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	AMCTV.com - About Film Preservation
		Even more recent films are at risk; movies shot in Eastmancolor from the 1950s through the mid-70s, for example, lose their color over time, fading toa pale pink (more evidence for Joe McCarthy of a Hollywood Communist conspiracy).
		Often the films were not letterboxed before the transfer to video, which caused them to lose the wide aspect ratio of big-screen cinemascope movies, thereby sullying the integrity of the film picture.
		Film preservation is now recognized as an important cultural endeavor, and some of the studios have built preservation facilities and improved the preservation policies of their libraries.
	www.amctv.com /article?CID=1049-1--0-3-PST (390 words)

	Film preservation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thousands of silent films were made in the years leading to the introduction of sound, but between 80 and 90 percent have been lost forever.
		In most cases, when a film is chosen for preservation or restoration work, new prints are created from the original camera negative or the "composite restoration negative" for general viewing.
		Film foreground/background detail about the same size as the film grain or smaller is blurred or lost in making the film.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Film_preservation (2404 words)

	The Institute for Intercultural Studies: Film Preservation Project
		From the perspective of a curator-librarian, it is a collection with an array of preservation challenges equal in complexity and interest to the intellectual pursuits that inspired Mead and Bateson to gather the vast assemblage of research materials in the first place.
		Unfortunately for the film archivists and researchers who came afterward, no protection master film elements (negatives or prints) were copied from the original reversal positive film rolls to preserve their integrity.
		The specific goals of this project were 1) to make preservation master negatives of the 226 Bali film rolls in their present arrangement and 2) to make extra 16mm work print copies to facilitate the reconstruction of all the film rolls to their original scene order when they were produced during 1936-39.
	www.interculturalstudies.org /film-preservation.html (1323 words)

	Film Preservation 2000
		The memory of film, the sense and the substance of the medium of film, brought her a nostalgia as sharp as broken glass."---Bruce Sterling, in his science fiction novel Holy Fire.
		The film stock itself, the plastic base that carries the emulsion that responds to light and produces an image, is radically unstable.
		The defining act of film preservation used to be copying films from nitrate to another film stock that was judged to be more chemically stable, more "archival." A replacement for nitrate, cellulose triacetate, was introduced in 1940; not to preserve movies but to preserve human beings from incineration.
	www.geocities.com /Tokyo/Island/3102/f-prez.htm (5126 words)

	MIC Preservation Portal: Bibliography
		Introduction to the preservation of films and sound recordings with an illustrated case study.
		Film Preservation 1993: a study of the current state of American film preservation.
		A seminal report by the Librarian of Congress mandated by the National Film Preservation Act of 1992, "Film Preservation 1993 is a snapshot of film preservation as it is practiced today in the U.S. film industry and in public and nonprofit organizations."
	mic.loc.gov /preservationists_portal/presv_biblio.htm (3655 words)

	Film Preservation Without Access is Pointless
		The National Film Preservation Act of 1992 directed the Librarian of Congress in consultation with the National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress to conduct a study on the current state of motion picture preservation and restoration in the United States.
		Preserved at public expense, and available to anyone on a "cost plus" basis from the National Archives, the films are providing great benefit to the public.
		Preservation of films for the sole and exclusive benefit of the donor should be contrary to public policy.
	www.cinemaweb.com /access/pre_stmt.htm (5638 words)

	New York Women in Film and Television
		We are committed to restoring and preserving films and footage that represent diverse voices, visions, and techniques regardless of vintage.
		Women were part of the film industry from its inception, working on both coasts as directors, producers, and studio heads, as well as actors.
		Film archives, museums, and educational educations have to make difficult decisions, which films will and will not be saved.
	www.nywift.org /article.aspx?id=21 (491 words)

	Preservation
		All film preservation seems to become a matter of juggling a range of options and compromises, and there are many areas in which it is recognised that the difficulties are not of a kind which could easily surrender to more money.
		All films with magnetic soundtrack are subject to deterioration since the iron binding accelerates the potential of tri-acetate hydrolysis ('vinegar syndrome') and Eastmancolor fading.
		This is your best time to cultivate a friendship with the film librarian by letting him or her know about your repertory cinema, and why you should be considered the first resource when films go up for sale.
	www.afana.org /preservation.htm (3236 words)

	Women in Film and Television International - Film Preservation Fund (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Fund makes annual grants to film archives, educational institutions, media arts centers and individuals for the restoration and preservation of films in which women have had key creative roles.
		The Women's Film Preservation Fund is committed to restoring and preserving films and footage from all decades, representing diverse voices, visions, and techniques, including silent and early color films, experimental and independent films and political and social documentaries.
		None of the film archives, museums or educational institutions engaged in film preservation activities has enough money to save all the films that are in danger of being lost.
	www.wifti.org /filmpreservationfund.cfm (742 words)

