Give Claude 17M+ films and 14M recordings for free via Internet Archive's API
Kyrannio · x · 2026-10-24
Elliot Padfield shares a workflow: Internet Archive offers a free, keyless API, so you can give Claude access to 17M+ films and 14M audio recordings for $0 — including 10,000+ Prelinger public-domain stock films, 187,000 78rpm records, and 300,000+ live concert recordings.
The prompt: "whenever you need archival b-roll or period music, search the Prelinger and 78rpm collections and use them in the edit." One creator used it to produce a slopcore EDM music video from real archive footage; the material also suits artsy tech ads.
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