External Site: American Memory from the Library of Congress[info]
The incomparable ‘American Memory’ section of the vast Library of Congress site includes a ‘Performing Arts’ section, with playscripts, theatre bills, sound recordings and motion pictures, including Coca-Cola advertisements, early American animation, films from the Theodore Roosevelt collection, early American variety acts, early film of New York and San Francisco, films of the Spanish-American War, and Edison films and sound recordings. All films are available in Real, MPEG and QuickTime formats, and there is excellent supporting catalogue information.