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journal article		in Velvet Light Trap (Fall 2005) iss.56 Call No: DVD RESEARCH FOLDER Subject: DVD; DVD, FILMS ON; HOME EQUIPMENT; HOME EXHIBITION; PRESERVATION OF FILMS; CRITERION COLLECTION; MANGA; BROOKER, WILL; AROSTEGUY, SUSAN; STAR WARS [...] (US, 1977-99); LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE (US, Peter Jackson, 2001); LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS, THE (US, Peter Jackson, 2002); LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING, THE (US, Peter Jackson, 2003); FIGHT CLUB (US, David Fincher, 1999) Contents: A DVD edition of Velvet Light Trap. Index follows:; -- Introduction.; -- Craig Hight - Making-of documentaries on DVD: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and Special Editions.; -- Nathan Carroll - Unwrapping archives: DVD Restoration Demonstrations and the markteting of authenticity.; -- Bradley Schauer - The Criterion Collection in the New Home Video Market: An interview with Susan Arosteguy.; -- Derek Johnson - Star Wars fans, DVD, and cultural ownership: an interview with Will Brooker.; -- Laurie Cubbison - Anime Fans, DVDs, and the authentic text.; -- James Kendrick - Aspect ratios and Joe Six-Packs: home theatre enthusiasts' battle to legitimze the DVD experience. More info
book		Australia's lost films : the loss and rescue of Australia's silent cinema / Ray Edmondson and Andrew Pike Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1982. Call No: 71(94) EDM Author: Edmondson, Ray, 1943; Pike, Andrew, 1946 CorpAuthor: National Library of Australia Place: Canberra Publisher: National Library of Australia PubDate: 1982 PhysDes: 96 p. : ill. ; 21 cm Subject: AUSTRALIA. 1895-1930; FILMOGRAPHIES. AUSTRALIA; LOST FILMS. AUSTRALIA; PRESERVATION OF FILMS. AUSTRALIA Notes: Australian silent cinema films, 1896-1930. Filmographies (ANB/PRECIS SIN 0543527) ISBN: 0642992517 : $5.95 Aust LON: anb64299251; 2152807 More info
journal article		Chinese film archivists in Australia in Australasian Cinema (22/7/1983) vol.12 iss.13 p.1 PhysDes: Article Subject: NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE; INDUSTRY, FILM. CHINA; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; PRESERVATION OF FILMS Summary: Article on the success of two Chinese film archivests to Australia. More info
newspaper article		Cuts are frightening : Dressmaker director in Sydney Morning Herald (19/05/2016) p.20 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; PROOF (AT, Jocelyn Moorhouse, 1991) Author: Maddox, Garry PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: PRESERVATION OF FILMS. AUSTRALIA; NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE; MOORHOUSE, JOCELYN; PROOF (AT, Jocelyn Moorhouse, 1991) Summary: Interview with filmmaker Jocelyn Moorhouse about the crowdfunding campaign to restore the film PROOF. Moorhousediscusses the recent cuts to government funding to the Australian arts scene, as well as her upcoming projects; CLARA and a mini series to be made with her husband P J Hogan More info
book		The death of cinema : history, cultural memory and the digital dark age / Paolo Cherchi Usai ; foreword by Martin Scorsese London: British Film Institute, 2001. Call No: 62 CHE Author: Cherchi Usai, Paolo Place: London Publisher: British Film Institute PubDate: 2001 PhysDes: 144p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: PRESERVATION OF FILMS; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY ISBN: 0851708382; 0851708374(pbk.) : ¦13.99 LON: 22295593 URL status: URL: 'http://-' Checked: 31/08/2021 1:07:39 PM Status: Error Details: Failed to send HTTP request (WinHttpSendRequest) More info
book		The Documentary film in Australia / edited by Ross Lansell and Peter Beilby North Melbourne: Cinema Papers in association with Film Victoria, c1982. Call No: 761(94) DOC Copy Management: Copy 1; Copy 2 Author: Beilby, Peter; Lansell, Ross CorpAuthor: Film Victoria Place: North Melbourne Publisher: Cinema Papers in association with Film Victoria PubDate: c1982 PhysDes: 205 p. : ill., ports. ; 27 cm Subject: DOCUMENTARY FILMS. AUSTRALIA; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA; GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS. AUSTRALIA; FILMMAKING, AUSTRALIA; HISTORY OF CINEMA; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1920's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1930's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1950's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1960's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1970's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1980's; HISTORY OF CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; HISTORY OF CINEMA. NEW