Source: Good News Network
The Library of Congress has unveiled a new collection of historic movies and video footage that can be streamed or downloaded by the public for free.
The library’s online National Screening Room contains 299 films, commercials, news clips, and documentaries, some of which were donated by Thomas Edison.
Subjects range from 1904 films of Coney Island, scenes from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, a natural ice bridge that formed over Niagara Falls, old parades, everyday people, and Teddy Roosevelt in 1907.
The library reportedly owns 1.6 million pieces of moving picture material, making it the largest collection in…
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