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Summary The films announced Wednesday for the National Film Registry span the years of 1912-1994.
The Library of Congress has selected Forrest Gump, Bambi and Silence of the Lambs to be included among the nations treasures in the worlds largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings.The films announced Wednesday for the National Film Registry span the years of 1912-1994. They include Hollywood classics, documentaries, animation, home movies and experimental motion pictures.The oldest reels included this year are silent films both from 1912. The Cry of the Children is about the pre-World War I child labor reform movement and A Cure for Pokeritis features the industrys earliest comic superstar John Bunny.The most recent is Forrest Gump, best known for Tom Hanks immortal line, My momma always said, Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what youre gonna get.
