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- This looks like a collection of clips from the Internet Archive. "General Aviation - Fact or Fiction" is on the Moving Image Archive at [1], and the full version is in the Internet Archive at [2]. Most of the content is from the Internet Archive. What's the point?
At least they don't slap their logo on public domain material, like Periscope Films does.
[1] https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/general-aviation-...
by Animats - Sounds rally cool. How and where are the movie clips collected, and how is it verified that they are in public domain?by USeyller
- The searchability aspect is key here. Imagine the historical insights or creative re-uses this unlocks.by Sorrel47
- If you are feeling inspired by the project to edit a found footage awesome thing, here's https://mobygratis.com - an amazing gift to filmmakers and a pretty snazzy listening experience for (semi-)library music.by ynac
- Just found an amateur video of San Francisco from 1940: https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/amateur-film-san-...
And 1932! https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/san-francisco-by-...
by akiselev - I don't see how to access the search function. All I see are example videos.by pmdulaney
- This is a much worse version of destockd.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49689005 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49599206
by tomalbrc - This is really lovely. I think it's pretty obvious that it bases on sources like Internet Archive and the Library of Congress, but it does add value.
I just wonder if it can survive - is there a business model here? If not, it's just a tech demo and then it doesn't have value as the hosted version, it would have it if the whole processing/indexing pipeline was open sourced so that anyone can host it themselves and pay for their own infrastructure.