Congrats to "THE KING IN YELLOW" by Caleb Hernandez, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬
An eerie remix that is genuinely unsettling and even frightening when watched alone at home.
Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/king-in-yellow
Welcome to the public domain, CIMARRON (1930) by Edna Ferber 📖
This sweeping saga of the Oklahoma land rush follows Yancey & Sabra Cravat as they build a life on the American frontier 🌾🏜️
The book inspired the Oscar-winning film starring Richard Dix & Irene Dunne.
Read it here ➡️ https://archive.org/details/cimarron0000edna_o9w0
🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, FIDDLING AROUND (1930)! 🐭🎶🎻
🎬 If the star looks a little odd, it's because this is the first Mickey cartoon not animated by Ub Iwerks (who left to create Flip the Frog). It's also the first Mickey short released by Columbia Pictures, making it a unique piece of animation history.
Full short ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/fiddling-around-aka-just-mickey_1930
Congrats to "ELPIS" by Heather Tahl, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest. 🎬
After all the art on Earth was harvested, it was discarded. Only a few businessmen reaped the new profits, while the artists searched for a means to create & survive. Elpis employs public domain works to show the value of human artists.
Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/elpis_202601
Welcome to the public domain, GRAND HOTEL (1930) by Vicki Baum 🏨
A glamorous Berlin hotel becomes the crossroads for intertwined lives in this bestselling novel of drama, romance, and ambition 📖
In 1932, it received a big-screen treatment starring Greta Garbo.
Read it here ➡️ https://archive.org/details/bwb_W9-DGV-438
Congrats to "TOM FROM COLORADO" by Nicola Eddy, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬
A poetic montage of indeterminacy and fleeting meaning using contemporary confessional text to evoke evanescent memory.
Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/tom-from-colorado
Congrats to "ELPIS" by Heather Tahl, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest. 🎬
After all the art on Earth was harvested, it was discarded. Only a few businessmen reaped the new profits, while the artists searched for a means to create & survive. Elpis employs public domain works to show the value of human artists.
Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/elpis_202601
🎬📚 Just dropped: MYSTERY COPYRIGHT THEATER 2026!
Two of the @AuthorsAlliance crew talk back to the screen about works that entered the public domain, untangling the weird, wild, and confusing world of copyright law with irreverent but relevant commentary.
Watch the full short 👇
https://archive.org/details/mct2026
#PublicDomain #Copyright #OpenAccess #Libraries #CreativeReuse #PublicDomainDay
Congrats to "NOBODY KNOWS" by Mohamed Wane, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬
An achievement in editing that builds a mood of longing, suffering, and rapture. Quietly powerful and deeply felt.
Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/nobody-knows-fc-1
🎼 Welcome to the Public Domain, BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON (1930) 🌅
🎶 The beloved tune by Richard A. Whiting, Leo Robin & W. Franke Harling debuted in the musical film MONTE CARLO, where it was introduced on screen by Jeanette MacDonald & quickly became a standard of the era.
See the sheet music ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/beyond-the-blue-horizon-1930-sheet-music
The recording from our Public Domain Day virtual event is now available!
🕵️ Investigate THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING COPYRIGHT to learn which works entered the public domain—and why copyright is more complicated than it looks.
Watch the full recording ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/the-case-of-the-disappearing-copyright
#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay #Copyright #OpenCulture @AuthorsAlliance
🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, THE SHINDIG (1930)! 🐭🐭🎶
🎬 Mickey & Minnie take to the stage to show off their musical chops in this charming barn dance. Horace Horsecollar & Clarabelle Cow cut a rug as dancers.
🚫The cartoon got barred in Ohio for a gag where Clarabell is reading the controversial 1907 romance novel "Three Weeks" by Elinor Glyn & hides it when Horace comes a-calling. 🐮📖
Full short ➡️ https://archive.org/details/the-shindig_1930
Congrats to "THE REALITY ENGINEER" by Konstantin, an Honorable Mention, Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🏅
A comedic short about a scientist who attempts to improve human life by altering reality, only to find that each well-intentioned fix deepens the chaos.
Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/the-reality-engineer
🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, BLONDIE (1930) 💄📰
👒 Before suburban life with Dagwood, Blondie debuted as a carefree flapper in Chic Young’s comic strip. Her early adventures focused on attempts to win the blessing of Dagwood's snooty, rich family, a far cry from the domestic icon she’d later become.
Blondie’s maiden name, Boopadoop, nods to the “boop-a-doop” singing fad of the 1920s–’30s.🎶
Read all the 1930 Blondie dailies ➡️ https://archive.org/details/blondie-1930
Congrats to "GEORGIA" by Javier Estella, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬
A letter to the mother who is no longer here & left too soon. Based on a fragment of a home movie filmed in Georgia in 1930, accompanied by a cover of the 1930 composition "Georgia on My Mind," recorded for this piece.
Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/georgia_202601
The recording from our Public Domain Day virtual event is now available!
🕵️ Investigate THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING COPYRIGHT to learn which works just entered the public domain—and why copyright is more complicated than it looks.
Watch the full recording ➡️ https://archive.org/details/the-case-of-the-disappearing-copyright
#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay #Copyright #OpenCulture @AuthorsAlliance
Congrats to THE BOOTS ON THE WESTERN FRONT by Thomas Biamonte,
Honorable Mention, Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🏅
This anti-war short draws from 1930 Best Picture winner All Quiet on the Western Front, paired with a reading of Rudyard Kipling’s 1903 poem “Boots.”
Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/all-quiet
🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, DOUGHBOYS (1930)
🎤 Buster Keaton talks… & sings! In his first talkie, the famous Stone Face of the silent era reveals a surprisingly deep voice 🎶 & joins a ukulele-led scat jam of "You Never Did That Before" with Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards—the voice of Jiminy Cricket.
Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/doughboys_1930
Congrats to "DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME REIMAGINED" by Talissa Mehringer, an Honorable Mention, Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🏅
A short music-film remix celebrating 1930s choreography, lavish sets, and the versatility of early screen performers.
Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/dream-a-little-dream-of-me-reimagined-talissa-mehringer-2026
Libraries bring people together—online and in person 📚🎬
These photos by Mia Terracotta capture the fun at the 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest Screening & Party held at the @internetarchive 🏛️
Missed it? 📡 Watch the recorded livestream ⤵️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol9Xc-D5U-8
Congrats to "HOW’S THE PLAY GOING?" by Noel David Taylor, an Honorable Mention in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🏅
An absurd comedy with the main character lost in time, disjointed in settings & confused by their surroundings, mirroring that strange moment when you realize you haven’t been paying attention to the film at all.
Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/hows_the_play
🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, FIDDLESTICKS (1930)! 🐸🎶
🎬 Meet Flip the Frog in his very first cartoon—created by animator Ub Iwerks, who previously animated STEAMBOAT WILLIE and later formed his own studio. Originally produced in a two-color Harriscolor process, the short circulated in black & white in the U.S.
Full short ➡️ https://archive.org/details/Fiddlesticks1930UbIwerks
Ara també les Biblioteques del Banc de la Republica de Colòmbia celebren el dia del domini públic: https://www.banrepcultural.org/noticias/el-legado-de-diecisiete-autores-ingresa-al-dominio-publico-en-2026 #DiaDelDominiPublic #publicdomain #publicdomainday (Gràcies @irenerd !)
Welcome to the Public Domain, MY PAL PAUL (1930) 🎷🐰
🎶 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit swings alongside a caricature of bandleader Paul Whiteman in this cartoon tie-in for the King of Jazz (also now in the #publicdomain), featuring music featured in the film.
Learn more ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/public-domain-day-2026/
Congrats "FARINA & THE PERPETUAL SHINE MACHINE" by Ralphie Wilson Third Place winner of the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🥉
Allen “Farina” Hoskins leads an interrogative look at 1930 depictions of Black life. Archival sourcing, intercutting of uplifting & uneasy imagery, and the Hall-Johnson Choir’s spiritual score evoke reflection: “Unease follows.”
A thoughtful exploration of fraught history.
Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/public-domain-project-2026
