Nitrate Won't Wait: A History of Film Preservation in the United StatesThis study looks at the preservation process: newsreel, television, and color preservation; the often controversial issue of colorization; and commercial film archives. It also provides detailed histories of the major players in the preservation battle including the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, the American Film Institute, the Museum of Modern Art, the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and the Library of Congress. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Early Years and the Museum of Modern Art | 9 |
Newsreel Preservation and the National Archives | 25 |
Copyright | |
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Nitrate Won_Ñét Wait: A History of Film Preservation in the United States Anthony Slide Limited preview - 2013 |
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