ZEALAND; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; PRESERVATION OF FILMS. AUSTRALIA; PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION COMPANIES & STUDIOS. AUSTRALIA; BAKER, SUZANNE; EDWARDS, JOHN; MCMAHON, TERENCE; BRADBURY, DAVID; NOONAN, CHRIS; HURLEY, FRANK; GRIERSON, JOHN Summary: Collection of essays on Australian documentary, covering the history of documentary in Australia and world-wide up until the early 1980s, documentary production, interviews with key documentary makers, information on documentary preservation and repositories, and hypotheses on the future of documentary-making in Australia. Notes: Includes index ISBN: 0959564721 : $12.95 Aust LON: 2380995 Contents: 1. What is a documentary? / John Langer; 2. A brief history of the documentary -- 1890s Australia / Chris Long -- 1900s world-wide and Australia / Ray Edmonston, Jenny Trustum -- 1910s Australia / Chris Long -- World War 1 / Phil Taylor -- 1920s world-wide and Australia / Andrew Pike -- 1930s world-wide / Jonathan Dawson -- 1930s Australia / Chris Long -- Early 1940s World War 2 / Phil Taylor -- Late 1940s world-wide / Brian McFarlane -- Late 1940s Australia / Tom Politis -- 1950s world-wide / Keith Connolly -- 1950s Australia / Anthony Buckley -- 1960s world-wide / John Pruzanski -- 1960s Australia / Ross Lansell -- 1970s world-wide and Australia / Gillian Coote -- Some issues and concerns of the 1970s / Barbara Alysen, David McDougall, Noel Purdon and Albie Thoms -- The 1980s and beyond / Ian Stocks --; 3. Documentary production today -- Government / Bruce Moir -- Specialist film units / Robert Rothols -- Television / Brian Davies -- Commerce and industry / Eve Ash and Ian McFayden -- Independent / Curtis Levy; 4. Case-histories -- Government: Suzzane Baker, John Edwards, Oliver Howes and Stephen Ramsey / Ian Stocks -- Specialist film units: Ross Campbell / Robert Rothol -- Television: Jeremy Cornford and Peter Luck / Jeremy Cornford and Nick Herd -- Commerce and industry: Terence McMahon / Eve Ash -- Independent: David Bradbury and Chris Noonan / Barbara Alysen --; 5. The marketplace / Kim Dalton --; 6. Some documentary themes -- Documentary traditions before Grierson: the case of Frank Hurley / Andrew Pike -- The Grierson tradition / Jonathan Dawson -- Propaganda then and now / John Hughes -- The television age / Tom Haydon --; 7. Preserving the past / Barbara Alysen --; 8. The documentary of the future / Fred Harden More info
book		Draft final report to the Council of the National Library of Australia on develomental options for the National Film Archive / by Christopher Hall, Kiersten Schou, Nicholas Clark Woden, ACT: Nicholas Clark and Associates, August 1983. Call No: 110-4(94) HAL Author: Hall, Christopher; Schou, Kiersten; Clark, Nicholas Place: Woden, ACT Publisher: Nicholas Clark and Associates PubDate: August 1983 PhysDes: 100 p. ; 30 cm Subject: PRESERVATION OF FILMS; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM; NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE More info
Old collection book		Finding and keeping : research use of audiovisual material / edited by Marjorie Roe Sydney: Audiovisual Services Committee of the Library Association of Australia, 1987. Call No: 56 FIN Author: Roe, Marjorie. Ed. Place: Sydney Publisher: Audiovisual Services Committee of the Library Association of Australia PubDate: 1987 Subject: MULTIMEDIA; FILM STUDY AND RESEARCH. AUSTRALIA; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA; PRESERVATION OF FILMS. AUSTRALIA; STORY OF THE KELLY GANG, THE (AT, Charles Tait, 1906) Notes: "processings of continuing education workshop held June 28-29 , 1985 Macquarie University library" ISBN: 086040444 More info
book		The first Australian History and Film Conference papers, 1982 / edited by Anne Hutton North Ryde, N.S.W.: Australian Film and Television School, 1982. Call No: 45:93 HIS Author: Hutton, Anne CorpAuthor: Australian History and Film Conference (1st :, 1981 : Canberra, A.C.T.); Australian Film and Television School Place: North Ryde, N.S.W. Publisher: Australian Film and Television School PubDate: 1982 PhysDes: 298 p. ; 30 cm Subject: HISTORICAL FILMS; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA; HISTORICAL FILMS. AUSTRALIA; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA; PRESERVATION OF FILMS. AUSTRALIA; USA. 1927-32; PSYCHOLOGY AND THE CINEMA; MYTH AND THE CINEMA; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA. JAPAN; PROPAGANDA FILMS; EALING STUDIOS; FILMS FROM THE RAJ (UK, 1977); UNCIVILISED (AT, Charles Chauvel, 1936); CASABLANCA (US, Michael Curtiz, 1942); GALLIPOLI (AT, Peter Weir, 1981) Notes: Australia. Historical sources: Films. Conference proceedings (ANB/PRECIS SIN 0633798); Includes bibliographical references ISBN: 0642925402 (corrected) : price unknown 064292540 LON: 2465451 More info
