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It was preserved by the Library of Congress with NFPF support from source material provided by the New Zealand Film Archive.' data-name='Won in a Cupboard (1914)' style='background-image: url('https://s3.amazonaws.com/nfpf-slideshow/21-slide.jpg')'></div> <div class='slide' data-body='A South Seas romance filmed in two-color Technicolor by Ray Rennahan, featured on the <em>Treasures New Zealand</em> DVD set. It was preserved by George Eastman Museum with NFPF support from source material provided by the New Zealand Film Archive.' data-name='The Love Charm (1928)' style='background-image: url('https://s3.amazonaws.com/nfpf-slideshow/23-slide.jpg')'></div> <div class='slide' data-body='The animated antics of an odd couple who crash a dog show, featured on the <em>Treasures New Zealand</em> DVD set. It was preserved by George Eastman Museum with NFPF support from source material provided by the New Zealand Film Archive.' data-name='Happy-Go-Luckies (1923)' style='background-image: url('https://s3.amazonaws.com/nfpf-slideshow/22-slide.jpg')'></div> <div class='slide' data-body='Home movies of tourism in the Grand Teton, Yellowstone, and Snake River regions, preserved by the Buffalo Bill Historical Center with NFPF support.' data-name='E. Webster Harrison Collection (1933–56)' style='background-image: url('https://s3.amazonaws.com/nfpf-slideshow/20-slide.jpg')'></div> <div class='slide' data-body='Promotional travelogue, preserved by the Library of Congress and featured on the <em>Treasures 5: The West</em> DVD set.' data-name='Seeing Yosemite with David A. Curry (1916)' style='background-image: url('https://s3.amazonaws.com/nfpf-slideshow/19-slide.jpg')'></div> <div class='slide' data-body='Fragment from a documentary by Lyman H. Howe, discovered at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia and preserved by the Library of Congress with NFPF support. This film is available for viewing in the Screening Room.' data-name='U.S. Navy of 1915 (1915)' style='background-image: url('https://s3.amazonaws.com/nfpf-slideshow/17-slide.jpg')'></div> <div class='slide' data-body='Owen Land’s renowned demonstration of film’s lesser seen qualities, preserved by Anthology Film Archives through the National Film Preservation Foundation's Avant-Garde Masters Grant program, funded by The Film Foundation.' data-name='Film in Which There Appear Sprocket Holes, Edge Lettering, Dirt Particles, Etc. 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href="/blog/2024/9/19/the-nfpf-teams-with-silent-movie-day-to-screen-clash-of-the-wolves">The NFPF teams with Alamo Drafthouse on Silent Movie Day to screen Clash of the Wolves</a></h3><p><table align="right" width="300"> <tbody> <tr> <td><img alt="" height="226" src="/userfiles/image/blog/Clash_01.jpg" width="300" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="caption">Master-of-disguise Rin-Tin-Tin dons a false beard to avoid detection in <em>Clash of the Wolves</em> (1925), screening at four Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas on Sept. 29th.</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>To celebrate silent film history and raise funds for film preservation, the National Film Preservation Foundation and <a href="http://silentmovieday.org" target="_blank">Silent Movie Day</a> are joining forces to present a special screening of Clash of the Wolves (1925), a … <a href="/blog/2024/9/19/the-nfpf-teams-with-silent-movie-day-to-screen-clash-of-the-wolves">Read more</a></p></p></div><div class="article"><time>September 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