The National Archives and Records Administration has entered into an agreement with Amazon.com’s CustomFlix Labs to make historic films from the National Archives available for purchase on Amazon.
Amazon Partners With National Archives
The National Archives is using CustomFlix DVD on Demand service to initially make its collection of Universal Newsreels, dating from 1920 to 1967, available on DVD. Newsreels feature worldwide events in politics, entertainment, fashion, sports and technology. More public domain films from the National Archives motion picture holdings will become available in the near future.
“Our initiative with CustomFlix Labs will reap major benefits for the public-at-large and for the National Archives,” said Allen Weinstein, archivist of the United States. “While the public can come to our College Park, MD research room to view films and even copy them at no charge, this new program will make our holdings much more accessible to millions of people who cannot travel to the Washington, D.C. area.”
“CustomFlix Labs DVD on Demand will provide the National Archives with digital reference and preservation copies of the films that are sold on Amazon.com. This is an important contribution to our preservation program.”
The DVDs from the CustomFlix Labs DVD on Demand program are produced only when a customer makes a purchase and can be delivered within 24 hours.
“The National Archives and Records Administration houses an amazing collection of motion picture titles that historically have been hard for the general public to access,” said Dana LoPiccolo-Giles, co-founder and managing director of CustomFlix Labs.
“Our DVD on Demand service will make these titles readily available for purchase on Amazon.com to be enjoyed by history buffs today, as well as for future generations to come.”
