01 Jan 1975
Tube Tales
An animated parody of television commercials and the television audience. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
Celery Stalks at Midnight
Early 'visual music' film by John Whitney. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.
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A walking figure emerges from a changing, circular cycle; his inner self emerges and precipitats a series of violent struggles with himself, adapting various animal forms along the way. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
Seepage 
Seepage 01 Oct 1982
Seepage
"Marlborough" and "The Arab", lounging on the pool terrace, are alienated characters in some future time, living in a world where art work comes to life, phones continuously ring, televisions hum all night, and smog seeps into their brains. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
Nursery Rhyme Review 
Nursery Rhyme Review 03 Feb 1946
Nursery Rhyme Review
A compilation of four Mother Goose stories "photographed in three-dimensional animation" and unified by a prologue and an epilogue with Mother Goose herself magically setting up a projector to show the films. The familiar nursery rhymes are "Little Miss Muffet," "Old Mother Hubbard," "The Queen of Hearts," and "Humpty Dumpty." Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.
The Story of Hansel and Gretel 
The Story of Hansel and Gretel 05 Feb 1951
The Story of Hansel and Gretel
Stop-motion puppetry version of the classic fairy tale. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.
Wieners and Buns Musical Wieners and Buns Musical 12 May 1972
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A musical about an unhappy couple and the man that stands between them. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.
The Mean Brothers "Get Stood Up" 
The Mean Brothers "Get Stood Up" 01 Jan 1973
The Mean Brothers "Get Stood Up"
Two brothers are stood up and lament through song. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.
The Story of Little Red Riding Hood 
The Story of Little Red Riding Hood 29 Jan 1949
The Story of Little Red Riding Hood
A classic tale retold with Harryhausen's trademark animation. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.
The Music Room 
The Music Room 10 Oct 1958
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An aging, decadent landlord’s passion for music becomes the undoing of his legacy as he sacrifices his wealth in order to compete with the opulent music room of his younger, richer neighbour.
Why Why 01 Jan 1987
Why
The story of a starving third-world infant, set to a song by Harry Chapin. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.
Bambi Meets Godzilla 
Bambi Meets Godzilla 10 Jul 1969
Bambi Meets Godzilla
Bambi is nibbling the grass, unaware of the upcoming encounter with Godzilla. Who will win when they finally meet? Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.
Five Film Exercises: Film 2-3 Five Film Exercises: Film 2-3 09 Feb 1944
Five Film Exercises: Film 2-3
Two short fragments resulting from experiments in controlling the mechanical development of the instrument. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
Five Film Exercises: Film 1 
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Five Film Exercises: Film 1
Begins with a three beat announcement drawn out in time which thereafter serves as a figure to divide the four sections. Each return of this figure is more condensed, and finally used in reverse to conclude the film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.
The Story of King Midas 
The Story of King Midas 01 Jan 1953
The Story of King Midas
A greedy King Midas is visited one day by a mysterious visitor who grants him the ability to turn all things he touches to gold. He learns his lesson when the food he tries to eat and his own daughter are turned to gold as well. The visitor reappears and offers him the opportunity to return to his old self, which he gladly does. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.
Background 
Background 01 Jan 1973
Background
Background is a 1973 American short documentary film directed by Carmen D'Avino. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. The original version was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
A Doonesbury Special 
A Doonesbury Special 27 Nov 1977
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Garry Trudeau's classic characters (Mike Doonesbury, Zonker, etc.) examine how their lifestyles, priorities, and concerns have changed since the end of their idealistic college days in the 1960s. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
The Creation The Creation 13 Jul 1981
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The film is based on a poem by James Weldon Johnson depicting the power of the southern black American preacher's telling of the biblical creation story.
A Grand Day Out 
A Grand Day Out 18 May 1990
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Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
The Wrong Trousers 
The Wrong Trousers 17 Dec 1993
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Wallace rents out Gromit's former bedroom to a penguin, who takes up an interest in the techno pants created by Wallace. However, Gromit later learns that the penguin is a wanted criminal. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
A Close Shave 
A Close Shave 07 Mar 1996
A Close Shave
Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.