Public-domain and federal-source moving images
The raw visual weather: classroom reels, refuge films, public-service documentaries, and government nature footage.
Archive Sources Room
The sober room where the myth meets its real materials.
Citations / permissions / cultural ancestors
Operating thesis
The Sources Room keeps the Reader from floating away. It is the place where romance must make room for citations, licences, rightsholders, and gratitude.
The project can be fictional without being evasive. Its real ancestors deserve to be named.
Ledger
The real material under the fiction
Source footage shelf
- 1926Down at Our PondPublic domain by age
- 1976Forest Fire...Naturally!U.S. National Park Service
- 1970The Amchitka ProgramPublic Domain Mark
- 1938The RiverPublic Domain Mark
- 1936The Plow That Broke the PlainsCC0 / public domain
- 2005-2006U.S. Fish & Wildlife refuge filmsU.S. federal source
Listening path shelf
- 01sunshine recorder00:00:00-00:06:12
- 02music is math00:06:12-00:11:34
- 03julie and candy00:11:34-00:17:04
- 04the beach at redpoint00:17:04-00:21:23
- 05196900:21:23-00:25:44
- 06Turquoise Hexagon Sun00:25:44-00:30:52
- 07Happy Cycling00:30:52-00:38:44
Traceable media
Boards of Canada as north star
Not affiliation, not endorsement. A direct acknowledgment of atmosphere, memory, landscape, and tape-worn listening.
CBC/NFB institutional clarity
The grid, the gem, the civic voice, the calm public-media surface with weather underneath.
Specimens
What the room keeps
Credit Ledger
A running public list of source archives, media status, licences, and cultural references.
No False Affiliation
The lore can be fictional. The relationships to real artists and institutions must be plain.
Beautiful Attribution
A citation should not feel like a legal footnote tacked onto a dream. It should be part of the room.
Reference Shelf
Where this room points
Internet Archive: Prelinger ArchivesEphemeral, sponsored, educational, and public-service film culture.The Public Domain ReviewA model for cultured public-domain editorial work.A/V Geeks16mm educational film preservation and screening culture.Ghost Box RecordsA strong aesthetic neighbor in hauntological music/design.