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Twenty-five “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant films ranging from D. W. Griffith’s 1915 “The Birth of a Nation” to the 1957 Warner Bros. cartoon “What’s Opera, Doc?” have been added to the National Film Registry. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington announced the additions in Washington Thursday, which bring to 100 the number of films now deemed worthy of preservation by the Library of Congress. For the first time, Billington said, an effort was made to select avant-garde, short subjects and independent films. Archival copies of the registry films as originally released will be preserved and stored by the Library of Congress. This year’s list:
Adam’s Rib (1949)
Annie Hall (1977)
The Bank Dick (1940)
Big Business (1929),short
The Big Parade (1925)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Carmen Jones (1954)
Castro Street (1966),short
Detour (1946)
Dog Star Man (1964),avant-garde
Double Indemnity (1944)
Footlight Parade (1933)
The Gold Rush (1925)
Letter From an Unknown Woman (1948)
Morocco (1930)
Nashville (1975)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Psycho (1960)
Ride the High Country (1962)
Salesman (1969)documentary
Salt of the Earth (1954)
What’s Opera, Doc? (1957) animated
Within Our Gates (1920)
Source: Library of Co n gress
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