SOURCE REGISTER

The archive remains the authority.

Every film and photograph links back to its originating record and retains source-specific rights evidence.

Internet Archive · FedFlix

Five thousand searchable government-film records are indexed from FedFlix. Internet Archive playback is embedded on PastTrace, while the source item remains one click away. Availability in the collection alone is not treated as proof of public-domain status.

Internet Archive · Prelinger Archives

One thousand ephemeral, advertising, educational, and industrial films broaden the collection beyond government footage. Rights are normalized only when item metadata provides evidence.

Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision · Open Images

Hundreds of downloadable Dutch and international audiovisual records are indexed through the institution’s Open Images PeerTube service, with the supplied language and license retained.

Wikimedia Commons

Machine-readable moving-image records with allow-listed public-domain or open-license statements, expanded with country and native-language discovery queries.

NASA Image and Video Library

Videos and photographs are included under NASA media-use guidance; third-party material, marks, endorsement, and personality rights remain separate concerns.