Search, watch, and download public-domain archival footage by the shot.

218 points•momentmaker•6 days ago•28 comments•

28 comments

tomalbrc4 days ago
doawoo4 days ago
thanks, this website in OP's post was horrible performance wise
paweladamczuk4 days ago
This is really lovely. I think it's pretty obvious that it bases on sources like Internet Archive and the Library of Congress, but it does add value.

I just wonder if it can survive - is there a business model here? If not, it's just a tech demo and then it doesn't have value as the hosted version, it would have it if the whole processing/indexing pipeline was open sourced so that anyone can host it themselves and pay for their own infrastructure.

solarkraft3 days ago
> but it does add value

There is SO MUCH value to be added on top of archives. Browsing archive.org kind of sucks, but there is so much amazing material on there.

Curation makes all the difference.

shevy-java4 days ago
Page loads way too slowly IMO. Even the youtube page loads somewhat slowly, but it is about 10x faster than that webpage. There is no need for these fancypants animations really. I am not going to wait for slow animations to finish.
pmdulaney6 days ago
I don't see how to access the search function. All I see are example videos.
jolmg4 days ago
Right above the thumbnails is a search input. On the top right is also a link that says "Search" that takes you to it.
system24 days ago
A super sloppy vibe coded theme. That's why.
akiselev4 days ago
eesmith4 days ago
SF in 1906, "Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire", at https://archive.org/details/TripDown1905 and better copy at http://www.archive.org/details/TripDownMarketStreetrBeforeTh... .
shevy-java4 days ago
That is scary, how these strange ... cars try to sneak up on the hill-like streets in San Francisco.

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