Additions to the National Film Registry
In December 2004 the Librarian of Congress announced the addition of the 25 films listed below to the National Film Registry, bringing the total to 400. Under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, the Librarian of Congress is responsible for annually selecting motion pictures that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant.
- "Ben-Hur," 1959
- "The Blue Bird," 1918
- "A Bronx Morning," 1931
- "Clash of the Wolves," 1925
- "The Court Jester," 1956
- "D.O.A.," 1950
- "Daughters of the Dust," 1991
- "Duck and Cover," 1951
- "Empire," 1964
- "Enter the Dragon," 1973
- "Eraserhead," 1978
- "Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers," 1980
- "Going My Way," 1944
- "Jailhouse Rock," 1957
- "Kannapolis, NC," 1941
- "Lady Helen's Escapade," 1909
- "The Nutty Professor," 1963
- "OffOn," 1968
- "Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor," 1936
- "Pups is Pups (Our Gang)," 1930
- "Schindler's List," 1993
- "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," 1954
- "Swing Time," 1936
- "There It Is," 1928
- "Unforgiven," 1992
Additions to the National Recording Registry*
The Librarian of Congress announced the second annual selection of 50 sound recordings to the National Recording Registry in March 2004. Under the terms of the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, the Librarian is responsible for annually selecting recordings that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
- "The Lord's Prayer" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," Emile Berliner (ca. 1888)
- "Honolulu Cake Walk"" Vess Ossman (1898)
- Victor Releases, Bert Williams and George Walker (1901)
- "You're a Grand Old Rag [Flag]," Billy Murray (1906)
- Chippewa/Ojibwe Cylinder Collection, Frances Densmore (1907-1910)
The first Bubble Book (1917) - "Cross of Gold," speech re-enactment by Bryan William Jennings Bryan (1921)
- Cylinder Recordings of African American Music, Guy B. Johnson (1920s)
Okeh Laughing Record (1922) - "Adeste Fidele," Associated Glee Clubs of America,(1925)
- Cajun-Creole Columbia releases, Amade Ardoin and Dennis McGee (1929)
- "Goodnight Irene," Leadbelly (1933)
- "Every Man a King," speech by Huey P. Long, (1935)
- "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands," Marian Anderson (1936)
- The Complete Recordings, Robert Johnson (1936-1937)
- Interviews conducted by Alan Lomax, Jelly Roll Morton (1938)
- Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert, Benny Goodman (1938)
- Complete Day of Radio Broadcasting, WJSV, Washington, D.C., (September 21, 1939)
- "New San Antonio Rose," Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys (1940)
- 1941 World Series Game Four, New York Yankees vs Brooklyn Dodgers
Bach B-Minor Mass, Robert Shaw Chorale (1947) - Beethoven String Quartets, Budapest Quartet (1940-1950)
- "Porgy and Bess," original cast, George Gershwin (1940, 1942)
- Oklahoma! original cast. Rodgers and Hammerstein (1943)
- "Othello," Paul Robeson, Uta Hagen, Jose Férrer and others (1943)
- Vivaldi Four Seasons, Louis Kaufman and the Concert Hall String Orchestra (1947)
- "Concord," Ives Piano Sonata No. 2, John Kirkpatrick (1948)
- Steam Locomotive Recordings, O. Winston Link (6 vol.: 1957-1977)
- Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition, Rafael Kubelik conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1951)
- Problems of the American Home, Billy Graham. (1954)
- Bach Goldberg Variations, Glenn Gould (1955)
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book (1956)
- "Roll Over Beethoven," Chuck Berry (1956)
- Brilliant Corners, Thelonius Monk (1956)
- Richard Wagner Complete Ring Cycle, Georg Solti and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (1958-1965)
- Winds in Hi-Fi, Eastman Wind Ensemble with Frederick Fennell (1958)
- Mingus Ah-Um, Charles Mingus (1959)
- New York Taxi Driver,Tony Schwartz (1959)
- "Crazy," Patsy Cline (1961)
- Kennedy Inaugural Ceremony, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Robert Frost and others (1961)
- Judy at Carnegie Hall, Judy Garland (1961)
- "I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)," Otis Redding (1965)
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles (1967)
- At Folsom Prison, Johnny Cash (1968)
- Ali Akbar College of Music Archive Selections (1960s-1970s)
- What's Goin' On, Marvin Gaye (1971)
- Tapestry, Carole King (1971)
*Second annual selection of recordings for the National Recording Registry; announced in 2004 for 2003.
