Wikisource:WikiProject Film/Lost films

The following is a list of lost films which have entered the public domain. A lost film is a film with no known surviving copies left in existence.

We will also include in this list films that are basically lost, since they are not viewable by the general public. If the status of a film's survival is not found after careful research, it should hereby be assumed lost, until proven otherwise.

This list will also include films (as in physical films reels) that are kept in physical archives only, and not apparently digitized, as these are not generally viewable by the public and are subject to degradation over time as they sit in those cellars for so long. They also have a somewhat low likelihood of ever being digitized and made publicly available, as the types of archivists who keep films in such ways tend to like to keep those films only viewable specifically to academics studying film, or for their own amusement.

If any film in this list does become publicly available since it was added, it should be removed from this list and moved to Not uploaded to Commons to await uploading or Uploaded to Commons to await transcription.

19th century
(unknown, but 1900s)	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909
(unknown, but 1910s)	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919
(unknown, but 1920s)	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929
(unknown, but 1930s)	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
(unknown, but 1940s)	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
(unknown, but 1950s)	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
(unknown, but 1960s)	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
(unknown, but 1970s)	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979

Important

• A complete list of lost films, compiled by the Library of Congress, as of 12/29/2016 (source)