National Film Registry
The National Film Registry is a list of films deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" that are earmarked for preservation by the Library of Congress. These films are not selected as the "best" American films of all time, but rather as works of enduring importance to American culture. They reflect who we are as a people and as a nation. The Librarian of Congress makes the annual selections to the Registry after reviewing hundreds of titles nominated by the public and conferring with Library film curators and the distinguished members of the National Film Preservation Board.
For more information on these titles, please visit Selections from the National Film Registry.
Collection Items
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All My Babies
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The Bargain
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Bronx Morning
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Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight
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A Corner in Wheat
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The Cry of Jazz
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Dickson experimental sound film
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Duck and Cover
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Eaux D'Artifice
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Edison kinetoscopic record of a sneeze, January 7, 1894
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The great train robbery
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The Forgotten Frontier
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H2O
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The Hitch-Hiker
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The House I Live In
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The House in the Middle
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In the Street
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Interior New York Subway
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The Italian
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Jam Session
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The Making of an American
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Master Hands
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May Irwin kiss
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Memphis Belle
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Men and Dust
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The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair
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Modesta
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Newark athlete
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Our Day
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Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor
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Preservation of the Sign Language
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President McKinley and Escort Going To the Capitol
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President McKinley Taking the Oath
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The River
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San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
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The Sinking of the Lusitania
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Star Theatre
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St Louis Blues
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A Study in Reds
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Trance and Dance in Bali
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A trip down Market Street before the fire
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Under Western Stars
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Verbena Tragica
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Westinghouse Works Collection
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Within Our Gates