Media Record
Patterson–Gimlin film media
A rights-aware third-party media record with direct provenance to Wikimedia Commons.
Public-domain reference
Complete reel reference copy
This is our first substantial third-party media integration. It is not rehosted by this project: the player reads the Wikimedia Commons file directly.
Commons marks the work public domain in the United States because of publication without copyright notice, while cautioning that status can differ in other jurisdictions. The digital file itself is a later reference copy.
Derived media
Stabilized versions are analytical derivatives
They can be useful for inspection but must never be labeled “the original film.” Archive version 4.1 registers them separately so derived processing cannot silently contaminate source identity.