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Happening Now
81st anniversary of V-E Day
Victory in Europe was declared on May 8, 1945. Explore WWII through newsreels, propaganda films, home front documents, and WPA photography.
Preservation Month
National Preservation Month celebrates the protection of historic places and artifacts. Explore architectural photos, antique maps, and ephemera in the Archive.
1940s noir films
Watch classic film noir from the 1940s — shadowy crime dramas, hard-boiled detectives, and femme fatales — all free to s...
film and videosilent horror movies
Explore the origins of horror cinema — silent-era films from the 1910s through 1920s featuring expressionist sets, gothi...
film and videoSoviet propaganda reels
Watch Soviet-era propaganda films, newsreels, and state-produced documentaries that shaped public perception during the ...
film and video1970s kung fu movies
Stream classic martial arts films from the 1970s golden age — Hong Kong action cinema, grindhouse imports, and dubbed ku...
film and videoearly stop motion animation
Watch pioneering stop motion animation from the early 20th century — frame-by-frame filmmaking that laid the groundwork ...
film and videoWorld War II newsreels
Watch original WWII newsreels — battlefield footage, home front reports, and wartime propaganda as audiences saw it in t...
film and videopublic domain jazz
Listen to free jazz recordings from the early 20th century — big band, bebop, and swing-era performances that have enter...
music and audioearly jungle mixtapes
Listen to early jungle and drum & bass mixtapes from the 1990s — the breakbeat-driven UK sound that rewired electronic d...
music and audio1920s blues recordings
Listen to the earliest blues recordings — raw, powerful performances from the 1920s that captured a genre before it was ...
music and audiofield recordings West Africa
Listen to ethnographic field recordings from West Africa — traditional music, ceremonial performances, and oral historie...
music and audioshortwave radio broadcasts
Listen to captured shortwave radio broadcasts — international transmissions, numbers stations, and Cold War-era propagan...
music and audiovintage synth demos 1980s
Listen to factory demo tapes and patch showcases for classic 1980s synthesizers — Roland, Yamaha, Moog, and more....
music and audioNASA engineering manuals
Browse declassified NASA engineering manuals — technical documents from Apollo, Gemini, and the Space Shuttle programs c...
books and textsVictorian penny dreadfuls
Read Victorian penny dreadfuls — the cheap, sensational serial publications that thrilled working-class readers with tal...
books and textszoning ordinance PDFs
Access digitized zoning ordinances — the municipal regulations that shaped American cities, neighborhoods, and land use ...
books and textsmedieval manuscript scans
Browse high-resolution scans of medieval manuscripts — illuminated texts, bestiaries, and handwritten codices from the 5...
books and textsearly computing textbooks
Read computing textbooks from the 1950s through 1980s — the manuals, primers, and theory books that taught the first gen...
books and texts1970s counterculture zines
Read underground zines from the 1970s — self-published pamphlets covering alternative politics, communal living, DIY cul...
books and textsMS-DOS shareware games
Play classic MS-DOS shareware games in your browser — the try-before-you-buy software that defined PC gaming in the late...
software and gamesCommodore 64 disk images
Explore the Commodore 64 software library — games, demos, and applications from the best-selling home computer of all ti...
software and gamesearly Macintosh software
Explore early Macintosh software — the applications, games, and tools from the first decade of Apple's revolutionary GUI...
software and gamesBBS door games
Play classic BBS door games — the multiplayer text-based games that thrived on dial-up bulletin board systems before the...
software and gamesAmiga demoscene productions
Watch and explore Amiga demoscene productions — the real-time audiovisual showcases that pushed the Commodore Amiga to i...
software and gamesApple II educational software
Play classic Apple II educational software — Oregon Trail, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, and the programs that...
software and gamesWorks Progress Administration photos
Browse WPA photographs — the government-funded documentation of Depression-era America that produced some of the most ic...
collections and miscvintage travel posters
Browse vintage travel posters — the bold, colorful advertisements that promoted destinations by rail, ship, and air from...
collections and miscpatent drawings 1800s
Browse 19th-century patent drawings — the technical illustrations submitted to the U.S. Patent Office documenting a cent...
collections and miscantique maps Pacific Islands
Browse antique maps of the Pacific Islands — centuries of cartographic attempts to chart the vast ocean and its scattere...
collections and miscWorld's Fair ephemera
Browse World's Fair memorabilia — programs, postcards, maps, and promotional materials from the international exhibition...
collections and miscprotest posters 1960s
Browse protest posters from the 1960s — the graphic art of civil rights, anti-war, and liberation movements that defined...
collections and misc