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August 10

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

How many episodes of the 1958 tv mini series The Diary of Samuel Pepys survived. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 01:29, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's that Peter Sallis again. The article The Diary of Samuel Pepys doesn't say, but it reads like a press release. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 07:04, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Films viewable on Wikipedia

I know that some feature length films in the public domain can be viewed complete on Wikipedia. I wonder whether there is a comprehensive list of all such films. Might there also be a list of shorts that are available for viewing on Wikipedia? Many thanks, Doug Beemoz (talk) 01:59, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have any examples? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:51, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The General (1926 film). Clarityfiend (talk) 05:31, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Aha! That's File:The General (1926).webm, so at least any file with the extension webm would be a candidate, provided they can be searched for. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:59, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It turns out there is a "Category:WebM videos", so that would be a good place for the OP to start. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 07:02, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This film can be viewed on Wikipedia because it is hosted on the Wikimedia Commons (as commons:File:The General (1926).webm). Just commons:Category:Videos of 1926 from the United States contains more than 40 feature-length films. --Lambiam 09:32, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Which leads to "Category:Videos from the United States by year". There are even more in 1927, quite a few in 1928, and then it drops off sharply, probably because currently the "public domain" line is January 1, 1929. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:28, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You may appreciate the interface of Wikiflix. --Error (talk) 19:48, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]