The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. The board, established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, was reauthorized in 1992, 1996 and 2005 by acts of Congress. The 1996 law also created the non-profit National Film Preservation Foundation, which is affiliated with the National Film Preservation Board but raises money from the private sector. Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... The United States National Film Preservation Board is the board selecting films for preservation in the Library of Congress National Film Registry. ... Library of Congress, Jefferson building The Library of Congress is the unofficial national library of the United States. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... A congress is a gathering of people, especially a gathering for a political purpose. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The National Film Preservation Foundation is a non-profit group which is affiliated with the National Film Preservation Board but raises money from the private sector. ...

The National Film Registry is meant to preserve up to 25 "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant films" each year; to be eligible, films must be at least 10 years old. The films do not have to be feature-length or to have had a theatrical release. The Foundation's primary mission is to save so-called "orphan films," films without owners to pay for their preservation. The films most at-risk are newsreels, silent films, experimental works, films out of copyright protection, significant amateur footage, documentaries, and features made outside the commercial mainstream. Some films made by now-defunct film studios have also been inducted. Hundreds of American museums, archives, libraries, universities, and historical societies care for "orphaned" original film materials of cultural value. As of 2004, there were 400 films preserved in the National Film Registry. A Newsreel is a documentary film that is regularly released in a public presentation place containing filmed news stories. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... An experimental film is a film organized neither as narrative fiction nor as non-fiction. ... For copyright issues in relation to Wikipedia itself, see Wikipedia:Copyrights. ... Documentary film is a broad category of cinematic expression united by the intent to remain factual or non-fictional. ... A movie studio is a company which develops, equips and maintains a controlled environment for the making of a film. ... A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... An archive is a collection of documents, and in some senses, the building(s) its kept in. ... Modern-style library In its traditional sense, a library is a collection of books and periodicals. ... A professor giving a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• List of films preserved in the United States National Film Registry

The United States National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. ...

External link

• NFR homepage