Items tagged with 'film preservation'
The Library of Congress Inner Workings
25 May 2010 in Preservation
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Darren Weinert
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Carol Galbraith, the motion picture laboratory specialist in film inspection at the Library of Congress, took me on a tour through the film preparation area. This section of the Library of Congress complex is responsible for the inspection, cleaning and repair of film. Films are carefully inspected over light-boxes on work benches and any damage is noted and repaired. The repairs can vary from a single perforation replacement to a major repair of missing frame sections. The repaired film is then cleaned in an ultrasonic film cleaner and then goes to the timing/grading area.
The process of repairing Lumiere film stock perforations
10 March 2011 in Trends and challenges
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Sean Mosely
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Recently the Audiovisual Conservation Laboratory (AVCO) needed to prepare some original Lumiere company films for reprinting. The work proved quite challenging for a several reasons, audiovisual conservationist Sean Mosely takes us through the process.
The NFSA’s Chief Cinema Programmer Quentin Turnour challenges the myths surrounding the making of the film known as Home of the Blizzard (1911–1916), shedding light on the provenance of footage created to record and promote Douglas Mawson’s 1911–1914 Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE).
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In Part Two of his essay, the NFSA’s Chief Cinema Programmer Quentin Turnour investigates Frank Hurley’s association with the promotion of Douglas Mawson’s Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) film. And the facts about the ownership and titling of the 1911–1916 film that came to be known as Home of the Blizzard are revealed.
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Méliès and the magic of film preservation
29 February 2012 in Preservation
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Sally Jackson
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Sally Jackson on the importance of silent film preservation as seen in Hugo.
