Hundreds of people from all over the world gathered together on January 25 to honor the thousands of movies, plays, books, poems and songs that recently entered the U.S. public
https://blog.archive.org/2024/01/26/public-domain-day-celebrates-creative-works-from-1928/
The Cameraman – 1928 – Buster Keaton We are looking for filmmakers and artists of all levels to create and upload short films of 2–3 minutes to the Internet Archive
The Physical Archive in Richmond, California, was buzzing with activity the evening of October 11 as people gathered for a peek at how donations of books, film, and media of
Whether you are a teacher, filmmaker, journalist, scientist or historian, having access to recordings about the tobacco, drug and other industries can be invaluable. For more than fifteen years, ...
People from around the world — many wearing their best roaring ‘20s attire — came to the Internet Archive’s online party on January 19 to toast creative works recently added
This year we are welcoming works from 1927 into the public domain in the United States, including books, periodicals, sheet music, and movies. Big events of 1927 include the first
https://blog.archive.org/2023/01/01/welcoming-1927-to-the-public-domain/
To celebrate National Library Week 2022, we are taking readers behind the scenes to Meet the Librarians who work at the Internet Archive and in associated programs. Alexis Rossi has always love...
https://blog.archive.org/2022/04/13/meet-the-librarians-alexis-rossi-media-access/
Filmmakers responded with enthusiasm and creativity to a call from the Internet Archive to make short films using newly available content from 1925 in celebration of Public Domain Day. They
https://blog.archive.org/2021/01/12/public-domain-day-short-film-contest-highlights-works-of-1925/
On January 1st, 2021, many books, movies and other media from 1925 will enter the public domain in the United States. Some of them are quite famous — jump ahead
https://blog.archive.org/2020/12/15/1925-public-domain-riches/
The Emancipation Proclamation went into effect on January 1st, 1863, legally freeing 3.5 million enslaved people in the Confederate states. But of course, this executive order from President Abra...