st. Preserved with a grant from the NFPF, TRAILIN' is a rip-roaring tale of the wild west. Congratulations to UCLA Film & Television Archive on another amazing festival! www.filmpreservation.org/blog/2026/5/...

The Library of Congress has announced 25 new films added to the National Film Registry. Two silents from the teens have been preserved with NFPF funding and are now available to stream on the NFPF's website: THE OATH OF THE SWORD (1914) & THE MAID OF MCMILLAN (1916). Follow the thread for the links.

The Library of Congress has announced 25 new films added to the National Film Registry. Two silents from the teens have been preserved with NFPF funding and are now available to stream on the NFPF's website: THE OATH OF THE SWORD (1914) & THE MAID OF MCMILLAN (1916). Follow the thread for the links.

Happy Holidays! The NFPF is excited to share a Christmas delight preserved by Northeast Historic Film. IT WAS JUST LIKE CHRISTMAS (1948), follows little Sally Sturdy's search for Santa as her family travels from LA to the Canadian Rockies. Please enjoy! www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-fi...

The National Film Preservation Foundation relies on public support to continue its mission. Please consider donating today to help preserve America's moving image heritage and make more films accessible as we head into 2026. Learn how to help here: filmpreservation.org/blog/2025/12...

A Virgin's Sacrifice (1922) is now streaming on the NFPF site with new music by Michael Mortilla. Starring Corinne Griffith, this snowbound tale was preserved photochemically by @eastmanmuseum.bsky.social and is available for home viewing for the first time. www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-fi...

The NFPF and @Film_Foundation are thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2025 Avant-Garde Masters Grants. Eight films by Heather McAdams, Michael Mideke's PHI TEXTURE plus 7 more, and Kathleen Laughlin's SUSAN THROUGH CORN. Follow the link for more. www.filmpreservation.org/blog/article...

The NFPF and @Film_Foundation are thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2025 Avant-Garde Masters Grants. Eight films by Heather McAdams, Michael Mideke's PHI TEXTURE plus 7 more, and Kathleen Laughlin's SUSAN THROUGH CORN. Follow the link for more. www.filmpreservation.org/blog/article...

It's Silent Movie Day! To celebrate, the NFPF has added 5 new films to its screening room including POISONED PARADISE: THE FORBIDDEN STORY OF MONTE CARLO (1924) starring Clara Bow, preserved by UCLA Film & Television Archive. Read more and get access here: www.filmpreservation.org/blog/article...

Today the NFPF announced the 81 films and collections to be preserved in 2025, including an amateur version of Snow White (1945) by Knoxville, TN filmmaker Mildred Keister Dennis. Read more here: www.filmpreservation.org/blog/2025/8/5/81-films-to-be-preserved-by-2025-nfpf-preservation-grants

The NFPF is thrilled to be streaming William S. Hart in THE BARGAIN (1914) with a new score by @silentfilmmusic.bsky.social. Thanks to the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center at the Library of Congress for restoring this seminal Western. www.filmpreservation.org/blog/2025/6/...

Thanks to a National Film Preservation Foundation Basic Grant, we are thrilled to have been able to preserve 5 more films from our archives. Subjects include a 1936 Department of Tropical Research expedition to what was then British Guiana... @thewcs.bsky.social library.wcs.org/Archives/Dig... 1/3

Twelve films preserved by the NFPF will be presented at MoMA's amazing To Save and Project festival including Maurice Tourneur's THE WHITE HEATHER (1919). www.filmpreservation.org/blog/2025/1/...