Uploaded to the Internet Archive: This 1950 hand-illustrated #filmstrip taught young students about Columbus's voyage to the new world. Part of the #SethKoehlerCollection.
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Uncommon Ephemera
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As far as I can tell, I'm the only person on earth preserving filmstrips. Eastmancolor film is my arch-enemy. #ActuallyAutistic
I unapologetically have the sense of humor of an eight-year-old. It comes in handy sometimes, like last night on "Is This Anything? when this guy on a government safety #VHS tape pauses awkwardly. Watch the whole show on Patreon now:
Uploaded to the Internet Archive: This 1960 Eye Gate #filmstrip is a biography of Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley, the 23rd and 25th Presidents of the United States.
LIVE NOW: Looking for endangered and #lostmedia on #VHS tapes to safeguard at the Internet Archive. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live on Twitch now.
LIVE AT 7PM: What's on these #VHS tapes? Are there commercials? Rare media? Endangered or #lostmedia we can safeguard at the Internet Archive? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? airs tonight at 7PM on Twitch.
Patreon supporters just got Early Access to a low-budget 1974 #filmstrip where the lymph - a liquid in your body that creates white blood cells - talks to you about what it does. I know. I'm weirded out too.
Scanning more #filmstrips today! Watch how these artifacts get digitized - and how slowly, due to not having the money for better equipment - so we can safeguard them at the Internet Archive.
NEWLY RESTORED AT THE INTERNET ARCHIVE: This dumpy-but-adorable 1974 #filmstrip introduces you to your kidneys, who proceed to tell you how they work.
Watch now: https://archive.org/details/uncommon-ephemera-filmstrip-b557-e-the-kidney-eye-gate-house-1974
Saving #filmstrips means scanning filmstrips, no matter how long it takes. You can watch new frames being digitized on YouTube right now. When it's done I'll upload them to the @internetarchive.
