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FYI: Film and Video in the Library of Congress

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The Library of Congress began collecting motion pictures in 1893, amassing an archive that now numbers nearly 9,000.  From early work by Thomas Edison and D. W. Griffth to newsreels for Black Americans in the 1940s, from interviews with famous authors and musicians to a 1953 training film for midwives, this magnificent trove spans the depth and breadth of American–and human–experience.