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Cultural Preservation

L-R: Charles Rogers, Clara Bow, Richard Arlen in Wings

A Newly Restored Wings

The first Best Picture Oscar winner emerges to help Paramount celebrate its centennial

Carole Lombard and John Barrymore in Twentieth Century

National Film Registry Selections for 2011

From Forrest Gump to silent comedies, 25 titles have been added to a list of our country’s most significant films

Val & Ernie Stanton in Cut Yourself a Piece of Cake

Some Memorable Screenings in 2011

In lieu of a list of my top 10 films of the year, here’s a look back at some of the best experiences I had at the theaters

Bluto (in the role of Sindbad) and Popeye face off

Holiday Gift Guide for Film Buffs

Movies every fan should have

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Thinking About the End of Film

Film is dying, according to several reports. Or maybe it isn’t. Alexander Payne, among others, chimes in

Missionary sisters circa 1920

News from the Preservation Front

Why we need to save orphan films as well as blockbusters

Her Nephews from Labrador, a 1913 Thanhouser film.

More Free Streaming Video Sites

Watch films ranging from Chinese cartoons to deadly sharks on these free resources for online movies and shorts

From The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

3-D Movies Through the Years

The current craze has its roots in the 19th century

Jeremy Licht in “It’s a Good Life,” from Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

To Save and Project: Screening Restored Movies

A film festival at MoMA highlights those titles, either beloved and well-known or obscure yet fascinating, that may never reach the home market

From Welcome San Francisco Movie Makers by Dr. Frank S. Zach

Celebrating Home Movie Day

Is there really no such thing as a boring or banal home movie?

The famous chariot race form Ben-Hur before and after the restoration.

Restoring Ben-Hur: Catherine Wyler Reminisces About her Father’s Biggest Film

A million-dollar restoration will help introduce the Oscar-winning film to a new audience

The Indian-detour (1926)

Out Where the West Begins

A new boxed DVD set examines the history of the West in films

A poster for the musical Stormy Weather

Celebrating the Nicholas Brothers

A compilation tribute to the extraordinary dance team of Fayard and Harold Nicholas

Still from Fuji (1974)

Remembering Robert Breer and Donald Krim

Looking at the careers of an avant-garde animator and a crucial film distributor

Emil Jannings in Ernst Lubitsch's The Loves of Pharaoh

Lost and Found: HBO and Ernst Lubitsch

A periodic update of film preservation projects

Frame enlargement from Le Voyage Dans La Lune/A Trip to the Moon

A Trip to the Moon as You’ve Never Seen it Before

One of the landmark films in cinema can now be seen in color

It's tempting to find hints of Hitchcock's future style in the set design and lighting for The White Shadow.

Behind the Lost Hitchcock Film

Found in a New Zealand archive, the White Shadow offers a glimpse into early film history that extends beyond the famous director

The peak of La Danta—one of the world's largest pyramids—pokes through the forest canopy. "All this was abandoned nearly 2,000 years ago," says archaeologist Richard Hansen. "It's like finding Pompeii."

El Mirador, the Lost City of the Maya

Now overgrown by jungle, the ancient site was once the thriving capital of the Maya civilization

"You didn't learn your history, you lived it," says Cornelia Bailey, who grew up on Sapelo.

Holding on to Gullah Culture

A Smithsonian curator visits a Georgia island to find stories of a shrinking community that has clung to its African traditions

Of the 14 murals at Holy Trinity Cathedral, only three survived, including The Baptism of Our Lord, by Castera Bazile, and The Last Supper, by Philomé Obin.

About the Smithsonian Institution-Haiti Cultural Recovery Project

About the Smithsonian Institution-Haiti Cultural Recovery Project

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