Uncommon Ephemera
Citizen archivist. The only person on earth preserving filmstrips. Lost Media hunter. Don't talk to me about politics.
- 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. WATCH: archive.org/details/unco...
- 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. archive.org/details/uncommon-ep…
- Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This early-70s #filmstrip taught basic energy conservation during the first "energy crisis" of the 70s. archive.org/details/uncommon-ep…
- Does anybody happen to know how to get API access for posting to TikTok without having to design an "app" in their developer console and submit it for approval? Which btw requires you to send them a video of your "app" working, which it can't without an API key?
- 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. archive.org/details/uncommon-ep…
- Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This 1976 #filmstrip argues that despite the cyclical change of seasons, a forest endures, unchanged. archive.org/details/uncommon-ep…
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- LIVE NOW: Looking for endangered and #lostmedia on #VHS tapes we can upload to @archive.org! twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
- LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EST: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Terrible local commercials? Home movies? Rare stuff? Endangered or #lostmedia we can upload to @archive.org? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch. twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
- LIVE TONIGHT: What's on these VHS tapes? Goofy local commercials? Home movies? Obscure stuff? Endangered or #lostmedia we can upload to @archive.org? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight at 7pm EST on Twitch. twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
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- One month into 2026. Raised $359 of a $30,000 goal. That's not equipment money. It's time. Donations mean I can preserve filmstrips instead of driving for DoorDash. 1,300+ free on @archive.org. 3,000 more waiting. uncommonephemera.org/donate
- Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This #filmstrip from 1959 discusses the role of the seas in the earth's ecosystem. archive.org/details/uncommon-ep…
- Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This 1950 #filmstrip uses a fictional city called Fairtown to show how government provides services to its citizens. archive.org/details/uncommon-ep…
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- 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
- LIVE NOW: Searching for endangered and #lostmedia we can upload to @archive org. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live now on Twitch. twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
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- LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EST: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Commercials? Home Movies? Endangered or #lostmedia we could upload to @archive.org? Let's dig through them to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live on Twitch at 7pm. Which of these tapes should we look at first? twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
- LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EST: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Commercials? Home movies? Endangered or #lostmedia we can upload to @archive.org? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch. twitch.tv/uncommonep... Which tape should we look at first?
- Here's what happens to filmstrips when it's too late. The binder chemical fails, freeing the dye layers. The moment this happens, whatever was on the film is lost forever. It'll happen to all of them. Your support = more saved films. uncommonephemera.org/donate
- 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. uncommonephemera.org/donate
- 1,300 filmstrips preserved and on @archive.org. 3,000 to go. Our 2026 GoFundMe is only at $254 of $30K. Hitting our goal means saving them full-time instead of doing DoorDash, and prevent thousands of films from becoming #lostmedia. uncommonephemera.org/donate
- NEWLY RESTORED AT @archive.org: This zero-budget anti-drug #filmstrip is hosted by a beloved Kansas City kid's show host and her homemade puppets, who talk to each other about the dangers of playing with pills. Have you ever raided Mom's medicine cabinet? WATCH: archive.org/details/unco...
- NEWLY RESTORED AT THE INTERNET ARCHIVE: This zero-budget anti-drug #filmstrip is hosted by a beloved Kansas City kid's show host and her homemade puppets, who talk to each other about the dangers of playing with pills. Have you ever raided Mom's medicine cabinet? WATCH: archive.org/details/unco...
- We have all this technology, and yet if you need a tooth pulled they still just grab a pair of pliers, hold you down, and pull, like we’re the in 12th century and they’re trying to exorcise an evil spirit
- Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This 1949 #filmstrip on the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés still has its rich colors because it was printed before Kodak's infamous Eastmancolor stock was invented. archive.org/details/unco...
- Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This #filmstrip from the U.S. Office of Education might as well be called "What is Eastmancolor," as the film stock has faded to the point where nobody is ever learning about colors from this one. archive.org/details/unco...
- Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: I'm not 100% sure, but "Young America Sings" was a #filmstrip series for music education in the 50s. I've never found a soundtrack record for any of them, so we can only speculate what was actually happening in them. archive.org/details/unco...
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- Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This #filmstrip seems to be an advertisement for the same company's learning program for students on reel-to-reel tape. Ironically, it's missing its soundtrack. archive.org/details/...
- Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This #filmstrip for young children introduces them to the concept of a square with photos of squares out in the world, but it's hard to tell anymore as it's missing its soundtrack. archive.org/details/unco...
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- LIVE NOW: Searching for endangered and lost media on VHS tapes that we can send to @archive.org! IS THIS ANYTHING? is live now on Twitch. WATCH: twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
