Recent Additions

Recent Additions

The MHDL catalog currently includes 2,946,024 pages of digitized books and magazines from the histories of film, broadcasting, and recorded sound. That's quite a large number, and we hope to keep it continually growing! Check out this page to see items that have recently been added to the MHDL collections.

To determine which materials are available for digitization, we check the U.S. copyright status of all titles. We reviewed every copyright renewal for serials (magazines) published from 1923 to 1950, and for titles after those dates, we search the copyright records for the status of the major publications published from 1951 to 1963. The copyrights for nearly all of these media industry, fan and technical publications were not renewed, and those pre-1964 works are now in the public domain.

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Recent Items:

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Business screen magazineJanuary 1, 1938Search on LanternClick here to read

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PhotoplayChicago, Photoplay Magazine Publishing CompanyJanuary 1, 1931Search on LanternClick here to read
Photoplay{"Photoplay Publishing Co","Chicago, Photoplay Publishing Co"}May 18, 1921Search on LanternClick here to read
PhotoplayChicago, Photoplay Magazine Publishing CompanyJanuary 1, 1932Search on LanternClick here to read

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Marty (United Artists)United ArtistsJanuary 1, 1955Search on LanternClick here to read

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South African Pictorial - Volume 17Argus Printing & Publishing Co., Ltd.January 1, 1923Search on LanternClick here to read

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The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (Universal Pictures)Universal PicturesJanuary 1, 1966Search on LanternClick here to read

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MovietoneShanghai: Movietone 上海:電聲周刊社June 18, 1940Search on LanternClick here to read

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Motion Picture ClassicJanuary 31, 1920Search on LanternClick here to read

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FilmIndiaJanuary 1, 1949Search on LanternClick here to read
FilmIndiaJanuary 1, 1946Search on LanternClick here to read

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Moving Picture NewsJanuary 1, 1912Search on LanternClick here to read

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Year book of motion picturesThe Film DailyJanuary 1, 1934Search on LanternClick here to read

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Casablanca (Warner Bros.)Warner Bros.January 1, 1942Search on LanternClick here to read

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The Biograph{"Biograph Company","Biograph Company"}July 3, 2010Search on LanternClick here to read

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Million Dollar Baby (Warner Bros.)Warner Bros.January 1, 1941Search on LanternClick here to read

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Columbia Record CatalogJanuary 1, 1949Search on LanternClick here to read

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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (Paramount Pictures)Paramount PicturesJanuary 1, 1965Search on LanternClick here to read

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The Geisha Boy (Paramount Pictures)Paramount PicturesJanuary 1, 1958Search on LanternClick here to read

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Take OneUnicorn PublishingMarch 15, 1979Search on LanternClick here to read
Take OneUnicorn PublishingMay 18, 1978Search on LanternClick here to read
Take OneUnicorn PublishingMarch 18, 1978Search on LanternClick here to read
Take OneUnicorn PublishingNovember 18, 1977Search on LanternClick here to read
Take OneUnicorn PublishingNovember 1, 1972Search on LanternClick here to read

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Easy Come, Easy Go (Paramount Pictures)Paramount PicturesJanuary 1, 1967Search on LanternClick here to read