Congrats to "THE WRITER" by Matthew Cutchen, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬
A lively soundtrack carries this playful meditation on our moment. "We are living in a time scramble."
Watch the full short film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/the-writer-v-3-prores
Welcome to the public domain, BARNACLE BILL (1930)! ⚓️
🚢💥 Ahoy, cartoon fans! Bimbo the dog plays the boisterous Barnacle Bill on a rollicking adventure ashore. And keep your eyes peeled 👀 for the second cinematic appearance of Betty Boop (playing the part of "Nancy Lee"). 🎩🐶🎶
Full short ➡️ https://archive.org/details/barnacle-bill_1930
Congrats to "THE KING IN YELLOW" by Caleb Hernandez, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬
An eerie remix that is genuinely unsettling and even frightening when watched alone at home.
Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/king-in-yellow
Welcome to the public domain, CIMARRON (1930) by Edna Ferber 📖
This sweeping saga of the Oklahoma land rush follows Yancey & Sabra Cravat as they build a life on the American frontier 🌾🏜️
The book inspired the Oscar-winning film starring Richard Dix & Irene Dunne.
Read it here ➡️ https://archive.org/details/cimarron0000edna_o9w0
🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, FIDDLING AROUND (1930)! 🐭🎶🎻
🎬 If the star looks a little odd, it's because this is the first Mickey cartoon not animated by Ub Iwerks (who left to create Flip the Frog). It's also the first Mickey short released by Columbia Pictures, making it a unique piece of animation history.
Full short ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/fiddling-around-aka-just-mickey_1930
Congrats to "ELPIS" by Heather Tahl, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest. 🎬
After all the art on Earth was harvested, it was discarded. Only a few businessmen reaped the new profits, while the artists searched for a means to create & survive. Elpis employs public domain works to show the value of human artists.
Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/elpis_202601
Welcome to the public domain, GRAND HOTEL (1930) by Vicki Baum 🏨
A glamorous Berlin hotel becomes the crossroads for intertwined lives in this bestselling novel of drama, romance, and ambition 📖
In 1932, it received a big-screen treatment starring Greta Garbo.
Read it here ➡️ https://archive.org/details/bwb_W9-DGV-438
Congrats to "TOM FROM COLORADO" by Nicola Eddy, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬
A poetic montage of indeterminacy and fleeting meaning using contemporary confessional text to evoke evanescent memory.
Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/tom-from-colorado
Congrats to "ELPIS" by Heather Tahl, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest. 🎬
After all the art on Earth was harvested, it was discarded. Only a few businessmen reaped the new profits, while the artists searched for a means to create & survive. Elpis employs public domain works to show the value of human artists.
Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/elpis_202601
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