A searchable library of forgotten public-domain film clips from 1915 onward (movingimagearchive.com)
115 points by momentmaker 2 days ago | 25 comments

pmdulaney 2 days ago [–]
I don't see how to access the search function. All I see are example videos.
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paweladamczuk 6 hours ago [–]
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.

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akiselev 6 hours ago [–]
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system2 1 hour ago [–]
I guess someone will need to clone this site with a search function, categorization, and proper pagination. Nice attempt, though.
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