If we have it already, then we check the condition of the digitized one against the new one– if we would improve the collection, we digitize the new one. Flynn deleted a tweet he had made linking to a falsified story about Hillary Clinton, but the Internet Archive saved it through the Wayback Machine. We contacted an excellent artist, Mar Williams of Sudux.com, who has done excellent art for the DEFCON hacking conference and many other events, and she put together custom Internet Archive-themed arcade side art for the machine. Graham explained how the Wayback Machine is preserving tweets, government websites, and other materials that could otherwise vanish. Thanks to everyone who got the word out. The front office (Katherine, Laurel and Michelle) made the calls and the reaching out for security, scheduling and logistics. Wells. Perhaps geneticists will one day turn to Hollywood to inspire them in their pursuit of genetic cloning in the best clone movies. Neither would Merle Haggard or Johnny Cash. We updated our audio/video (and TV) 3rd party JS-based player from v6.8 to v8.2 today. Oberlin College Library Anti-Slavery Collection, Boston Public Library Anti-Slavery Collection, James Birney Collection of Anti-Slavery Pamphlets, Duke University Libraries, Confederate Imprints, Lincoln Programs at the Allen County Public Library, Historical Slavery Collection from the Federal Writers’ Project, Pi in the sky : counting, thinking, and being, Easy as pi? As the film played on the screen, Prelinger welcomed Sab Masada, 87, who lived at this very camp as a 12-year-old. You could listen to the Billy Jones version (play below), the Billy Murray version, a Yiddish version, or an Italian version, among others. Volunteers, users, and internal QA checkers have pointing out typos, and we decided to go back over a couple of month’s metadata and found problems. Watch the skies everywhere. Most impressive of all were the stunning special effects, which have seen the film labelled as a "true precursor to Star Wars," and give it its place among the other classic films of the decade. Among the books the Internet Archive is making available: Executive Order 9066. And Howard Carter’s team finally entered the burial chamber of King Tutankhamen, as covered in books, sheet music and song! The work continues to expand the emulated systems and refresh what titles are available, but a project we’ve had going on the side for a while just came to fruition. We dreamed up the idea of an Internet Archive Telethon, and due to the work of employees, volunteers, and performers, we put together an (almost) 24-hour show. Because for the first time in 20 years, new works are entering the public domain in the United States (read more: 1, 2, 3). Over a period of a week the voice of God is heard on radios all over the world. You won’t have to swim upstream through my tweets; here on the last day, I’ve compiled the highlighted items in this entry. With titles like Twice Lost (1876), The Island Home or The Adventures of Six Young Crusoes (1851), The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader and What Befell Their Passengers and Crews (1872) and Cutlass and Cudgel (1890), these writings range from epic stories to tales for young readers, a gamut worth traveling in itself. Again, thanks to everyone who sounded out the original call for the truck’s return, and to the SFPD for getting a hold of the truck so quickly after it was gone. And those works were all published in, you guessed it, 1923. Now, instead of needing to play a 78rpm disc on your phonograph, you could just tune in to listen to popular songs. The Blob is an independently made 1958 American science fiction-horror film in widescreen color by De Luxe, produced by Jack H. Harris, directed by Irvin Yeaworth, and written by Kay Linaker and Theodore Simonson. And in 1923 that means you would have been listening to one of the many versions of “Yes! The name of the new collection: the Sony Bono Memorial Collection, named for the now deceased congressman and former representative who led the passage of the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, which included the 108h provision as a “gift” to libraries. Now the Wayback Machine contains 20 petabytes. But about half are records we have digitized better copies of before, so we are not digitizing most of those. Almost two decades before humans would first make a safe landing on the moon, we were already dreaming of the triumphs and perils that a lunar mission would bring. Laughing through this thing called life. For science fiction fans, Netflix is a destination point for great content. On linux try “apt-get install parallel”). Thanks to all who came out to celebrate with the Internet Archive staff and volunteers, or watched online. Please enjoy the 78s. Meant to have the original Arcade feel, a few examples of these controllers were gifted to the Archive and we’ve used them pretty extensively in demonstration days and special events. For instance: Boston Public Library, Daniel McNeil and Tina Argumedo’s Argentinian Tango collection. Looking for something a little more sinister? Carolyn did the Telethon landing page graphics and web design. Described by critics as "solemn" and "intriguing," director Irving Pichel’s choice to focus on the dark side of space travel as well as the American heroism it would bring, elevated this picture above many of its peers. Therefore one digitized item may belong virtually to several collections. Designed by Jason Scott, the new “Game Not Over!” T-shirt is a celebration of the over 2,000 MS-DOS games that are once again available to play on archive.org. Powered by Vocal © 2020 Jerrick Ventures LLC. In honor of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (October 27) we’d like to take you on a brief tour through seven decades of digitized music and audio recordings from 1900 through 1970.