Recent Additions

Recent Additions

The MHDL catalog currently includes 2,929,191 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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BoxofficeAssociated PublicationsFebruary 4, 1974Search on LanternClick here to read
BoxofficeAssociated PublicationsMarch 5, 1955Search on LanternClick here to read
BoxofficeAssociated PublicationsJuly 7, 1951Search on LanternClick here to read
BoxofficeAssociated PublicationsApril 28, 1951Search on LanternClick here to read
BoxofficeAssociated PublicationsApril 21, 1951Search on LanternClick here to read

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Metaphors on visionBrakhage, StanJanuary 1, 1963Search on LanternClick here to read

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Movie WorldShanghai: Movie World Press 上海:電影世界社November 15, 1934Search on LanternClick here to read

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Trade News NorthCinema Canada Magazine FoundationNovember 15, 1977Search on LanternClick here to read

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Le FilmPoirier, Bessette et CieNovember 15, 1950Search on LanternClick here to read
Le FilmPoirier, Bessette et CieSeptember 15, 1949Search on LanternClick here to read
Le FilmPoirier, Bessette et CieMay 1, 1949Search on LanternClick here to read
Le FilmPoirier, Bessette et CieJune 1, 1947Search on LanternClick here to read
Le FilmPoirier, Bessette et CieMarch 1, 1947Search on LanternClick here to read
Le FilmPoirier, Bessette et CieOctober 15, 1946Search on LanternClick here to read
Le FilmPoirier, Bessette et CieSeptember 15, 1946Search on LanternClick here to read
Le FilmPoirier, Bessette et CieMay 1, 1941Search on LanternClick here to read

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Picture-Play MagazineJanuary 1, 1929Search on LanternClick here to read

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Loew's Managerial ManualLoew's Inc.January 1, 1958Search on LanternClick here to read

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Movie News WeeklyShanghai: Movie News Weekly Book Press 上海:電影新聞圖畫週刊社May 15, 1939Search on LanternClick here to read

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Showmanship in AdvertisingLewis, Charles E., 1896-1953January 1, 1949Search on LanternClick here to read

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Le Courrier du CinémaLe Courrier du Cinéma, LtéeDecember 1, 1952Search on LanternClick here to read
Le Courrier du CinémaLe Courrier du Cinéma, LtéeAugust 1, 1952Search on LanternClick here to read
Le Courrier du CinémaLe Courrier du Cinéma, LtéeApril 1, 1952Search on LanternClick here to read
Le Courrier du CinémaLe Courrier du Cinéma, LtéeDecember 1, 1951Search on LanternClick here to read
Le Courrier du CinémaLe Courrier du Cinéma, LtéeOctober 15, 1951Search on LanternClick here to read