In the pantheon of superhero cinema, one film occupies a unique, untouchable stratosphere: Richard Donner’s Superman: The Movie (1978) .
You may not find a pristine 4K copy waiting for you at Archive.org. But you will find the memory of the film. You will find the deleted scenes, the TV spots that aired during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and the documentary where Reeve talks about the burden of the cape.
Donner’s Superman taught us to believe a man could fly. The Internet Archive teaches us that digital history can fly, too—as long as someone is willing to upload it.