OpenFlix: public domain video resource

Public domain is a beautiful thing. The king of all things public domain, Archive.org is a great resource for downloading copyright-free music, video, texts, etc., but actually searching for specifics can be a chore. For all movie fans and filmmakers alike, OpenFlix presents a very useful solution to hunting down and classifying public domain films. The website is a directory containing all types of information regarding a vast history of movies that have entered the public domain. Although they do not host any of the movies themselves, there are links to purchase the films and a decent chunk of background info. and credits for each entry is available. So, if you were itching to start that Americana mashup epic but needed a place to start collecting possible sources for footage, OpenFlix might be one solution to discovering those hidden gems. Other than that, the website is pretty interesting to simply browse through to see what kind of quirkiness is lurking.

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