74 films, 44 of them in colour — silent classics, the Hollywood directors’ war films, World’s Fair dreams and Moon landings. Every one is in the public domain and streams from the Internet Archive.

Feature-length classics 6

B&W62 min Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis1927 · Walther Ruttmann B&W105 min Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages1922 · Benjamin Christensen B&W70 min Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life1925 · Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack & Marguerite Harrison B&W78 min Turksib1929 · Viktor Turin COLOUR95 min Moonwalk Onec. 1970 · Theo Kamecke for NASA (National Archives) B&W81 min The True Glory1945 · Garson Kanin & Carol Reed

Why We Fight & the Hollywood directors’ war 16

B&W52 min Why We Fight: Prelude to War1942 · Frank Capra / US Army B&W41 min Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike1943 · Frank Capra / US Army B&W56 min Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer1943 · Frank Capra / US Army B&W52 min Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain1943 · Frank Capra / US Army B&W35 min Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (Part 1)1943 · Frank Capra / US Army B&W62 min Why We Fight: The Battle of China1944 · Frank Capra / US Army B&W65 min Why We Fight: War Comes to America1945 · Frank Capra / US Army B&W82 min December 7th (long version)1943 · John Ford & Gregg Toland / US Navy COLOUR46 min Report from the Aleutians1943 · John Huston / US Army B&W32 min The Battle of San Pietro1945 · John Huston / US Army B&W58 min Let There Be Light1946 · John Huston / US Army COLOUR45 min Thunderbolt!1947 · William Wyler & John Sturges COLOUR62 min The Fighting Lady1944 · Edward Steichen / US Navy COLOUR20 min With the Marines at Tarawa1944 · US Marine Corps COLOUR20 min To the Shores of Iwo Jima1945 · US Navy, Marine Corps & Coast Guard B&W43 min The Negro Soldier1944 · Stuart Heisler & Frank Capra / US Army

Tomorrowland 6

COLOUR26 min 1999 A.D.1967 · Philco-Ford COLOUR9 min Design for Dreaming1956 · General Motors / MPO Productions COLOUR23 min To New Horizons1940 · General Motors / Jam Handy COLOUR14 min Century 21 Calling1962 · AT&T / Jerry Fairbanks Productions COLOUR28 min American Look1958 · Chevrolet / Jam Handy COLOUR13 min Destination Earth1956 · John Sutherland Productions

The Space Age 16

COLOUR22 min Apollo 8: Go for TLI1969 · NASA COLOUR28 min The Eagle Has Landed: The Flight of Apollo 111969 · NASA (National Archives) COLOUR28 min Apollo 13: Houston, We’ve Got a Problemc. 1970 · NASA COLOUR28 min Apollo 17: On the Shoulders of Giants1973 · NASA B&W28 min Universe1960 · National Film Board of Canada COLOUR26 min Seeds of Discovery1970 · NASA (Wikimedia Commons) COLOUR25 min Assignment: Shoot the Moon1967 · NASA (National Archives) COLOUR29 min Apollo 15: In the Mountains of the Moon1971 · NASA COLOUR30 min Apollo 16: Nothing So Hidden1972 · NASA COLOUR28 min Skylab: Space Station I1973 · NASA COLOUR23 min Skylab: The First 40 Days1973 · NASA COLOUR28 min Time of Apollo1975 · NASA COLOUR28 min Jupiter Odysseyc. 1974 · NASA COLOUR29 min Journey Through the Solar System: Jupiter — A Clearer Picture1983 · NASA COLOUR29 min Voyager 2: Saturn Encounterc. 1983 · NASA COLOUR31 min Space Shuttle: A Remarkable Flying Machine1981 · NASA (National Archives)

War & the Bomb 6

COLOUR18 min The Battle of Midway1942 · John Ford / US Navy COLOUR41 min The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress1944 · William Wyler / US Army Air Forces COLOUR27 min Operation Crossroads1948 · Joint Army-Navy Task Force One B&W9 min Duck and Cover1951 · Federal Civil Defense Administration COLOUR14 min A Is for Atom1953 · General Electric / John Sutherland Productions COLOUR10 min Brotherhood of Man1947 · United Productions of America

Machines & Industry 4

COLOUR23 min Rhapsody of Steel1959 · U.S. Steel / John Sutherland Productions COLOUR27 min Land of White Alice1960 · Western Electric / Knickerbocker Productions B&W8 min Television: An RCA Presentation1939 · RCA B&W11 min About Bananas1935 · United Fruit Company / Castle Films

Earth, Wildlife & Archaeology 4

COLOUR23 min This Place in Time: The Mount St. Helens Story1984 · US Forest Service (National Archives) COLOUR28 min After the Whale1970 · US Fish and Wildlife Service (National Archives) COLOUR28 min Four Seasons of Yellowstone1970 · US Information Agency (National Archives) COLOUR33 min 4-Butte-1: A Lesson in Archaeology1967 · US Forest Service (National Archives)

National Film Board of Canada classics 9

B&W10 min 21-871963 · Arthur Lipsett (NFB) B&W27 min Lonely Boy1962 · Wolf Koenig & Roman Kroitor (NFB) B&W28 min Satan’s Choice1966 · Donald Shebib (NFB) COLOUR8 min Impressions of Expo 671967 · William Brind (NFB) COLOUR17 min The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes1968 · Bill Mason (NFB) COLOUR88 min Cry of the Wild1972 · Bill Mason (NFB) COLOUR87 min Waterwalker1984 · Bill Mason (NFB) COLOUR99 min Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry1976 · Donald Brittain & John Kramer (NFB) COLOUR58 min Waiting for Fidel1974 · Michael Rubbo (NFB)

Early Cinema 7

B&W13 min A Trip Down Market Street1906 · Miles Brothers B&W66 min Man with a Movie Camera1929 · Dziga Vertov B&W78 min Nanook of the North1922 · Robert J. Flaherty B&W23 min Night Mail1936 · GPO Film Unit B&W25 min The Plow That Broke the Plains1936 · Pare Lorentz / US Resettlement Administration B&W5 min Hindenburg Explodes1937 · Newsreel footage (Castle / Pathé) B&W22 min City of Gold1957 · National Film Board of Canada