A stack of film reels and video tables scattered on a table

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Preservation at home

Preservation at home

How to care for your audio, film, video and photographs, and protect them from water and fire damage.

A preservationist inspects a film reel

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Caring for film

How to care for your film materials.

Audio cassette tapes and vinyl records stacked on a wooden table

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Caring for audio

How to care for your audio discs and tapes.

Stack of video tapes on a wooden table

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Caring for Video

How to care for your videos.

An elderly person looking at an old photo album

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Caring for photographs

How to care for your photographic materials.

Strips of film that look like they have been damaged by fire

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First aid for fire damage

How to salvage audiovisual media that has been exposed to fire.

Film reel and book that have been damaged by water

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First aid for water damage

How to minimise water damage for film and video.