Airplane! Honored in 2010 National Film Registry Every year since 1988, when the Library of Congress passed the National Film Preservation Act, which established the National Film Preservation Board, films have been selected for the honor.To qualify, titles must be at least 10 years old and must have had some form of theatrical release. “When you look at these really old films from the 1890s or documentaries, that is a pretty broad definition of what constitutes a theatrical release,” Loughney said.Over the next year, the Library of Congress will ascertain the condition of these films. “Many of the films have been preserved by other archives or the studios who own the films,” Loughney said. “We will make an effort to contact the rights’ owners or the archives and make inquiries and encourage the films to be preserved.”With the addition of this year’s selections, the registry now boasts a total of 550 films. Click here for the complete list of this year’s selections 5) { sendMessage("gtbTranslateLibReady", {"gtbTranslateError" : true}); return; } setTimeout(checkLibReady, 100);}gtbTranslateOnElementLoaded = function () { lib = google.translate.TranslateService({}); sendMessage("{EVT_LOADED}", {}, []); var data = document.getElementById("gtbTranslateElementCode"); data.addEventListener("gtbTranslate", onTranslateRequest, true); data.addEventListener("gtbTranslateCheckReady", onCheckReady, true); data.addEventListener("gtbTranslateRevert", onRevert, true); checkLibReady();};function onCheckReady() { var ready = lib.isAvailable(); sendMessage("gtbTranslateLibReady", {"gtbTranslateError" : !ready});}function onTranslateRequest() { var data = document.getElementById("gtbTranslateElementCode"); var orig = data.getAttribute("gtbOriginalLang"); var target = data.getAttribute("gtbTargetLang"); lib.translatePage(orig, target, onProgress);}function onProgress(progress, opt_finished, opt_error) { sendMessage("gtbTranslateOnProgress", {"gtbTranslateProgress" : progress, "gtbTranslateFinished" : opt_finished, "gtbTranslateError" : opt_error});}function onRevert() { lib.restore();}})(); (function(){var d=window,e=document;function f(b){var a=e.getElementsByTagName("head")[0];a||(a=e.body.parentNode.appendChild(e.createElement("head")));a.appendChild(b)}function _loadJs(b){var a=e.createElement("script");a.type="text/javascript";a.charset="UTF-8";a.src=b;f(a)}function _loadCss(b){var a=e.createElement("link");a.type="text/css";a.rel="stylesheet";a.charset="UTF-8";a.href=b;f(a)}function _isNS(b){b=b.split(".");for(var a=d,c=0;c]]>

Airplane! Honored in 2010 National Film Registry

Every year since 1988, when the Library of Congress passed the National Film Preservation Act, which established the National Film Preservation Board, films have been selected for the honor.

To qualify, titles must be at least 10 years old and must have had some form of theatrical release. “When you look at these really old films from the 1890s or documentaries, that is a pretty broad definition of what constitutes a theatrical release,” Loughney said.

Over the next year, the Library of Congress will ascertain the condition of these films. “Many of the films have been preserved by other archives or the studios who own the films,” Loughney said. “We will make an effort to contact the rights’ owners or the archives and make inquiries and encourage the films to be preserved.”

With the addition of this year’s selections, the registry now boasts a total of 550 films.

Click here for the complete list of this year’s selections