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Scanned and uploaded to the @internetarchive: This 1953 #filmstrip details France's early attempts at conquest of the Americas.
VIEW AT YOUR OWN PACE: https://archive.org/details/uncommon-ephemera-filmstrip-f5696-400064-france-in-the-new-world-young-america-films-inc-1953
Scanned and uploaded to the @internetarchive: This 1971 #filmstrip, part of a series on people who help the community, focuses on firefighters. It's complete with its soundtrack.
VIEW AT YOUR OWN PACE: https://archive.org/details/uncommon-ephemera-filmstrip-f5501-f210-7-fire-department-workers-family-filmstrips
Scanned and uploaded to the @internetarchive: This charming 1963 #filmstrip for primary students teaches the different ways in which different animals have babies.
VIEW AT YOUR OWN PACE: https://archive.org/details/uncommon-ephemera-filmstrip-f5434-a-424-2-finding-out-how-animal-babies-grow-society-for-visual-educ
"Why don't you just apply for a grant?"
NEH Collections Stewardship. $50K-$500K. Funds conservation and digitization of humanities collections. From their 2026 guidelines, page 8: "Individuals...are ineligible." I digitize humanities collections. That's the program. I'm the individual. #preservation #NEH #archives #digipres
Scanned and uploaded to the @internetarchive: Part of a series on the seasons for young children, this charming 1961 #filmstrip has beautiful mid-century illustrations.
VIEW AT YOUR OWN PACE: https://archive.org/details/uncommon-ephemera-filmstrip-f1866-f-445-1-a-walk-in-the-rain-family-filmstrips-1961
LIVE NOW: Searching for endangered and #lostmedia on #VHS we can upload to the @internetarchive. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live now on Twitch.
LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Commercials? Home movies? Weird stuff? Endangered or #lostmedia we can upload to the @internetarchive? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch. Which tape should we start with?
LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Commercials? Home movies? Weird stuff? Endangered or #lostmedia we can upload to the @internetarchive? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch. Which tape should we start with?
NEWLY RESTORED AT the @internetarchive: This weird 1973 #filmstrip features Bunny MacDougal from Sex and the City as the voice of a sentient lightning bug who teaches a kid about the library.
Scanned and uploaded to the @internetarchive: This 1983 #filmstrip is an overview of the history of Easter. It's complete with its soundtrack.
VIEW AT YOUR OWN PACE: https://archive.org/details/uncommon-ephemera-filmstrip-f5507-14570-easter-encyclopaedia-britannica-educational-corporation-1983