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  • Freeze Frame: Eadweard Muybridge's Photography of Motion  
    An online exhibit examining the work of film pioneer Eadweard Muybridge.
  • From Nanook to Oumigmag: Documentary Film in Canada  
    A curated exhibit (by the Cinematheque Quebecois) about Canadian documentary film. Features a timeline of notable events in Canadian documentary filmmaking, biographies of directors, profiles of companies that have produced documentaries, information on common recording equipment and processes, and a guide to the topics Canadian documentaries most often cover. Also features posters and some video clips. In English and French.
  • Gallery of Graphic Design  
    An online archive of advertising in American periodicals from the early 1930s to the late 1960s. Users can search for advertisements by periodical, advertiser, product, keyword, or year. The gallery features many advertisements for television sets and other broadcast-related items.
  • Grace Street Theater: Seventy Years of Film and Dance  
    A richly documented history of one theater in Richmond, Virginia.
  • History in Motion  
    This site features clips from newsreels, early documentary films, and early narrative films such as The Great Train Robbery. Browse clips by topic, title, and date. History in Motion is the moving image section of Eyewitness to History, a site that compiles photos, first person accounts, and other historical primary sources for students. The film section focuses primarily on American history.
  • Katherine Dunham's Living Legacy  
    An online exhibit curated by the Missouri Historical Society examining the life of dancer, anthropologist, and filmmaker Katherine Dunham. The film section features a full filmography, a short essay, and stills from Dunham's movies.
  • Korean Film Council  
    The Korean Film Council is a "government-supported, self-administered body with its primary goal in stimulating the growth and development of Korean films through funding, research, policy development, education and professional training." Users can find information on Korean production and box office statistics, download publications on the history of Korean cinema, and search the Korean Film Database.
  • Louise Brooks Society  
    This website has an extensive bibliography on the silent film actress, with some sources dating back to the 1920s. Also includes a filmography, photo galleries, and extensive information on Louise Brooks ephemera.
  • Magic Lanterns, Magic Mirrors: A Centennial Salute  
    A selection of early equipment, posters, and photographs documenting the advent and very early years of motion pictures.
  • Mandel Sprachman: Movie Theaters in Canada  
    An online exhibit about the building and restoration of notable movie theaters in Toronto.
  • Masters of Cinema  
    Masters of Cinema is an organic, international initiative founded in 2001 by four friends with a mutual interest in a particular type of filmmaker. The aim is to bring pertinent information together in one place for aficionados of World Cinema.
  • MCLC Resource Center   Peer Reviewed
    Resource center containing bibliographies of mostly English-language materials on modern Chinese literature, film, art, and culture, maintained by Kirk A. Denton at the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at Ohio State University, in conjunction with the journal Modern Chinese Literature and Culture. Bibliographies are organized by director, time period, reference type, and media type.
  • Midnight Ramble  
    A tribute page by film fan Michael Mills about African American cinema in the silent era and the golden age of Hollywood. The site features a filmography. For each film, the author includes a high-quality still and poster image.
  • Moby Games  
    A cross-referenced game database, with information on computer, console, and arcade games, with ratings and reviews submitted by users.
  • Movie Making Locations  
    A fascinating fan-created database of movie locations utilized in American western films and television programs since the early 1930s. Each listing features photos of the location as well as information on the films and programs that were shot there.
  • Museum of Television Online Exhibits  
    Click on "exhibits" to see a timeline of television history, an exhibit on TV pioneers, and other online exhibits.
  • National Film and Sound Archive Collection Spotlights  
    These themed online exhibitions help users explore the collection of the Australian Film and Sound Archive. There are many moving image-focused materials, including stills of famous Australian movie theaters, information about notable film and TV personalities, and information about the archive's own restoration of two Australian films, Jedda and The Story of the Kelly Gang.
  • Neorealisme (BiFi)  
    BiFi's online exhibition on Italian Neorealism, by Pierre Sorlin. Features images, film clips, bibliographies, and a wealth of information. In French.
  • New Media Encyclopedia  
    A large database of new-media art and videotaped performance art, taken from the collections of various European institutions. In English, French, and German.
  • Nostalghia.com: An Andrei Tarkovsky Information Site  
    Run by two cinephile scientists with significant input from film scholars, this site includes still images, quotations from articles and interviews, and a bibliography. There are two sections here that feature previously unpublished work: Lars Olof-Lothwall's photographs, and an original translation of selections from Tarkovsky's diary.