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From: Cottage Grove OR
Registered: Dec 2010
posted February 27, 2016 11:33 AM
"Important work in film history is being done by Museum of Modern Art in New York. A team of film technicians has earned an Oscar of their own. They find and preserve classic films, many of which were made 100 years ago. Anthony Mason reports..."
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From: Herne Bay, Kent. U.K.
Registered: Oct 2011
posted February 28, 2016 10:30 AM
The British Film Institute have been doing this for donkeys years. There are now many examples available on DVD and Bluray. There is also The Projected Picture Trust, dedicated to the preservation and restoration of projection equipment, as well as The Cinema Theatre Association who try to prevent the wanton destruction of cinema and theatre buildings of note. ken Finch.
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From: Aldershot, Hampshire, UK
Registered: Nov 2013
posted March 01, 2016 03:38 AM
American Film Insttitute, Museum of Modern Art, The BFI National Film Archive, Cinematheque Francais and many others. Almost every film producing country in the world have preservationists. Many archives go back before 1939 and they will always needed.