# A searchable library of forgotten public-domain film clips from 1915 onward (movingimagearchive.com)

* **Author:** [momentmaker](/user?id=momentmaker)
* **Score:** 119 points
* **Posted:** 2 days ago (`49832768`)
* **URL:** https://www.movingimagearchive.com/

### Comments (26)

- **pmdulaney** (2 days ago | score: 1 | ID: `49833549`):
  > I don't see how to access the search function. All I see are example videos.

- **paweladamczuk** (7 hours ago | score: 1 | ID: `49859773`):
  > This is really lovely. I think it's pretty obvious that it bases on sources like Internet Archive and the Library of Congress, but it does add value.
  > 
  > I just wonder if it can survive - is there a business model here? If not, it's just a tech demo and then it doesn't have value as the hosted version, it would have it if the whole processing/indexing pipeline was open sourced so that anyone can host it themselves and pay for their own infrastructure.

- **tomalbrc** (7 hours ago | score: 1 | ID: `49859789`):
  > This is a much worse version of destockd.
  > 
  > [https://www.destockd.com/](https://www.destockd.com/)
  > 
  > [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49689005](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49689005)
  > [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49599206](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49599206)

- **akiselev** (7 hours ago | score: 1 | ID: `49860132`):
  > Just found an amateur video of San Francisco from 1940: [https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/amateur-film-san-...](https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/amateur-film-san-francisco-ae0fa41b)
  > 
  > And 1932! [https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/san-francisco-by-...](https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/san-francisco-by-the-golden-gate-ecb135ee)

- **system2** (1 hour ago | score: 1 | ID: `49862348`):
  > I guess someone will need to clone this site with a search function, categorization, and proper pagination. Nice attempt, though.

- **ynac** (44 minutes ago | score: 1 | ID: `49862762`):
  > If you are feeling inspired by the project to edit a found footage awesome thing, here's [https://mobygratis.com](https://mobygratis.com) - an amazing gift to filmmakers and a pretty snazzy listening experience for (semi-)library music.

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