#public-domain-day — Public Fediverse posts

Congrats to "DREAM A LITTLE DREAM" by Harry Goodwin, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

Dreamers and dreamlike imagery from seven 1930 films accompanied by the filmmaker’s own recording of "Dream a Little Dream of Me."

Watch the full short film ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/dream-a-little-dream...

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Congrats to "UN MONTAGE OF THE SUNDAY SCARIES" by Antonio Mendez, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

An excellent remix of 1920s & 1930s observational films with a contemporary electronic soundtrack that brings these scenes into conversation with our present moment.

Watch the full short film ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/un-montage-of-the-sunday-scaries

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Congrats to "LIFE OF A MAN" by Salma Garcia, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

"In a man-centered world, where do women fit in?" A striking juxtaposition of clips exposing outdated gender roles and unconscious bias.

Watch the full short film ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/lifeofaman

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🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, THE DIVORCEE (1930) 💔

🎬 In this pivotal “equalizing” scene, Norma Shearer’s Jerry tells her unfaithful husband that she has taken a lover of her own, confronting Hollywood’s double standards head-on.

🏆 Shearer won the 3rd Academy Awards Best Actress Oscar for her fearless performance in this groundbreaking drama.

Watch the full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/the-divorcee_1930

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Congrats to "HEAVY MEDDLE" by Spencer Hopkins, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

A stoner smokes the public domain. An inventive and playful public domain trip.

Watch the full short film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/heavy-meddle

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Congrats to "THE WHITENESS OF MAGNESIUM" by Jackson Stern, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

A tightly imagined and beautifully edited love story out of time. The title comes from "Giant’s Bread" by Mary Westmacott.

Watch the full short film ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/publicdomainremix2026_stern

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🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, BRATS (1930) 👶👦

🏠 This gimmick comedy short utilized both normal-scale and oversized sets, letting Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy appear as both adults and their precocious, pint-sized sons. 🎬

😂 It's slapstick at two sizes. 🥊🛼🛁

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/brats_1930

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Congrats to "FLIP THE FROG THE DAME WHO CROAKED" by Adam Gaulke and Ben Haynes, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

A new noir story of amphibious revenge that is stylish, funny, and sharp.

Watch the full short film ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/FliptheFrog-TheDameWhoCroaked

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🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, LADIES OF LEISURE (1930).

Released on this day in 1930, Barbara Stanwyck broke out in a star-making role under Frank Capra. 🎬

🎭 As Kay Arnold, a party girl turned artist’s model, Stanwyck's raw, naturalistic performance helped redefine screen acting in the talkies.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/ladies-of-leisure_1930

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Congrats to "SEEING YOU IN DREAMS" by Grace Mural, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

"A sentimental story from the diary of a dreamer." A lyrical and intimate dreamlike journey.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/seeing-you-in-dreams-film-PDRC2026

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Congrats to "ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS DESERTED AND THEY’RE DOING SOMETHING ELSE INSTEAD." by Bea Bordanove, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

A modernized remix with contemporary cutouts, drones, and digital masks that shows the timelessness of its message in a TikTok-like form.

Watch the full short film ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-because-everyone-has-deserted-and-theyre-doing-so

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Congrats to "THE WRITER" by Matthew Cutchen, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

A lively soundtrack carries this playful meditation on our moment. "We are living in a time scramble."

Watch the full short film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/the-writer-v-3-prores

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Welcome to the public domain, BARNACLE BILL (1930)! ⚓️

🚢💥 Ahoy, cartoon fans! Bimbo the dog plays the boisterous Barnacle Bill on a rollicking adventure ashore. And keep your eyes peeled 👀 for the second cinematic appearance of Betty Boop (playing the part of "Nancy Lee"). 🎩🐶🎶

Full short ➡️ https://archive.org/details/barnacle-bill_1930

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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

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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

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🎉 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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🎬📚 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

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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

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🎼 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

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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

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🎉 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

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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

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🎉 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

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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

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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

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