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Flickr Takes Historical Imagery To The Masses - Tech Crunch

A new project from Flickr will see the photo sharing site showcasing historical imagery from public resources.
“The Commons” is a pilot project between Flickr and the Library of Congress that will tap into the Library’s rich historical footage and allow it to be viewed from Flickr. [...]

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Print tramps to new home - The Hollywood Reporter
A print of “The Great Dictator” that Hitler himself might have watched is among the thousands of historic films that the Library of Congress is moving halfway across the country.
The print of the Charlie Chaplin classic skewering the Nazi leader is among the 120,000 reels of nitrate [...]

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