Nosferatu (1922) was nearly lost forever — Bram Stoker's estate won a court order to destroy all prints. A handful survived in private collections.
Night of the Living Dead entered the public domain the day it was released, because the distributor omitted the required copyright notice from prints.
Charade (1963) was also released without a proper copyright notice, entering the public domain immediately upon release.
Metropolis was considered lost until a near-complete print was found in a Buenos Aires film museum in 2008.
All works created by US government employees in their official capacity are in the public domain from the moment of creation — including all NASA footage, such as the original Apollo 11 moon landing broadcast.
The WikiVideos extension allows any logged-in user to create new educational videos directly in the wiki, using wikitext syntax.
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Wikivideos is a free educational video encyclopaedia. We do not host video — all video is streamed from
Internet Archive and
Wikimedia Commons.
We add educational context: curated chapter notes, Wikipedia cross-links, copyright information, and academic references.
The WikiVideos extension also enables collaborative creation of new videos directly in the wiki.
No advertisements. No tracking. No algorithm. Text content is available under
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