The U.S. Library of Congress, from the Inside
posted May 10, 2014
The National Audio-Visual Conservation Center of the U.S. Library of Congress features its a huge collection of moving-image and sound recordings on a new blog, Now See Hear!
Peter Sellers Skips from a Dumpster
posted May 1, 2014
Two long-lost films from the beginning of Peter Sellers’ career that have not been shown publicly in almost 60 years have just been screened again. But only after surviving by unlikely good fortune.
British Pathé Throws Its Archive Up
posted April 23, 2014
To increase awareness and use of its archive of historic film news and information, British Pathé has placed its entire catalog of 85,000 films and clips on YouTube.
Notes on archiving, collecting, and whatnot
posted April 13, 2014
Among all the things anyone thinks to preserve, catalog, and exhibit, what would be the last? The answer is among these notes on archiving and related issues and developments that are currently in the news.
A Secret Ceremony, Preserved on Film
posted April 1, 2014
A film so rare that its like may never again be made is now stored in the moving-image archives of Australia’s national research and collecting institution of Aboriginal life.
FCC Announces New “Rules” for Closed Captioning
posted February 22, 2014
The FCC has adopted new rules that will require broadcasters to perform much better closed captioning with television and Internet programming. Performance Tom Wheeler, the recently appointed chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. And that is a fundamental failure of the telecommunications industry and federal regulators, he implied: “Reliable and consistent access to news and information for deaf and hard-of-hearing communities is a right,
“The Daughter of Dawn” Will Never Go Dark
posted January 4, 2014
After "The Daughter of Dawn" was shot in Oklahoma during the summer of 1920 and then released in October of that year, it was shown only a few times — in Los Angeles, Kansas City, Tulsa, and a handful of other cities— but then seemed to have disappeared. Now, rediscovered, it has been restored and honored with a national guarantee of preservation in perpetuity.
25 U.S. Films Deemed Essential to Preserve
posted December 20, 2013
The Library of Congress has announced the 25 films that have been added for 2013 to the U.S. National Film Registry. As each year, the selection includes classics, gems, curiosities, and some films you may well consider duds. And you can help to choose next year's batch.
The Deafening Silence of Early American Film
posted December 18, 2013
A Library of Congress report documents authoritatively what film archivists have long known: Shockingly little of the nation’s cinema inheritance remains.
TV News Junkies, Rejoice
posted May 23, 2013
The Internet Archive, the huge array of public, online, digital libraries, is to post hundreds of thousands of U.S. television news programs, aided by a $1-million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.