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Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on March 07, 2016, 06:53 AM:
A very interesting subject in the news today. They showed the INA (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel)building, where the archives are kept. I was surprised to see that still have the original 16mm films on spools. They showed, as you can imagine, an Ali Baba's cave full of films ! Some spools have just been rediscovered and the man who works there (well, one of them) was redoing the faulty splices.
Posted by Paul Mason (Member # 4015) on March 07, 2016, 07:37 AM:
I imagine they are short of money for copying them. However there is a big advantage in preserving films on 16mm as this a world standard nearly 100 years old.
No one knows how long the current digital video standards will last and they may not be playable in 20 years time.
Posted by Stuart Reid (Member # 1460) on March 07, 2016, 07:43 AM:
My only longevity concerns would be fading and possible oxide shedding if they were mag prints. A damn sight easier to work with than some out of date video codec!
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on March 07, 2016, 10:30 AM:
The journalist annouces the subject at 33:09. It is in French as you may have guessed but you will see the films at 34:58.
http://www.francetvinfo.fr/replay-jt/france-2/13-heures/jt-de-13h-du-lundi-7-mars-2016_1337893.html
Posted by Yanis Tzortzis (Member # 434) on March 07, 2016, 06:38 PM:
...what a paradise for the film archivist...
Posted by Clinton Hunt (Member # 2072) on March 07, 2016, 07:30 PM:
That is alot of 16mm films and many just waiting to be rediscovered :-)
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on March 16, 2016, 03:33 PM:
Waw. It seems that the Belgian television has also an archives room full with cine spools. On Wednsday (so today) night there is an informations programme. The second subject of the magazine was the conspiracies on the Net. This subject was annouced by the journalist from this Belgian's Ali Baba's cave.
Posted by Dave Groves (Member # 4685) on March 17, 2016, 06:23 AM:
Why didn't I learn French? What was the fellow saying. Looking at the state of some of the films he was repairing I reckon he'll have a job for life!!
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