Did you miss Lost Landscapes of San Francisco 20 this winter? One more chance! This Friday evening at the Roxie in SF. Join me to talk back to the screen. sfdocfest2026.eventive.org/schedule/69a...

For 25 years we've given away archival film footage at archive.org/details/prel.... Our images are in uncountable films and videos and play worldwide. And AI video models crawl them. If we kept some of our footage offline, would it be fresher, less likely to be cloned? Just asking.

Join me in 25 minutes for the livestream of Lost Landscapes of San Francisco 20! Chat will be open and spirited, www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4Or...

Rick Prelinger | Lost Landscapes 02025: YEAR 20!

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I am delighted to announce that tickets are now available for Lost Landscapes of San Francisco, Year 20! Hope to see you there. Information and ticket link here: www.cityboxoffice.com/eventperform...

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Check This Out: Get tickets and show information for Lost Landscapes 02025: YEAR 20! - City Box Office

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Beautiful profile on Prelinger Library and its founders by @eddiekimx.bsky.social in GazetteerSF: sf.gazetteer.co/face-time-ri...

Face Time: Rick and Megan Prelinger

The archivists and researchers look backward — and forward — in a city where exchange and flow are bedrock

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placing.technology/hunting-for-... love to do a dissertation blog post of mostly tangents, aka I went to the Prelinger Library yesterday

"The baby cried..." is part of every CA student's lore. @jackbjoyce.bsky.social tracked it down for a ROLSI.net blog. Now Jack has heard from Rick Prelinger @footage.bsky.social, one of the children whose stories were recorded. We're delighted that he is happy to share his memories of it. #EMCA

Lovely video by @empowa about Prelinger Library! www.tiktok.com/@empowa/vide...

for people who love oddities 💞 #prelingerarchives #popos #internetarchive #sanfrancisco #sanfran #hiddengems #iykyk #sf #bayarea #library #librariesoftiktok #sfmoma #prelingerlibrary #archives #thing...

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That's fun, David Lynch owned a copy of Another Science Fiction by Megan Prelinger

Maybe the last chance to see "Staff Picks from Prelinger Archives," a wonderful show of film, images, ideas and provocations from our archives staff. Sunday, June 1 at the Vogue in SF — tickets here: sfdocfest2025.eventive.org/films/67ffc8...

Loving the new episode! Reminds me of the @footage.bsky.social film "No More Road Trips?", which invites you to "Please make the soundtrack." - you just did! archive.org/details/NMRT...

No More Road Trips? : Rick Prelinger : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

NO MORE ROAD TRIPS? (Rick Prelinger, 2013, 79 min.), a dream ride through 20th-century America made entirely from home movies, asks whether we've come to the...

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The online #prelinger collection just reached 10,000 items. Over 1200 high-quality scans reflect our film scanning collaboration with #ffdweb.org, and many more are coming soon. Please watch, teach and make new work with these films. archive.org/details/prel...

“No film left unscanned.” 🎞️ Film historian Rick Prelinger (@footage.bsky.social) explains why motion picture film is vanishing, and why digitization is crucial to saving our cinematic history. Full video ➡️ youtu.be/AdtZtvlFi9o #DigitalPreservation #FilmHistory #MemoryHole #Film

There’s still time to get tickets to tonight’s #booktalk with PETER B. KAUFMAN & RICK PRELINGER on THE MOVING IMAGE! 📅 TONIGHT 🕡 6:30 PM 📍 300 Funston Ave, SF 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1256028939... #InternetArchive @authorsalliance.bsky.social #SFEvents #OnlineMedia @footage.bsky.social

Home movies capture the moments that define our lives—family celebrations, everyday joys. Yet, these films are vanishing due to time, neglect & decay. Archivist Rick Prelinger @footage.bsky.social explores why no film should be left unscanned. blog.archive.org/2025/03/05/v... 🕳️ #VanishingCulture

📽️ Join Prelinger Archives staff for a screening of rarities & treasures that inspire, delight & bewilder. Film digitization & preservation funded by @ffdweb.org. 📅 Mar 25 🕖️ Doors @ 7, show @ 7:30 📍 300 Funston Ave, SF 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1261633011... @footage.bsky.social

STAFF PICKS FROM THE PRELINGER ARCHIVES 📽️ Join us for a curated screening of rare archival footage, presented by the people behind the collection! 📅 Mar. 25 🕖️ Doors open @ 7, show @ 7:30 📍 300 Funston Ave, SF 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1261633011... @footage.bsky.social #funcheapsf #film

Saturday in San Francisco at The Lab. The Lab present The Other Spectrum, including of a lecture by Rick Prelinger on “useful radio,” and a live transmission art performance by Anna Friz & Jeff Kolar. Tickets: link.dice.fm/f66a90feb387...

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Felt like a 5.5 or 6 in San Francisco's Richmond district. Lateral (north-south) short sharp shock.

Lights, camera, decentralization! 🎥✨ All of @footage.bsky.social 's 31 feature-length and short films will be preserved on the Filecoin network. Some titles include ↓

well, according to @technologyreview.com, Prelinger Archives is a source of video for training large image models. Not a surprise!

Lost Landscapes of San Francisco 2024 has its live YouTube premiere this coming Tuesday! Register for free (or support Prelinger Library with a contribution) and engage in spirited real-time repartee with other viewers. Hope to see you online! www.eventbrite.com/e/lost-lands...

Lost Landscapes of San Francisco 2024 has its live YouTube premiere this coming Tuesday! Register for free (or support Prelinger Library with a contribution) and engage in spirited real-time repartee with other viewers. Hope to see you online! www.eventbrite.com/e/lost-lands...

Fantastic profile of The Prelinger Archive. Love attending their holiday event every year. @footage.bsky.social @meganw6xav.bsky.social Never-before-seen footage of San Francisco is unearthed every day in a former furniture warehouse www.sfgate.com/local/articl... via @sfgatedotcom.bsky.social

Never-before-seen footage of SF is being unearthed in an old furniture warehouse

The Prelinger Archives in Richmond houses one of the largest home movie scanning projects in North America, bringing new snapshots of San Francisco to life.

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Want a preview of next week's Lost Landscapes shows? Read this piece from Rick Prelinger on how the films help with "combatting historical amnesia" and creating a "collective, dialogical experience"

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I wrote a piece about my recent Lost Landscapes event in San Francisco's Duboce Park. Thanks to my wonderful editor Claudia La Rocco. www.smallpresstraffic.org/the-back-roo...

Join us next week at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco for the 19th edition of @footage.bsky.social's Lost Landscapes of San Francisco. Lost Landscapes explores everyday life in the Bay Area through archival footage. Get tickets for the 12/9/24 and 12/10/24 screenings: longnow.org/ideas/lost-l...

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Lost Landscapes 02024 Streets, People and Play: The Drama of Daily Life

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I wrote a piece about my recent Lost Landscapes event in San Francisco's Duboce Park. Thanks to my wonderful editor Claudia La Rocco. www.smallpresstraffic.org/the-back-roo...

💥New #CfP! We're excited to announce a themed issue on <AI & Archives> in the Cambridge Forum on AI: Culture and Society—a new #OpenAccess initiative from CambridgeUP, guest eds. Katie MacKinnon, Louis Ravn, Eun Seo Jo, Caroline Bassett and @nannathylstrup.bsky.social ! ℹ️ shorturl.at/hAI1l

Ok, back here where the good folx are. Will take some time to learn the ropes and the network...

I'm doing a screening at the Savoy Tivoli in North Beach on Wed 7/19 -- an archival film tribute to North Beach, its people, history, culture and cityscape. Please join me! Free. thoseguyssf.com

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