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 275. 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:

• Civilization (1916)
• Do the Right Thing (1989)
• The Docks of New York (1928)
• Duck Amuck (1953)
• The Emperor Jones (1933)
• Gunga Din (1939)
• In the Land of the Head-Hunters (a.k.a. In the Land of the War Canoes) (1914)
• Jazz On A Summer’s Day(1959)
• King: A Filmed Record . . . Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
• The Kiss (1896)
• Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
• Lambchops (1929)
• Laura (1944)
• Master Hands (1936)
• My Man Godfrey (1936)
• Night of the Living Dead (1968)
• The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Roman Holiday (1953)
• The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
• A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
• The Ten Commandments (1956)
• Trance and Dance in Bali (1938–39)
• The Wild Bunch (1969)
• Woman of the Year (1942)

Posted November 22, 1999.