	Academy Film Archive - Profile of the Academy Film Archive - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
		The Academy Film Archive is a part of the Academy Foundation, the educational and cultural arm of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
		The Archive participates on the archival council of the Film Foundation and the Sony Preservation Committee and is a full member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) and is active in the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA).
		A leader in the field of motion picture preservation and restoration, the Archive has participated in the restoration of several Best Picture winners including "How Green Was My Valley" (1941), "All about Eve" (1950), "All the King's Men" (1949) and "In the Heat of the Night" (1967).
	www.oscars.org /filmarchive/profile_film.html (664 words)

	New York Women in Film and Television
		Films may be of any length, on any subject matter and in any format or base.
		A letter from an established film archive or similar organization stating its ability and willingness to supply technical advice and expertise concerning the actual restoration/preservation of the film.
		Preservation of this film was made possible by a grant from the Womenâs Film Preservation Fund of New York Women in Film and Television.
	www.nywift.org /article.aspx?id=22 (752 words)

	New Progress in Film Preservation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The film originally had some lines of dialog that were not considered politically correct when the film was reissued in the Fifties and the shots involving them were physically cut from the original negative.
		The consensus of the presenters was that the bulk of preservation and restoration will still be done photochemically, because it’s cheaper and and the end result is likely to be preserved on film.
		For their American release, as with fl-and-white, some arthouse foreign films used imported subtitled prints from their country of origin, some were printed by Technicolor, but many were printed from internegatives and looked awful, very contrasty and grainy with distorted colors.
	www.in70mm.com /news/2005/film/preservation.htm (3618 words)

	MoMA.org \| Exhibitions Schedule \| Film & Media \| 2006 \| Women’s Film Preservation Fund Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Women’s Film Preservation Fund (WFPF), part of New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT), was established in 1995 in association with MoMA to preserve American films in which women have played a significant creative role.
		The only fund of its kind in the world, WFPF is dedicated to saving the cultural legacy of women in film history and publicizing the need for film preservation.
		Preserved with a Women's Film Preservation Fund grant by AFI's National Center for Film and Video Preservation at the Library of Congress Motion Picture Conservation Center.
	www.moma.org /exhibitions/film_media/2006/womens_film_preservation.html (362 words)

	About The Film Music Society
		The FMS promotes the preservation of film and television music in all of its manifestations, including published and unpublished scores, orchestrations, recordings and all related materials.
		During the early 1970s, when many major film studio executives had little sense of history and saw no use for the studios' historic motion picture and television libraries, thousands of music-related materials were destroyed to free up the studio lots' limited storage facilities.
		In the mid-1990s, the Society undertook one of the most ambitious projects in the history of preservation: preserving and cataloging the massive film music manuscript and orchestration archives at Paramount Pictures.
	www.filmmusicsociety.org /about/about.html (642 words)

	Hollywood Looks to Film Preservation
		In 1950, nitrate film was gradually replaced with what is commonly called safety film, which uses a less-volatile acetate base.
		"Of all art forms, film is the most unstable and the most susceptible to deterioration and alteration, both by natural forces and by human hands," comments Mike Pogorzelski, director of preservation for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
		And the UCLA Film and Television Archive with its 220,000 titles is second only to the Library of Congress's 300,000 films and 350,000 TV programs.
	www.welcometosilentmovies.com /news/newsarchive/preservation2.htm (834 words)

	Film Fanatics: FILM PRESERVATION
		The film preservation movement is an ongoing project among filmmakers, historians, archivists, museums, and non-profit organizations to rescue aging film stock and preserve recorded images.
		Spielberg became interested in film preservation when he went to view the original master print of his film Jaws, only to find that it had badly decomposed and deteriorated; a mere fifteen years after it had been filmed.
		Because of the vulnerability of film stock, proper preservation of film usually involves storing the original prints in climate-controlled storage facilities, preferably ones with decent air circulation and refrigeration.
	filmmovement.blogspot.com /2005/11/film-preservation.html (635 words)

	National Film Registry Titles of the US Library of Congress
		The films in the National Film Registry represent a stunning range of American filmmaking - including Hollywood features, documentaries, avant-garde and amateur productions, films of regional interest, ethnic, animated and short film subjects -- all deserving recognition, preservation and access by future generations.
		But they are films that continue to have cultural, historical or aesthetic significance -- and in many cases represent countless other films also deserving of recognition.
		For each title named to the Registry, the Library of Congress works to ensure that the film is preserved for all time, either through the Library's massive motion picture preservation program at Dayton, Ohio, or through collaborative ventures with other archives, motion pictures studios, and independent film makers.
	www.filmsite.org /filmreg.html (379 words)

