Hidden amongst the 11,500 titles in the Tandy Memorial Film Library, you’ll find these gems:

Films

Berlin Alexanderplatz. This 15 1/2-hour mini-series by German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder is considered a major work in the New German Cinema of the 1970s and ’80s.

Dim Sum (A Little bit of Heart). One of the earliest films by director Wayne Wang (made in 1984), whose latest movie is Maid in Manhattan.

Our Dancing Daughters (1928). One of Joan Crawford’s major early films.

Blood on the Moon (1948). An important post-war western starring Robert Mitchum.

The Big Parade (1925). A major anti-war film of the silent film era.

Documentaries

Hollywood. A 13-part series on U.S. filmmaking in the silent era (made in 1980 by film historians Kevin Brownlow and David Gill).

Sinatra: Very Good Years. A five-part documentary on Frank Sinatra’s impact on popular culture.

The Secret Life of Machines. A 12-part series from New Zealand that explains how everything works, from vacuum cleaners to VCRs.

Television

A set of TV programs featuring Edward R. Murrow, pioneer of radio and TV news programming.

Films currently available only in altered forms

New York, New York (1977). Martin Scorsese’s musical. A widescreen version is available on laser disc.

Some Came Running (1958). Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine. A widescreen version exists on LD, but currently only the pan-and-scan VHS version is available.

It’s Always Fair Weather (1955). A significant post-war musical starring Gene Kelly. Widescreen version on LD; currently only the pan-and-scan VHS version available.

Touch of Evil (1958). A “restored” version recently released on DVD and VHS that differs dramatically from the version originally released, which is no longer available. Original release version on both LD and VHS.

Fun stuff

Three LD boxed sets of 210 Looney Tunes cartoons. Looney Tunes have yet to be released on DVD, and many were never available on VHS.