Uncommon Ephemera
@uncommonephemera.org
Citizen archivist. The only person on earth preserving filmstrips. Lost Media hunter. Don't talk to me about politics.
LIVE NOW: Searching for endangered and #lostmedia we can upload to @archive org. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live now on Twitch.
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January 26, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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one of those has Cocktail (1988) on it and another has 9/11 and i couldn't tell you which is the bigger disaster
January 26, 2026 at 7:34 PM
one of those has Cocktail (1988) on it and another has 9/11 and i couldn't tell you which is the bigger disaster
LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EST: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Commercials? Home Movies? Endangered or #lostmedia we could upload to @archive.org? Let's dig through them to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live on Twitch at 7pm.
Which of these tapes should we look at first?
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Which of these tapes should we look at first?
twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
January 26, 2026 at 7:24 PM
LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EST: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Commercials? Home Movies? Endangered or #lostmedia we could upload to @archive.org? Let's dig through them to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live on Twitch at 7pm.
Which of these tapes should we look at first?
twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
Which of these tapes should we look at first?
twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EST: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Commercials? Home movies? Endangered or #lostmedia we can upload to @archive.org? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch.
twitch.tv/uncommonep...
Which tape should we look at first?
twitch.tv/uncommonep...
Which tape should we look at first?
January 26, 2026 at 12:02 PM
LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EST: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Commercials? Home movies? Endangered or #lostmedia we can upload to @archive.org? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch.
twitch.tv/uncommonep...
Which tape should we look at first?
twitch.tv/uncommonep...
Which tape should we look at first?
Here's what happens to filmstrips when it's too late. The binder chemical fails, freeing the dye layers. The moment this happens, whatever was on the film is lost forever. It'll happen to all of them. Your support = more saved films.
uncommonephemera.org/donate
uncommonephemera.org/donate
January 25, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Here's what happens to filmstrips when it's too late. The binder chemical fails, freeing the dye layers. The moment this happens, whatever was on the film is lost forever. It'll happen to all of them. Your support = more saved films.
uncommonephemera.org/donate
uncommonephemera.org/donate
Did you know I was featured in @archive.org's Vanishing Culture Report? 1,300 filmstrips preserved. 3,000 more waiting.
Hitting our GoFundMe goal for 2026 would buy 12 months of full-time work on this. We're currently only at $254.
uncommonephemera.org/donate
Hitting our GoFundMe goal for 2026 would buy 12 months of full-time work on this. We're currently only at $254.
uncommonephemera.org/donate
January 24, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Did you know I was featured in @archive.org's Vanishing Culture Report? 1,300 filmstrips preserved. 3,000 more waiting.
Hitting our GoFundMe goal for 2026 would buy 12 months of full-time work on this. We're currently only at $254.
uncommonephemera.org/donate
Hitting our GoFundMe goal for 2026 would buy 12 months of full-time work on this. We're currently only at $254.
uncommonephemera.org/donate
1,300 filmstrips preserved and on @archive.org. 3,000 to go.
Our 2026 GoFundMe is only at $254 of $30K. Hitting our goal means saving them full-time instead of doing DoorDash, and prevent thousands of films from becoming #lostmedia.
uncommonephemera.org/donate
Our 2026 GoFundMe is only at $254 of $30K. Hitting our goal means saving them full-time instead of doing DoorDash, and prevent thousands of films from becoming #lostmedia.
uncommonephemera.org/donate
January 24, 2026 at 2:03 PM
1,300 filmstrips preserved and on @archive.org. 3,000 to go.
Our 2026 GoFundMe is only at $254 of $30K. Hitting our goal means saving them full-time instead of doing DoorDash, and prevent thousands of films from becoming #lostmedia.
uncommonephemera.org/donate
Our 2026 GoFundMe is only at $254 of $30K. Hitting our goal means saving them full-time instead of doing DoorDash, and prevent thousands of films from becoming #lostmedia.
uncommonephemera.org/donate
NEWLY RESTORED AT @archive.org: This zero-budget anti-drug #filmstrip is hosted by a beloved Kansas City kid's show host and her homemade puppets, who talk to each other about the dangers of playing with pills. Have you ever raided Mom's medicine cabinet?
WATCH: archive.org/details/unco...
WATCH: archive.org/details/unco...
January 23, 2026 at 5:43 PM
NEWLY RESTORED AT @archive.org: This zero-budget anti-drug #filmstrip is hosted by a beloved Kansas City kid's show host and her homemade puppets, who talk to each other about the dangers of playing with pills. Have you ever raided Mom's medicine cabinet?
WATCH: archive.org/details/unco...
WATCH: archive.org/details/unco...
NEWLY RESTORED AT THE INTERNET ARCHIVE: This zero-budget anti-drug #filmstrip is hosted by a beloved Kansas City kid's show host and her homemade puppets, who talk to each other about the dangers of playing with pills. Have you ever raided Mom's medicine cabinet?
WATCH: archive.org/details/unco...
WATCH: archive.org/details/unco...
