Showing posts with label New Zealand Film Archive. Show all posts
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

News: 75 Lost American Silent Films Found in New Zealand

I don't usually do film news here, but this story seemed like it would be of particular interest to my public domain film loving people.

The National Film Preservation Foundation, along with the New Zealand Film Archive has just announced a partnership to preserve and restore 75 films thought to be forever lost. According to the Foundation's website, probably fewer than 20% of the films created during the first four decades of motion pictures still exist in the U.S., so this archive find represents a great historical treasure.
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Posted by Professor Damian at 6/08/2010 10:57:00 AM 2 comments
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