The United States' national library, established in 1800, preserves its film and video holdings at the Packard Campus in Culpeper, Virginia. Early and public-domain films from the collection stream free in HD on loc.gov through the National Screening Room and on the Library's YouTube channel, which is how most of its titles reach viewers. The Library also runs the National Film Registry.
Library of Congress
31 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 23 in HD1 in SD7 with no official release
Films where Library of Congress' release is the pick. How picks are made
Films where Library of Congress' release is the pick. How picks are made
23 in HD
Best video release on Blu-ray or HD streaming · by Letterboxd rating
Director: D.W. Griffith
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Youtube Library of Congress official HD Streaming
Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
Youtube Library of Congress official HD Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EEcvfWYVYg
Youtube Library of Congress official HD Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EEcvfWYVYg
Other wise available in Kino Lorber or Flicker Alley DVD
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Library of Congress official HD Streaming https://www.loc.gov/item/00694367/
Sources: loc.gov (opens in a new tab)
Director: Billy Bitzer
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Library of Congress official HD Streaming https://www.loc.gov/item/00694394/
Sources: loc.gov (opens in a new tab)
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Library of Congress official HD Streaming https://www.loc.gov/item/00694192/
Sources: loc.gov (opens in a new tab)
Best English-Friendly & Video:
3min excerpt available on HD Streaming by Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/item/2023602024/
Sources: loc.gov (opens in a new tab)
Video Notes:
No full copy available
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Library of Congress HD Streaming https://www.loc.gov/item/2023600536/
Sources: loc.gov (opens in a new tab)
Directors: William K.L. Dickson & William Heise
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Library of Congress HD Streaming https://www.loc.gov/item/00694133/
Sources: loc.gov (opens in a new tab)
Director: Edward Bland
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Official Library of Congress HD Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE00fzXpI04
Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)
Director: Miriam Bennett
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Official Library of Congress HD Streaming https://www.loc.gov/item/2023600634/
Sources: loc.gov (opens in a new tab)
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Library of Congress official HD Streaming https://www.loc.gov/item/2023600636/
Sources: loc.gov (opens in a new tab)
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Library of Congress official HD Streaming https://www.loc.gov/item/2024600519/
Sources: loc.gov (opens in a new tab)
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Library of Congress official HD Streaming https://www.loc.gov/item/00694425/
Sources: loc.gov (opens in a new tab)
1 in SD
Best video release on DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS · by Letterboxd rating
Director: Benjamín Doniger
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Library of Congress official SD Streaming https://www.loc.gov/item/2023600548/
Sources: loc.gov (opens in a new tab)
7 with no official release
Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost · by Letterboxd rating
Director: William A. Seiter
Best Video:
Unofficial sources ripped from TCM
Library of Congress has completed a digital restoration around 2018 but no release yet
Director: Frank Borzage
Sources: moma.org (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Only has really bad public domain copies
New restoration done by Library of Congress with DCP has no release yet
Director: John G. Blystone
Sources: en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Preserved in Library of Congress see Wikipedia
Director: Edwin Carewe
Sources: blogs.loc.gov (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
Library of Congress has a 35mm copy see their blog
Sources: en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
From Wikipedia:
The film survives complete. A mute print was transferred onto 16mm film by Associated Artists Productions in the 1950s. The Vitaphone soundtrack was lost until 2004 and restored to the film by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A 16mm copy is housed at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research. Also listed as being incomplete at the Library of Congress.
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Sources: en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
From Wiki:
The sound discs survive, but the visuals are lost. The George Eastman Museum 2015 book The Dawn of Technicolor, 1915-1935 mistakenly reported that the Library of Congress possesses a black and white print, but that is not true. No color print is known to exist as of 2024.
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