Category:Historic
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Pieces of media that have either left a historic impact or media that was the first of a genre/type of media or was the first to perform an innovation (first piece of recorded audio, first color cartoon, etc).
Pages in category "Historic"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 742 total.
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- L. Frank Baum (lost unfinished novels of famous children's author; 1910s)
- La Schtroumpfette (lost Belgian animated TV special based on "The Smurfs" comic; 1969)
- Labourwin97.org.uk (lost British political campaign website; 1997)
- Lafflets (lost series of Walt Disney animated short films; 1922-1923)
- LandyNES (found early NES emulator software; 1996)
- Laser Clay Shooting System (lost Nintendo 16mm film shooting gallery game; 1973)
- The Last Battle of Atlanta (found untelevised professional wrestling steel cage match; 1983)
- Late Night Line-Up (partially found Beatles "Abbey Road" special; 1969)
- Laugh, Clown, Laugh (partially lost Lon Chaney drama film; 1928)
- Launch of HMS Albion (partially found footage of battleship launch and subsequent disaster; 1898)
- Le Coucher de la Mariée (partially found French pornographic short film; 1896)
- Le Couteau sous la Gorge (found French crime film; 1955)
- Len Harvey vs Jock McAvoy (partially found footage of boxing match; 1938)
- Leonard-Cushing Fight (partially found early boxing film; 1894)
- Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs (partially found Belgian animated film; 1965)
- Let's Make A Deal (found unaired pilot of NBC game show; 1963)
- A Licas e o Zé (partially found Portuguese animated TV series; 1957-early 1960s)
- The Life of General Villa (partially found silent film; 1914)
- The Life of Nephi (lost silent film; 1915)
- Life Without Soul (lost silent film adaptation of "Frankenstein"; 1915)
- Life's Shop Window (lost silent drama film based on book; 1914)
- Lincoln's Lost Speech (lost Abraham Lincoln speech; 1856)
- Little Iodine (lost comedy film based on comic strip; 1946)
- Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (lost comic installments; 1924-1926)
- Liverpool vs Sheffield United (lost footage of FA Cup Semi-Final matches; 1899)
- London After Midnight (lost Lon Chaney mystery horror film; 1927)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (partially found original title cards for animated shorts; 1930s-1940s)
- Lost 116 pages of the Book of Mormon (lost early manuscript of religious text; 1828)
- Lost Epics of the Trojan Cycle (partially found epic poems; 800 B.C.-568 B.C.)
- Love's Labour's Won (lost/alternately-named Shakespeare play; existence unconfirmed; pre-1598)
- A Lover's Oath (partially found American fantasy film; 1925)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (partially found pieces from German composer; 1700s-1800s)
- Luiz de Barros (partially found films from Brazilian director; 1916-1980)
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- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (partially found NBC broadcasts of parade; 1953-1980)
- The Magic Shoes (lost Australian short film; 1935)
- Majin Garon (lost unaired tokusatsu TV pilot based on the manga by Osamu Tezuka; 1961; 1971)
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (partially found contents of missing flight recorders from disappeared passenger aircraft; 2014)
- Man at the Crossroads (lost mural painting of Mexican artist Diego Rivera; 1933)
- The Man Who Could Not Sleep (lost silent Edison Studios film; 1915)
- The Man with the Flower in His Mouth (lost early BBC television drama; 1930)
- Manchester City 3-0 Watford (partially found footage of Football League First Division match; 2001)
- Mangka's Around the World (lost first Chinese animated TV series; 1985)
- Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (lost video footage of Filipino basketball games; 1938-1981)
- Marcel Boulestin television shorts (lost early BBC programs; 1937-1939)
- Marcel Cerdan vs Lavern Roach (lost footage of boxing match; 1948)
- Margot Frank's diary (lost literature; 1940s)
