450+Rolls
242+Digitised
59+Countries
1935Earliest
From the Archive
A_00011976 · Super 8 · Germany
Hamburg Airport 1976
A_00591980 · Super 8 · Ceylon / Sri Lanka
Ceylon 1 1980
A_01061980 · Super 8 · Argentina
Waterfall Iguazu Falls 1984 II
A_0170Super 8 · Ceylon / Sri Lanka
Yala National Park Sri Lanka
A_02031984 · Super 8 · Germany, GDR
Boat Holiday Rheinsberg 1984
A_02281981 · Chile
Chile 1981 Part 1
A_0321Samarkand Bukhara Khiva 1973
A_03281967 · 16mm · Romania, Bulgaria
Road Trip through Romania 1967
A_03341988 · 16mm · Germany GDR
GDR Rügen Stralsund 1988
Where these films were shot
Every pin a roll of celluloid — recorded between 1925 and 1990 by unknown filmmakers all over the world.
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Over 1,000 rolls of found footage from around the world.
The Archive of Strangers collects, preserves and makes accessible private films from the 20th century — Super 8, 16mm, 8mm, VHS, Hi8 and more.
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