National Film Registry

Jake rounded the corner by the General Store and squinted, facing into the dust. He looked toward the Wild Stallion Saloon, his hand tense on the reins. Would he ever see Kat again—tell her he loved her? Pointing his Colt at Rodriguez, he tightened his legs against Red’s sides, and the horse broke into a trot. Rodriguez thrust his heels against his horse’s hide. The animal dug its hooves into the dirt and burst forward. Both men fired. Jake’s shots landed wide, one hitting his enemy’s horse.…

SHOE STORY The shoe sat upon the curb, tears streaming down his laces only to be lost in the rain, he had a huge problem... he was a ninja shoe that couldn’t ninja.not a single flip nor jump. The others laughed at him. And he couldn't say anything back as he couldn't talk, so he ventured on looking for a master to teach him the ways of a ninja! After a long day of boring and treacherous walking he came upon a small shack in the woods, inside he found a pair of shoes he'd never seen before. He…

My grandmother has been a very important person throughout my life. My entire childhood was spent with her, but once I started getting older, it has been hard to keep up with each other. During this time of our distant relationship, she happened to experience a ruptured brain aneurysm, and I have never gotten the opportunity to sit down with her and learn more about this. She cannot recall anything that happened after when she was experiencing symptoms up until four to five months post insult,…

Its 1955 Jonas Salk just came back from the store. He came back with anything he couldfind. Right Know Jonas is in the middle of an apocalypse of zombies that spread around theworld fast. Salk is in San Diego, California and right now he is the only survivor that he knowsabout that is still alive. When Salk came back from the store a group of zombies were chasinghim and followed him to his house but as Salk was on his way home he attempted to lose themby running faster but as he ran more and…

I am Tom Fatica, Lucille’s only son & on behalf of myself & our family, I would first like to give everyone here today, our sincere thanks for the care you have shown us and our mother throughout the difficult period that her & our family has gone through. I am both honored & humbled to speak about our Mother. While, I cannot begin to do justice to speak to the incredible person she was in just a few minutes, I would like to explain what she meant to us and how I have come to realize what…

Outside the window, there was a tapping on the boards to be pulled off and let in. He stood there still and as quiet as possible. Was it ghosts or skinheads? His eyes were swimming in tears. The sound circled the street, walking from first to last building, a weapon behind its back. Dreadfully the early days he moved here he hammered in those nails as quickly as his crippled hands would allow, visioning the wood coffins in Lety, and the one for his father. The windows weren’t boarded up to…

My friends and I had agreed to meet in front of the CVS on Santa Monica Blvd to go to the West hollywood Halloween carnival together. Naturally I ended up being the first person there as it was just an 8 minute drive from my house. Knowing my friends would be late,I stayed put in obvious sight, waiting for their arrival. It had been maybe 5 more minutes when a fairly normal looking middle-aged man approached me and complimented my dress. I smiled and thanked him expecting for him to move on and…

On the night of September 15, 2017, I did not expect to be a spectator at the Meadows Music and Arts Festival in Flushing Queens since I was there for work. But as I stood backstage watching the crowd scream and cheer for Jay Z decided that I could no longer handle watching the crowd of concert goers stare in awe of him. I needed to be front and center stage to experience what they were seeing and to witness one of the notable greatest rappers of this generation perform live. I inched my way…

TYou walk into this village and immediately you see small children laboring as if they were adults, fallen trees, and small box shacks that they call home. You hear babies crying because their hungry and the sound of the rushing flood waters hitting against the bodies of the people as they continue to work through it. The smells of a backed up sewer line and muddy water just hit you right in your nose. As the children speak to you or tug on your clothing while gazing into your eyes, with water…

Gavin O’Connor is steadily holding a bow and arrow, which he often calls Miracle, focusing directly and solely on the target. The crowd--enormously full of young adults--roars. The crowd has become quiet--only the sounds of their breaths are heard. O’Connor pushes the bow back for release, takes a few seconds to position correctly towards the target, and releases. O’Connor did not want only to hit the target, but his main concern was the bull’s eye. The crowd’s eyes were glued to the arrow as it…