The Lost Media Iceberg

Of the approximately twenty-one thousand silent feature films produced in the United States between 1912 and 1929, roughly seventy-five percent no longer exist. The masters were lost to nitrate-stock fires. The prints were destroyed for their silver content. The studios let them rot. CHAPTERS 00:00 Cold open 00:45 Tier 1: The Famous Losses 05:30 Tier 2: The Industrial Losses 12:00 Tier 3: The Withdrawn 18:30 Tier 4: The Internet Era Losses 25:00 Tier 5: The Hauntings 31:00 Tier 6: The Censored and the Hidden 37:30 Tier 7: The Bottom 43:30 Closing This is Episode 4 of Iceberg Explained. New episodes drop weekly. Subscribe so you don't miss the rest of the series. What belongs further down the iceberg? Drop names in the comments. #Iceberg #DeepDive #Mystery #Unsettling #deepdive