How to restore long deleted files to a new computer from Time Machine

My MacBook has a 250 GB hard drive. I routinely back up to my 1 TB external drive via Time Machine. Sometimes, my MacBook gets full, and I delete movies, TV shows, etc. I can then add new stuff to the MacBook, which I then back up to the external drive. Eventually, I'll get a new Mac with at least 1 TB memory. How would I install all my old files and media to this new computer, even items long since removed from my prior MacBook and not present at the last Time Machine backup? I'm not sure I can remember all the files, but I certainly want them.

Thanks seventy one. I think I phrased my question poorly. All of the files are on the Time Machine drive. But not all of them were put there on the most recent backup, since they'd been deleted from the MacBook long ago. How do I collect all the files on Time Machine, not just the ones present on the most recent backup, to place on a new computer with a larger hard drive. For example, files A and B were backed up last year, but subsequently deleted from the MacBook. But they are on the Time Machine drive. I then get a new computer, but don't remember all the files like A and B, nor when they were present, nor where they were located. Do I have to scour Time Machine, across all backup dates, to find all my old files?

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