January 23, 2026 at 3:05 PM
NEWLY RESTORED AT THE INTERNET ARCHIVE: This zero-budget anti-drug #filmstrip is hosted by a beloved Kansas City kid's show host and her homemade puppets, who talk to each other about the dangers of playing with pills. Have you ever raided Mom's medicine cabinet?
WATCH: archive.org/details/unco...
WATCH: archive.org/details/unco...
We have all this technology, and yet if you need a tooth pulled they still just grab a pair of pliers, hold you down, and pull, like we’re the in 12th century and they’re trying to exorcise an evil spirit
January 22, 2026 at 10:04 PM
We have all this technology, and yet if you need a tooth pulled they still just grab a pair of pliers, hold you down, and pull, like we’re the in 12th century and they’re trying to exorcise an evil spirit
Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This 1949 #filmstrip on the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés still has its rich colors because it was printed before Kodak's infamous Eastmancolor stock was invented.
archive.org/details/unco...
archive.org/details/unco...
January 22, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This 1949 #filmstrip on the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés still has its rich colors because it was printed before Kodak's infamous Eastmancolor stock was invented.
archive.org/details/unco...
archive.org/details/unco...
Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This #filmstrip from the U.S. Office of Education might as well be called "What is Eastmancolor," as the film stock has faded to the point where nobody is ever learning about colors from this one.
archive.org/details/unco...
archive.org/details/unco...
January 22, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This #filmstrip from the U.S. Office of Education might as well be called "What is Eastmancolor," as the film stock has faded to the point where nobody is ever learning about colors from this one.
archive.org/details/unco...
archive.org/details/unco...
Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: I'm not 100% sure, but "Young America Sings" was a #filmstrip series for music education in the 50s. I've never found a soundtrack record for any of them, so we can only speculate what was actually happening in them.
archive.org/details/unco...
archive.org/details/unco...
January 21, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: I'm not 100% sure, but "Young America Sings" was a #filmstrip series for music education in the 50s. I've never found a soundtrack record for any of them, so we can only speculate what was actually happening in them.
archive.org/details/unco...
archive.org/details/unco...
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Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This #filmstrip seems to be an advertisement for the same company's learning program for students on reel-to-reel tape. Ironically, it's missing its soundtrack. archive.org/details/...
January 21, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This #filmstrip seems to be an advertisement for the same company's learning program for students on reel-to-reel tape. Ironically, it's missing its soundtrack. archive.org/details/...
Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This #filmstrip for young children introduces them to the concept of a square with photos of squares out in the world, but it's hard to tell anymore as it's missing its soundtrack.
archive.org/details/unco...
archive.org/details/unco...
January 21, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This #filmstrip for young children introduces them to the concept of a square with photos of squares out in the world, but it's hard to tell anymore as it's missing its soundtrack.
archive.org/details/unco...
archive.org/details/unco...
Testing something. Please ignore this post.
January 20, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Testing something. Please ignore this post.
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LIVE NOW: Searching for endangered and lost media on VHS tapes that we can send to @archive.org! IS THIS ANYTHING? is live now on Twitch.
WATCH: twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
WATCH: twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
January 19, 2026 at 11:55 PM
LIVE NOW: Searching for endangered and lost media on VHS tapes that we can send to @archive.org! IS THIS ANYTHING? is live now on Twitch.
WATCH: twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
WATCH: twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EST: IS THIS ANYTHING? in which we search through VHS tapes for endangered and lost media we can upload to @archive.org. Come help us identify stuff or just bask in the analog vibes!
twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
January 19, 2026 at 5:05 PM
LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EST: IS THIS ANYTHING? in which we search through VHS tapes for endangered and lost media we can upload to @archive.org. Come help us identify stuff or just bask in the analog vibes!
twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EST: What's on all these VHS tapes? Commercials? Weird stuff? Home movies? Endangered or lost media we can upload to @archive.org? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch.
twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
January 19, 2026 at 12:03 PM
LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EST: What's on all these VHS tapes? Commercials? Weird stuff? Home movies? Endangered or lost media we can upload to @archive.org? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch.
twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
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Last year I raised $6,000 of a $30,000 goal for filmstrip preservation. That means I spent most of my time doing DoorDash instead of safeguarding them at @archive.org.
This year I'm trying to be honest about what I need. Even a small donation makes a difference.
uncommonephemera.org/donate
This year I'm trying to be honest about what I need. Even a small donation makes a difference.
uncommonephemera.org/donate
January 17, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Last year I raised $6,000 of a $30,000 goal for filmstrip preservation. That means I spent most of my time doing DoorDash instead of safeguarding them at @archive.org.
This year I'm trying to be honest about what I need. Even a small donation makes a difference.
uncommonephemera.org/donate
This year I'm trying to be honest about what I need. Even a small donation makes a difference.
uncommonephemera.org/donate
EARLY ACCESS: Patreon supporters just got early access to a newly-restored filmstrip. Head over to Patreon to check it out, but first: What do you think is going on here? Wrong answers only.
January 16, 2026 at 1:02 PM
EARLY ACCESS: Patreon supporters just got early access to a newly-restored filmstrip. Head over to Patreon to check it out, but first: What do you think is going on here? Wrong answers only.