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Uncommon Ephemera
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Citizen archivist. The only person on earth preserving filmstrips. Lost Media hunter. Don't talk to me about politics.
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LIVE TODAY: Digitizing recently donated #filmstrip soundtracks on #cassette - all nearly-lost media that's never been on the Internet. It all goes to @archive.org when it's done. Tune in and watch history being saved.

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November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This 1950 #filmstrip shows what life was like in a typical Middle Eastern city. Unfortunately, this reissue was printed on Eastmancolor stock, and this is all that's left.

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November 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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LIVE TODAY: Digitizing recently donated #filmstrip soundtracks on #cassette - all nearly-lost media that's never been on the Internet. It all goes to @archive.org when it's done. Tune in and watch history being saved.

YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/7stkbXn...
or Twitch: twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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LIVE NOW: Searching for endangered and #lostmedia on #VHS we can send to @archive.org and unboxing a #filmstrip donation. Mrs. Ephemera joins us! IS THIS ANYTHING? is live now on Twitch.

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November 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Trying to make a cover in Suno. When you give it additional instructions, not only does it not follow them, IT SINGS THEM. WTAF
November 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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NEWLY RESTORED AT THE @archive.org: This charming 1967 #filmstrip teaches students language trivia, such as idioms, folktales, secret codes, dictionaries, and loanwords, and features great mid-century illustrations.

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November 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This 1971 #filmstrip interposes the text of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" with custom hand-drawn artwork.

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November 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This 1967 #filmstrip paraphrases the Mark Twain book "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and pairs it with hand-sketched art.

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November 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: Part of a series on African folktales, this 1970 #filmstrip tells a Kenyan tale about a king who wanted to live closer to the sun no matter the cost... which is weird, because he was already in Kenya. Complete with soundtrack.

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November 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This 1982 #filmstrip for American students in Spanish class teaches about holidays and festivals in Mexico. It's complete with its soundtrack, which is entirely in Spanish.

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November 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Uploaded to @archive.org: This short recording recovered from a #VHS tape shows the old #Binghamton, NY "Community Bulletin Board" or "barker" channel on their local cablesystem in 1985. As far as we can tell, it uses a Texscan MSI Compuvid SpectraGen Model 3.

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November 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This 1949 #filmstrip tells young students the story of a brook.

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October 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This 1950 #filmstrip teaches young children how they should behave at home, and with all the cultural shifts in the last seventy-five years feels like it's from another universe.

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October 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: Part of a 1950 series on the first English settlers in America, this #filmstrip shows how life was in those first New England towns.

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October 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This 1950 #filmstrip tells the story of the English Separatists who founded the first permanent English colony in New England in 1620. Due to the film used, the colors are surprisingly vibrant 75 years later.

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October 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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LIVE ALL DAY: Scanning #filmstrips and digitizing soundtracks, all #lostmedia that's never been on the internet. I'll be uploading it all to @archive.org. Watch history being saved!

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Twitch: twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
October 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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LIVE ALL DAY: Preserving #filmstrips and soundtracks so we can safeguard them at @archive.org.

Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/hmv1hYX...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM