Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' has become the first music video to be added to the National Film Registry, which is the US national film archive.
The classic 1983 video is among 25 new films which will be preserved for their cultural importance.
The archive was established 20 years ago, and ensures that important films are "preserved for future generations".
The co-cordinator of the National Film Preservation Board, Steve Legett, said the "time was right" for Thriller's inclusion after Jackson's recent death.
He said: "Because of the way the recording industry is evolving and changing, we thought it would be good to go back to the development of an earlier seismic shift, the development of the music video."
The landmark video was directed by John Landis and shows Jackson as a werewolf and zombie.
