Happy Valentine's Day to the 2nd love of my life: 4,000+ #filmstrips from the 20th century that nobody else wants. I've saved over 1,300 of them so far, all free at @archive.org. The rest are at risk.

If you love weird, forgotten things and can help me save them: uncommonephemera.org/donate

Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: In this 1969 #filmstrip, viewers learn what it might be like to live in the high Andes in Peru through a fictional boy named José Perez. https://archive.org/details/uncommon-ephemera-filmstrip-f5329-if-you-were-born-in-peru-troll-associates-1969

This is how #filmstrips are saved: slowly, one frame at a time. Our scanner continues to run. We'll save as many as we can. Watch each frame come off the scanner today before they're uploaded to @archive.org.

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LIVE NOW: Searching for weird stuff and #lostmedia on #VHS tape to upload to @archive.org. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live right now on Twitch.

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NEWLY RESTORED AT @archive.org: This 1950 #filmstrip from General Electric was used to help workers in industry select the correct electric motor for their application, and unexpectedly contains adorable illustrations.

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Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This #filmstrip from a newspaper-adjacent company argues that the students viewing it are very important to the print media industry. https://archive.org/details/uncommon-ephemera-filmstrip-f5295-1510s-whats-going-on-visual-education-consultants-inc

Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This early-70s #filmstrip taught basic energy conservation during the first "energy crisis" of the 70s. https://archive.org/details/uncommon-ephemera-filmstrip-f5275-3163-energy-and-you-conserving-energy-visual-education-consultants

Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This #filmstrip from a newspaper presents an overview of comets, including what they are and what part they've played in astronomy through the ages. https://archive.org/details/uncommon-ephemera-filmstrip-3166-comets-visual-education-consultants-inc

Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This 1976 #filmstrip argues that despite the cyclical change of seasons, a forest endures, unchanged. https://archive.org/details/uncommon-ephemera-filmstrip-3195-an-adventure-in-ecology-part-2-visual-education-consultants-inc-197

Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This #filmstrip from 1959 discusses the role of the seas in the earth's ecosystem. https://archive.org/details/uncommon-ephemera-filmstrip-work-of-the-sea-society-for-visual-education-1959

Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This 1950 #filmstrip uses a fictional city called Fairtown to show how government provides services to its citizens. https://archive.org/details/uncommon-ephemera-filmstrip-308-how-government-helps-the-people-second-revised-edition-curriculum-fi

Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This 1950 #filmstrip uses a fictional city called Fairtown to show how laws protect citizens. https://archive.org/details/uncommon-ephemera-filmstrip-304-how-laws-protect-the-citizen-curriculum-films-inc-1950

Did you know I was featured in @archive.org's Vanishing Culture Report? 1,300 filmstrips preserved. 3,000 more waiting.

Hitting our GoFundMe goal for 2026 would buy 12 months of full-time work on this. We're currently only at $254.

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