	Library of Congress Film Preservation Tour -- at Duke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The film was reviled in some quarters for ridiculing democracy just as Europe was falling under the shadow of fascism.
		His films are full of raw emotion, and are not untouched by cultural stereotypes.
		The film is anchored by the riveting Jack Nicholson, as a successful op with a coolly insolent manner.
	www.duke.edu /web/film/preservation.html (1901 words)

	Cinema Studies Links/Film Preservation and Film Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Over half the films made before 1951 either have decomposed because of the instability of the materials from which they were made or have been destroyed for reasons having nothing to do with their artistic worth.
		AMIA is a non-profit professional association established to advance the field of moving image archiving by fostering cooperation among individuals and organizations concerned with the collection, preservation, exhibition and use of moving image materials.
		An educational and charitable nonprofit corporation, the Foundation's mission is to educate the public about the importance of protecting and preserving art (particularly film art); to defend an artist's work threatened with modification, distortion or mutilation; and to promote public debate about these issues in order to help safeguard our intellectual and cultural heritage.
	www.uiuc.edu /unit/cinema/links/preserve.html (518 words)

	Paramount Film Preservation
		At the heart of filmmaking is the visual grammar that we call film editing where each shot is like a bar of music.
		Thus, unlike the drama, poetry and the novel, where the mere copying of words is preservation, the film image is so fragile that it is only with the greatest care and effort that the original integrity of the image can be maintained.
		It is the protection of the original integrity of that image and the supporting sound that is the goal of the Paramount Film Preservation Program.
	www.paramount.com /filmpreservation (207 words)

	Anthology Film Archives - Film Preservation
		We have been steadfastly committed to the preservation and exhibition of work by the most important American independent and experimental filmmakers of the last half-century.
		Films preserved by Anthology include those of Stan Brakhage, Joseph Cornell, Maya Deren, Bruce Baillie, Jordan Belson, Paul Sharits and Harry Smith, among others.
		Film shrinkage, color fading, and chemical disintegration are prevented by making protection negatives and master prints.
	www.anthologyfilmarchives.org /facilities/preservation (177 words)

	OUTFEST
		Many of the landmark lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) films produced over the last 30 years are already in danger of fading away, their original exhibition prints in tatters, their negatives in woeful storage conditions … or even lost.
		In addition, Outfest and UCLA are collecting film prints and other material for permanent preservation, will strike new prints for widespread public exhibition and restore damaged films to their initial release forms.
		The preservation of these films is a significant first step in ensuring the survival of important and endangered LGBT works.
	www.outfest.org /legacy.html (494 words)

	Video Aids to Film Preservation (VAFP)
		Guide to Film Preservation) with video demonstrating basic handling and restoration procedures for motion picture film.
		Clips are organized by title and by chapter headings in the Guide to Film Preservation published by the National Foundation for Film Preservation.
		These films were made by professional film laboratories and demonstrate procedures that are beyond the abilities of most archivists, collectors, and amateurs.
	www.folkstreams.net /vafp (531 words)

	Preservation at AFI
		This virtually unknown ten-minute short, produced by the world's first woman director for the Solax Film Company, is believed to be the first film ever made with a wholly African-American cast.
		The Women's Film Preservation Fund provided a grant to restore and preserve this unique film, which was donated to AFI by David and Margo Navone of Stockton, CA.
		The couple also donated other rare films, including the lost 1908 version of The Count of Monte Cristo, directed by Francis Boggs (earliest extant film of the Alexandre Dumas novel); The Lucky Holdup (American Eclair, 1910); and a 1910 film starring Gertrude Norman.
	www.afi.com /about/preservation/preservation.aspx (307 words)

	Motion Picture Film Preservation
		A lively portrait of the various media collections held by the CBC and the preservation and restoration activities it undertakes.
		The Preservation Portal includes an extensive bibliography, articles, a glossaries, a timeline, format identification information, and more.
		This seminal publication on photographic materials preservation is now available in PDF form by individual chapter or in its entirety.
	palimpsest.stanford.edu /bytopic/motion-pictures (1166 words)

	ASIFA-Hollywood's Animated Film Preservation Project
		The only organizations that would consider preserving these animation "orphans" generally are the non-profit archives at which many of them have been deposited.
		But film preservation grants archives are limited, and often are earmarked for specific projects by the donors, who usually donít have animation in mind.
		We will evaluate the status and condition of the films and, if we determine the items are in need of preservation, will do everything we can to ensure this happens.
	www.asifa-hollywood.org /preservation.html (629 words)

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