For those who are sampler users, I thought I'd share this site which lists different sound collections made available for rights-free download through the Library of Congress:

Main Page:
https://citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov/

Inventing Entertainment
Music and Spoken word:
https://citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov/loc-edison/explore/

Variety Stage Sound Recordings and Motion Pictures
Music and Sketches:
https://citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov/loc-variety-stage/explore/

The Joe Smith Collection
Interviews:
https://citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov/loc-joe-smith/explore/

Free Music Archive
Music:
https://citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov/loc-fma/explore/

MusicBox Project
Music:
https://citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov/loc-musicbox/explore/

Tony Schwartz Collection
Radio, Conversations, and Found sounds:
https://citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov/loc-tony-schwartz/explore/

American English Dialect Recordings
Interviews, Oral histories, and Speeches:
https://citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov/loc-american-english-dialect-recordings/explore/

The National Screening Room
Government film:
https://citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov/loc-national-screening-room/explore/

 

Thanks for the links

 

speeches nice. thx. i love such stuff...

 

Thanks for the heads up.. this is an amazing resource

 

great stuff! thx!

 

I suspected the government's response to the pandemic had to be inhibited by something else. Now I know

 

already used some of it in a loop...

 

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very innovative site

 

Very interesting indeed! Thanks so much for sharing!

 

Thanks, love the spectral layout. Reminds me a bit of Algonaut Atlas, but that's probably just me.