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A Trip to the Moon

1902 · Georges Méliès · 11 min in this presentation

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BFI Player 11-minute presentation

1902 · France · 11 minutes on this presentation.

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Viewing region: United Kingdom. BFI Player states that its films are not available to watch in the United States.
Music: BFI does not identify a score on this film page. No music or recording reuse rights are claimed.
Subtitles: No dialogue; BFI lists English subtitles.
Master: The BFI presentation is a specific hosted master. No transfer, restoration, or master reuse rights are claimed.

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Rights note. The underlying 1902 film was exhibited and distributed in the United States before 1931; the U.S. Copyright Office says works published in the United States before 1931 are now in the public domain.

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Battleship Potemkin

1925 · Sergei Eisenstein · 72 min in this presentation

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Mosfilm 1930 restoration presentation

1925 film · Mosfilm lists a 1930 restoration · 72 minutes · silent · 1:1.37.

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Music: Mosfilm credits Dmitri Shostakovich and Nikolai Kryukov. No reuse rights are claimed for the hosted music, recording, restoration, or master.
Subtitles: The Mosfilm film page does not document subtitle options; available controls may vary in the official player.
Master: The 1930 restoration and hosted Mosfilm master remain separate from the underlying U.S. public-domain film.

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Rights note. The underlying 1925 film is in the U.S. public domain; the U.S. Copyright Office records that works published in 1925 entered the public domain on January 1, 2021.

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The Hitch-Hiker

1953 · Ida Lupino · 71 min in this presentation

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Library of Congress National Screening Room digital viewing copy

1953 · United States · LOC resource 4,258 seconds (70:58), catalogued as 71 minutes · sound · black-and-white.

Destination: Library of Congress
Viewing region: United States rights finding; LOC online destination. LOC describes the National Screening Room as serving viewers worldwide, but availability can change and foreign-country rights may differ.
Music: The presentation credits music by Leith Stevens and musical direction by Constantin Bakaleinikoff. No separate music, synchronization, performance, or soundtrack-recording reuse rights are claimed.
Subtitles: The checked LOC resource metadata does not identify a caption or subtitle file. Monocurator does not claim subtitle availability or reuse rights.
Master: LOC does not identify a named restoration or the exact source element used for this digital file. The finding does not transfer to another restoration, remaster, colorization, or commercial master.

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Rights note. The Library of Congress states that all streaming films in its selected National Film Registry collection are public domain and identifies The Hitch-Hiker. This supports the underlying film in the United States.

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The Flying Ace

1926 · Richard E. Norman · 66 min in this presentation

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Library of Congress National Screening Room — 2016 Kino Lorber digital viewing copy

1926 film · 2016 Kino Lorber digital viewing copy · LOC resource 3,950 seconds (65:50), catalogued as 66 minutes · black-and-white.

Destination: Library of Congress
Viewing region: United States rights finding; LOC online destination. LOC describes the National Screening Room as serving viewers worldwide, but availability can change and foreign-country rights may differ.
Music: LOC identifies a score compiled from historic photoplay music by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra and names its performers. The score, performance, and recording remain separate from the underlying film and are not cleared for reuse.
Subtitles: The presentation uses English intertitles. The checked LOC resource metadata does not identify a separate caption or subtitle file.
Master: LOC does not identify the precise preservation or source element behind the hosted file. The 2016 Kino Lorber transfer and hosted master remain separate from the underlying U.S. public-domain film.

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Rights note. LOC records the underlying film as originally released in the United States in 1926. The U.S. Copyright Office says works published in the United States before January 1, 1931 are in the public domain.

This finding concerns the underlying film in the United States, not every restoration, score, subtitle file, recording, or master.

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The Italian

1915 · Reginald Barker · 79 min in this presentation

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Library of Congress National Screening Room digital viewing copy

1915 · United States · LOC resource 4,732 seconds (78:52), rounded here to 79 minutes · silent · black-and-white · appears complete in six reels.

Destination: Library of Congress
Viewing region: United States rights finding; LOC online destination. LOC describes the National Screening Room as serving viewers worldwide, but availability can change and foreign-country rights may differ.
Music: LOC describes the film as silent, but the checked resource metadata names no score or performers. Monocurator does not claim that playback is music-free or that any audible soundtrack is cleared for reuse.
Subtitles: English intertitles are part of the image. The checked LOC resource metadata does not identify a separate caption or subtitle file.
Master: LOC says sources disagree on the original length, but the film appears complete in six reels. It does not name a restoration or the exact source element used for the hosted digital file.

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Rights note. LOC records U.S. publication and copyright registration in 1915. The U.S. Copyright Office says works published in the United States before January 1, 1931 are in the public domain.

This finding concerns the underlying film in the United States, not every restoration, score, subtitle file, recording, or master.

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BFI Player 11-minute presentation

Mosfilm 1930 restoration presentation

Library of Congress National Screening Room digital viewing copy

Library of Congress National Screening Room — 2016 Kino Lorber digital viewing copy

Library of Congress National Screening Room digital viewing copy