Library of Congress Adds 25 Titles to
National Film Registry
The Library of Congress added 25 more titles to its National Film Registry November 16, bringing the total number of films on the list to 250. The films, chosen by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington in consultation with the National Film Preservation Board, are singled out for preservation because of their cultural, historical, or aesthetic significance. This year's entries are:
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
The City (1939)
Dead Birds (1964)
Don't Look Back (1967)
Easy Rider (1969)
42nd Street (1933)
From the Manger to the Cross (1912)
Gun Crazy (1949)
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
The Immigrant (1917)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Little Miss Marker (1934)
The Lost World (1925)
Modesta (1956)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
Pass the Gravy(1928)
Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Powers of Ten (1978)
The Public Enemy (1931)
Sky High (1922)
Steamboat Willie (1928)
Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse (1940)
Tootsie (1982)
Twelve O'clock High (1949)
Westinghouse Works, 1904 (1904)
Posted November 23, 1998.
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