Audiences will be treated to a first glimpse of the restored works from ... of just three of the short films, in what is ...

And here's what it looks like after it's been restored. All that gunk in the before is chemical decomposition, which has destroyed an estimated 75% of American silent films. But here is where they ...

"All film stocks decompose over time. Sometimes this decomposition is irreversible — which explains why an estimated 75% of American silent films are considered lost. We visited The George ...

For clarity, these are the essential animated feature-length films without dialogue, so classics like Lotte Reiniger’s The Adventures of Prince Achmed, while technically silent, are not included.