- Maria Marten, or the Mystery of the Red Barn (lost British drama film; 1913)
- Marion Perloff (lost footage of televised suicide of stenographer; 1938)
- Marquis de Sade's manuscripts (partially found literature; 18th-19th century)
- Maruhi Gekki Ukiyo-e Senichiya (lost adult anime film; 1969)
- Mary Kay and Johnny (partially found American TV sitcom; 1947-1950)
- The Mask II (lost production material from "The Mask" sequel film; 1995-2004)
- Masks through the Ages (lost early BBC history talk show; 1937)
- Match Game (partially lost Mark Goodson Bill Todman game show; 1973-1982)
- Max Headroom Television Hijacking (lost audio from first transmission; existence unconfirmed; 1987)
- Medusa (lost Leonardo da Vinci painting; 15th century)
- Metropolis (partially lost deleted scenes from German sci-fi film; 1927)
- Mexico 2-0 Italy (lost footage of international football match; 1970)
- Michael Jackson (partially found unpublished songs from American musician; 1974-2009)
- Mickey and Minnie Mouse (lost unauthorized pornographic animated short film; existence unconfirmed; 1936)
- Minecraft (partially found previous versions of sandbox game; 2009-present)
- The Miracle Man (partially found Lon Chaney drama film; 1919)
- Mister Rogers Talks About Conflict (found episode arc of PBS children's educational series; 1983)
- Misterogers (partially found Canadian precursor to "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" children's educational TV series; 1961-1967)
- Moabit Däftäre (lost prison-written notebooks; 1944)
- Mona Lisa (found Leonardo da Vinci portrait painting; 1503-1506)
- Moscow vs Ukrainian SSR (lost radio coverage of interregional football match; 1929)
- The Mountain Eagle (lost silent Alfred Hitchcock film; 1927)
- The Moxy Show (partially found Cartoon Network CGI animated anthology series; 1993-1995)
- Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean (found animated short film; 1931)
- The Mummy (lost deleted scenes from Universal horror film; 1932)
- The Muppets (partially lost series of early TV commercials featuring puppet characters; 1962-1969)
- My Living Doll (partially found CBS sitcom; 1964-1965)
- Myspace (partially found deleted early user files from social network website; 2003-2015)
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- NASCAR (partially found footage of NASCAR races featuring fatal and/or serious accidents; 1964-2002)
- NASCAR (partially found uncut footage of stock car races; 1960-present)
- National Professional Soccer League (partially found footage of soccer matches; 1967)
- The Net (found melodrama crime film; 1916)
- Netherlands 0-0 Sweden (lost footage of international football match; 1952)
- The New Price Is Right (lost unaired pilot of Goodson-Todman game show; 1972)
- The Next Corner (lost romantic melodrama film; 1924)
- Nightcore (partially found music from Norwegian duo; 2003)
- Noah's Ark (partially lost film based on Bible story; 1928)
- Nobody Ordered Love (lost British drama film; 1972)
- North Sydney Bears 19-21 Balmain Tigers (lost footage of NSWRFL Premiership season game; 1961)
- Not Only... But Also (partially found BBC sketch comedy show; 1965-1966; 1970)
- Now and Then (found overdub session of Beatles song; 1995)
- Number 13 (lost footage from unfinished Alfred Hitchcock film; 1922)
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- O parádivé Sally aka "Clock Man" (found Czech animated short film; 1976)
- On Trial (partially found sound film; 1928)
- Opening of the BBC Television Service (partially found coverage of inaugural day of high-definition television service; 1936)
- The Orchestra and its Instruments (lost early BBC music talk show; 1937)
- Oregon (lost original version of "The Oregon Trail" educational computer game; 1971)
- The Oregon Trail (lost John Wayne Western film; 1936)
- Osomatsu-kun (found anime series; 1966)
- Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (partially lost series of Walt Disney animated short films; 1927-1928)
- Our Gang Comedies/The Little Rascals (partially lost silent shorts and foreign prints; 1922-1931)
