Congress chartered this San Francisco nonprofit in the National Film Preservation Act of 1996, and it began operating in 1997. It gives grants to US archives, museums and libraries to preserve orphan films, and many of the results stream free on its website, some in HD. Its Treasures from American Film Archives DVD sets gathered rare silent, documentary and nontheatrical films.
NFPF
18 films on Best Blurays
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How we pick the best NFPF releases
7 in HD
Best video release on Blu-ray or HD streaming · by Letterboxd rating
Best Video & English-Friendly:
Official NFPF HD Streaming https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/the-middleton-family-at-the-new-york-world-s-fair-1939
Video Notes:
The Library of Congress HD Streaming has very heavy DNR compared to NFPF and very muted colors https://www.loc.gov/item/2023600635/
Director: Roy William Neill
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NFPF HD Streaming https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/my-lady-s-lips
Director: Frank Shaw
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Official HD Streaming by NFPF https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/the-oath-of-the-sword-1914
Director: Herman C. Raymaker
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Official HD Streaming from NFPF
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Official HD Streaming from NFPF https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/the-camera-cure-1917
Best Video & English-Friendly:
Official HD Streaming from NFPF
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Official HD Streaming from NFPF https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/a-virgin-s-sacrifice-1922
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Official HD Streaming from NFPF
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Official HD Streaming from NFPF https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/the-fighting-blade-1923
Director: Louis J. Gasnier
Best Video & English-Friendly:
HD Streaming by NFPF
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HD Streaming by NFPF https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/poisoned-paradise-the-forbidden-story-of-monte-carlo-1924
HD Streaming by NFPF official restoration https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/poisoned-paradise-the-forbidden-story-of-monte-carlo-1924
11 in SD
Best video release on DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS · by Letterboxd rating
Director: Saul Bass
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NFPF official SD Streaming https://www.filmpreservation.org/sponsored-films/screening-room/why-man-creates-1968
Director: Scott Bartlett
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NFPF official SD Streaming https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/offon-1968-2000kbps
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NFPF official SD Streaming https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/t1-the-land-beyond-the-sunset-1912
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NFPF official SD Streaming https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/t1-demolishing-and-building-up-the-star-theatre-1901
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NFPF official SD Streaming https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/t1-princess-nicotine-or-the-smoke-fairy-1909
Director: Louis J. Gasnier
Best Video & English-Friendly:
Official SD Streaming on NFPF https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/maytime-1923
Video Notes:
Four out of the original seven reels had survived
Director: Lee Dick
Best Video & English-Friendly:
Official NFPF SD Streaming https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/men-and-dust-1940
Director: Lewis H. Moomaw
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NFPF official SD Streaming https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/t1-the-chechahcos-1924
Best Video:
8min excerpt seems to be the only video version in circulation: NFPF Official SD Streaming https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/marian-anderson-the-lincoln-memorial-concert-excerpt-1939
Best Audio:
US National Archives has the full 29:35 audio recording https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1729137
Best Video & English-Friendly:
NFPF Official SD Streaming https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/t1-cologne-from-the-diary-of-ray-and-esther-1939
Best Video & English-Friendly:
SD Streaming from NFPF https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/master-hands-1936
Video Notes:
SD Streaming from NFPF https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/master-hands-1936 is significantly better than the supposedly 4K scan in Internet Archive
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