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Gerald Santana
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 - posted February 27, 2016 11:33 AM      Profile for Gerald Santana   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
"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..."

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/momas-race-to-preserve-classic-films-sights-and-sounds/

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Ken Finch
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 - posted February 28, 2016 10:30 AM      Profile for Ken Finch   Email Ken Finch   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
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. [Smile]

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Paul Mason
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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.

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