- Out to Lunch (partially found Sesame Street/Electric Company crossover special; 1974)
- The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race (lost footage of rowing race; 1895)
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- Pan Tadeusz (partially lost Polish silent film; 1928)
- Parkland School Shooting - Surveillance Footage (partially found unreleased CCTV video of shooting; 2018)
- The Passion of Joan of Arc (found silent French film; 1928)
- The Patriot (partially found silent film; 1928)
- PDP-8 Digital Software News (partially found early computer newsletter; 1970s-1980s)
- Peanuts: Oct. 2nd, 1955 (partially lost newspaper comic strip; 1955)
- Peludopolis (partially found Argentinian animated film; 1931)
- Per la ricuperata salute di Ofelia (found Mozart collaborational music piece; 1785)
- Perils of the Wild (lost adventure film serial; 1925)
- Das Phantom der Oper (lost "The Phantom of the Opera" first-adaptation silent film; 1916)
- Philadelphia Phillies 5-8 Pittsburgh Pirates (lost KDKA radio coverage of MLB game; 1921)
- Piano Lessons (lost early television series; 1931-1932)
- Pinwheel (partially found Nickelodeon educational puppet series; 1977-1990)
- Pinwright's Progress (lost first half-hour television sitcom; 1946-1967)
- Planet of Giants "The Urge to Live" (lost unaired forth part episode of Doctor Who serial; 1964)
- The Pogrom of Mickey Mouse (lost unofficial Polish animated short film; 1930s)
- Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions (found early SpaceWorld '97 demo build of Game Boy Color role-playing games; 1997)
- Pokémon Pink Version (lost build of cancelled Game Boy role-playing game; existence unconfirmed; late 1990s)
- Polly of the Circus (found drama film; 1917)
- Poor Papa (found "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" Walt Disney animated short film; 1927)
- "Porky's Butthole" (found voicemail to Mike Judge; mid-1990s)
- Porky's Hare Hunt (found redrawn colorized version of Looney Tunes short; 1968)
- Pot Black (partially lost coverage of professional snooker tournaments; 1969-1979)
- The Power of Love (lost 3D drama film; 1922)
- PSV Eindhoven 2-1 E.V.V. Eindhoven (lost footage of Netherlands Football League Championship match; 1950)
- Pull My Strings (lost footage from Dead Kennedys live performance; existence unconfirmed; 1980)
- Puttnam's Prairie Emporium (partially found Canadian children's television series; 1988-1990)
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- R. Lee Ermey's instructional tape (lost audition footage for Full Metal Jacket; 1985)
- Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa (found CGI animated TV film; 2002)
- Rat Killing (lost early blood sport films; 1894)
- RCA recording of BBC Television Service (found footage of pre-Second World War BBC television broadcast; 1938)
- Real Madrid 1-0 Barcelona (partially found footage of El Clásico La Liga football match; 1959)
- Real Madrid 3-0 Racing Santander (lost footage of La Liga football match; 1954)
- Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien (partially found editions of German newspaper; 1605-1667)
- The Right to Be Happy (lost silent film adaptation of ‘A Christmas Carol’; 1916)
- Rite of Spring (lost choreography manuscript of ballet; 1913)
- The RMS Titanic (lost film recordings of British passenger ship; existence unconfirmed; 1912)
- The Road to Mandalay (partially lost Lon Chaney drama film; 1926)
- Roblox (partially found builds of online game; 2003-present)
- Robot Wars 1994 (partially found footage and results of robot combat tournaments; 1994)
- The Rogue Song (partially found musical film; 1930)
- Rough House Rosie (partially found silent Clara Bow Film; 1927)
- Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (lost television coverage of scientific presentations; 1936-1957)
- Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (partially lost television coverage of scientific presentations; 1966-1973)
- Royal Visit of the Cardiff Industrial and Fine Art Exhibition (lost footage of British Royal Family members; 1896)
- The Ruff and Reddy Show (found episodes of NBC Hanna-Barbera animated series; 1957-1960)
