Congrats to "GEORGIA" by Javier Estella, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

A letter to the mother who is no longer here & left too soon. Based on a fragment of a home movie filmed in Georgia in 1930, accompanied by a cover of the 1930 composition "Georgia on My Mind," recorded for this piece.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/georgia_202601

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Congrats to "GEORGIA" by Javier Estella, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

A letter to the mother who is no longer here & left too soon. Based on a fragment of a home movie filmed in Georgia in 1930, accompanied by a cover of the 1930 composition "Georgia on My Mind," recorded for this piece.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/georgia_202601

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The recording from our Public Domain Day virtual event is now available!

🕵️ Investigate THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING COPYRIGHT to learn which works just entered the public domain—and why copyright is more complicated than it looks.

Watch the full recording ➡️ https://archive.org/details/the-case-of-the-disappearing-copyright

#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay #Copyright #OpenCulture @AuthorsAlliance

The recording from our Public Domain Day virtual event is now available!

🕵️ Investigate THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING COPYRIGHT to learn which works just entered the public domain—and why copyright is more complicated than it looks.

Watch the full recording ➡️ https://archive.org/details/the-case-of-the-disappearing-copyright

#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay #Copyright #OpenCulture @AuthorsAlliance

Congrats to THE BOOTS ON THE WESTERN FRONT by Thomas Biamonte,
Honorable Mention, Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🏅

This anti-war short draws from 1930 Best Picture winner All Quiet on the Western Front, paired with a reading of Rudyard Kipling’s 1903 poem “Boots.”

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/all-quiet

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Congrats to "DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME REIMAGINED" by Talissa Mehringer, an Honorable Mention, Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🏅

A short music-film remix celebrating 1930s choreography, lavish sets, and the versatility of early screen performers.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/dream-a-little-dream-of-me-reimagined-talissa-mehringer-2026

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🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, DOUGHBOYS (1930)

🎤 Buster Keaton talks… & sings! In his first talkie, the famous Stone Face of the silent era reveals a surprisingly deep voice 🎶 & joins a ukulele-led scat jam of "You Never Did That Before" with Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards—the voice of Jiminy Cricket.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/doughboys_1930

#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #CopyrightFree #BusterKeaton

🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, DOUGHBOYS (1930)

🎤 Buster Keaton talks… & sings! In his first talkie, the famous Stone Face of the silent era reveals a surprisingly deep voice 🎶 & joins a ukulele-led scat jam of "You Never Did That Before" with Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards—the voice of Jiminy Cricket.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/doughboys_1930

#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #CopyrightFree #BusterKeaton

Congrats to "DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME REIMAGINED" by Talissa Mehringer, an Honorable Mention, Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🏅

A short music-film remix celebrating 1930s choreography, lavish sets, and the versatility of early screen performers.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/dream-a-little-dream-of-me-reimagined-talissa-mehringer-2026

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Partial Eclipse of the Moon (1882) by Étienne Léopold Trouvelot, from The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings.

Source: New York Public Library

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8893e6ab-b388-4c23-9824-5a242670afb3

#trouvelot #moon #moths #eclipses #astronomy #lunar #celestial #art #publicdomain

Partial Eclipse of the Moon (1882) by Étienne Léopold Trouvelot, from The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings.

Source: New York Public Library

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8893e6ab-b388-4c23-9824-5a242670afb3

#trouvelot #moon #moths #eclipses #astronomy #lunar #celestial #art #publicdomain

Libraries bring people together—online and in person 📚🎬

These photos by Mia Terracotta capture the fun at the 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest Screening & Party held at the @internetarchive 🏛️

Missed it? 📡 Watch the recorded livestream ⤵️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol9Xc-D5U-8

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