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A small, checked shelf of specific presentations hosted by film institutions—not a directory of whatever happens to be online.

Each entry separates the U.S. public-domain status of the underlying film from the rights in a restoration, score, recording, subtitle file, or hosted master. We link to the institution’s own destination; we do not copy or rehost its presentation. Availability remains regional and can change.

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A Trip to the Moon

1902 · Georges Méliès · 11 min in this presentation

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BFI Player 11-minute presentation

1902 · France · 11 minutes on this presentation.

Destination: BFI
Viewing region: United Kingdom. BFI Player states that its films are not available to watch in the United States.
Music: BFI does not identify a score on this film page. No music or recording reuse rights are claimed.
Subtitles: No dialogue; BFI lists English subtitles.
Master: The BFI presentation is a specific hosted master. No transfer, restoration, or master reuse rights are claimed.

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Rights note. The underlying 1902 film was exhibited and distributed in the United States before 1931; the U.S. Copyright Office says works published in the United States before 1931 are now in the public domain.

This finding concerns the underlying film in the United States, not every restoration, score, subtitle file, recording, or master.

This is a link to BFI Player, not permission to download, redistribute, edit, or rehost its presentation.

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Battleship Potemkin

1925 · Sergei Eisenstein · 72 min in this presentation

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Official institutional presentation

Mosfilm 1930 restoration presentation

1925 film · Mosfilm lists a 1930 restoration · 72 minutes · silent · 1:1.37.

Destination: Mosfilm
Viewing region: Where Mosfilm’s official player is available. Playback availability may vary by territory and by the official player. No worldwide availability claim is made.
Music: Mosfilm credits Dmitri Shostakovich and Nikolai Kryukov. No reuse rights are claimed for the hosted music, recording, restoration, or master.
Subtitles: The Mosfilm film page does not document subtitle options; available controls may vary in the official player.
Master: The 1930 restoration and hosted Mosfilm master remain separate from the underlying U.S. public-domain film.

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Rights note. The underlying 1925 film is in the U.S. public domain; the U.S. Copyright Office records that works published in 1925 entered the public domain on January 1, 2021.

This finding concerns the underlying film in the United States, not every restoration, score, subtitle file, recording, or master.

This is a link to Mosfilm, not permission to download, redistribute, edit, or rehost its presentation.

Rights & access evidence ↗

Watch on Mosfilm’s film page. Monocurator does not embed, copy, or rehost the presentation. Checked 2026-07-27.

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