- R.U.R. (lost BBC television adaptations of science-fiction play; 1938; 1948)
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- Salomy Jane (found Western silent film; 1914)
- Sam and Friends (partially found early Jim Henson puppet TV series; 1955-1961)
- San Lorenzo de Almagro 1-1 River Plate (lost footage of Argentine Primera División football match; 1951)
- San Marino 1-0 Liechtenstein (partially found footage of international football match; 2004)
- Sara and Hoppity (partially found children's puppet TV series; 1962-1963)
- Saved from the Titanic (lost silent film; 1912)
- Scotland 1-2 England (lost radio coverage of international football match; 1927)
- Scotland 2-3 England (partially found footage of international football match; 1972)
- Scotland 21-13 England (lost radio coverage of Five Nations Championship game; 1927)
- Scottish Universities 1-1 English Universities (lost footage of international football match; 1952)
- SCP-173 (found 4chan post; 2007)
- Sea Stories (lost early BBC talk show; 1936-1937)
- The Secret Files Of Captain Video (lost science-fiction television spin-off series; 1953-1954)
- "Secret Gospel of Mark" (lost biblical text; existence unconfirmed; date unknown)
- Sehnsucht (lost F.W Murnau German silent horror film, 1921)
- Seiko's "first-aired" commercial (lost first Japanese commercial to be broadcasted on Japanese TV; 1953)
- Sentimental Tommy (partially found silent drama film; 1921)
- Sesame Street "Episode 847" (found "Wicked Witch of the West" episode of children’s educational TV series; 1976)
- Sesame Street "Snuffy's Parents Get a Divorce" (partially found episode of children's puppetry TV series; 1992)
- Sesame Street (partially found test pilots of children's educational TV series; 1969)
- Sesame Street (partially lost children's educational TV series; 1969-present)
- Sesame Street at Night? (found "Sesame Street" television special; 1977)
- Seven, Bessie Street (partially found soap opera script of Coronation Street creator; pre-1957)
- Sheffield Wednesday vs Blackburn Rovers (partially found footage of Football League Cup matches; 2002)
- Shengui Tonic Wine (lost first Chinese television advertisement; 1979)
- Sherlock Holmes (found early film adaptation of fictional private detective; 1916)
- Shin Hakkenden (partially found Japanese puppet TV series; 1973-1975)
- The Shining (lost deleted scenes of Stanley Kubrick horror film; 1980)
- Short Subject aka "Mickey Mouse in Vietnam" (found unofficial animated short film; 1968)
- Silhouette Fantasies (lost silent animated series; 1916)
- Sin Dejar Rastros (lost Argentinian animated film; 1918)
- Sing-song Girl Red Peony (lost first Chinese sound film; 1931)
- The Skywayman (lost action drama film and death footage of stunt pilots; 1920)
- Son of Frankenstein (lost color footage of horror monster film; 1939)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (lost Tokyo Toy Show prototype build of Sega Genesis/Mega Drive platformer; 1990)
- Sonic X-Treme (found build of unreleased SEGA Saturn platformer; 1996)
- Southern Television broadcast intrusion (lost real-time footage of television hijack; 1977)
- Sovist (found Ukrainian war film; 1968)
- Space Command (partially found early Canadian sci-fi series; 1953-1954)
- Space Monster Wangmagwi (found South Korean kaiju film; 1967)
- The Spanish Maze (lost script for tragic play; 1605)
- Speaking of Animals (partially lost Tex Avery short film series; 1941-1949)
- Spellbound (lost sequence from Alfred Hitchcock film; 1945)
- Spelling Bee (lost early BBC game show; 1938)
- Spider-Man (lost original design made by Jack Kirby of Marvel Comics character; 1962)
- Spooney Melodies (partially found Warner Bros. live action shorts; 1930-1931)
- St. Elmo (lost drama film based on book; 1914)
- Stade de Reims 2-1 FC Metz (partially found footage of French Division 1 football match; 1956)
- Star of the Giants vs Astro Boy (partially found anime crossover special; 1969)
- Star Wars (lost original "Luke Starkiller" scene of space opera film; 1977)
- Star Wars (partially found "lost cut" of space opera film; 1977)