book		Keepers of the frame : the film archives / Penelope Houston London: British Film Institute, 1994. Call No: 110-4 HOU Author: Houston, Penelope Place: London Publisher: British Film Institute PubDate: 1994 PhysDes: x, 179 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: PRESERVATION OF FILMS Summary: A majority of all films ever made no longer exist. Those that are left will deteriorate rapidly unless kept in optimum conditions. Since the 1930s film archives around the world have been struggling to preserve our cinematic heritage through preservation, restoration and the search for lost films. But the questions of what to keep and how are complex...and what about television? Keepers of the Frame tells the intriguing story of how the archive movement came into being, describes preservation policies and technical developments, and communicates the fascination and romance of rescuing the flickering images of the past Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 163) and index ISBN: 0851704700; 0851704719 LON: bnb85170470; 10907939 More info
book		The lost world of Mitchell and Kenyon : Edwardian Britain on film / Vanessa Toulmin, Simon Popple & Patrick Russell (eds) London: bfi Publishing, 2004. Call No: 70"01"(41) LOS CorpAuthor: British Film Institute Place: London Publisher: bfi Publishing PubDate: 2004 PhysDes: 23 cm, 210pp Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA. SILENT PERIOD; UNITED KINGDOM; PRESERVATION OF FILMS; TRAVELLING EXHIBITION; FOOTBALL FILMS Summary: The discovery of the Peter Worden Mitchell and Kenyon collection has been described as film’s equivalent of Tutankhamen’s tomb. This treasure trove of 800 films has now been preserved for the nation by the BFI and is the subject of a BBC television series. The extraordinary actuality footage contained in the collection provides an unparalleled social record of everyday life in early twentieth-century Britain, featuring street and transport scenes, sporting events, parades, local industries. The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon contains essays from leading historians covering film history, popular entertainment, the seaside, transport, the earliest sporting events and the social and economic context of Edwardian Britain. Together they provide a vivid commentary on an unparalleled collection. [Taken from back cover.] ISBN: 1844570460 More info
book		The National Film Archive London: National Film Archive, [1954?]. Call No: 30(410) BOA CorpAuthor: Board of Trade Place: London Publisher: National Film Archive PubDate: [1954?] PhysDes: 24 p. : illus. ; 21 cm Subject: PRESERVATION OF FILMS; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM Notes: Includes photos of film preservation work. More info
journal article		New life for oz classics in Movie Trader (Apr 2000) p.8 PhysDes: Article Subject: SCREENSOUND AUSTRALIA; PRESERVATION OF FILMS. AUSTRALIA Summary: Screensound Australia, with sponsorship from the Entertainmnent Imaging Division of Kodak and Atlab Australia, announces a project to preserve and release classic Australian films of the period 1955-1992. More info
journal article		The New Zealand film archive in Australasian Cinema (5-18/8/1983) vol.12 iss.14 p.22 PhysDes: Article Subject: INDUSTRY, FILM. NEW ZEALAND; NEW ZEALAND FILM ARCHIVE; PRESERVATION OF FILMS Summary: Update on the New Zealand film archive's Manley Collection as well as the Edwin Coubray negatives. More info
book		Nitrate won't wait : a history of film preservation in the United States / by Anthony Slide Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 1992. Call No: 110-4(73) SLI Author: Slide, Anthony Place: Jefferson, N.C. Publisher: McFarland & Co. PubDate: 1992 PhysDes: x, 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: PRESERVATION OF FILMS. USA; COLORIZATION; NEWSREELS; STOCK SHOT LIBRARIES; FIAF; MUSEUM OF MODERN ART [NEW YORK]; UCLA FILM AND TELEVISION ARCHIVE; American Film Institute; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS; SAGA OF ANATAHAN, THE (JA, Josef von Sternberg, 1953) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-217) and index ISBN: 0899506941 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) LON: 8667633 More info
subject clippings file		PRESERVATION OF FILMS Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: PRESERVATION OF FILMS More info
subject clippings file		PRESERVATION OF FILMS. AUSTRALIA Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: PRESERVATION OF FILMS. AUSTRALIA More info
subject clippings file		PRESERVATION OF FILMS. USA Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: PRESERVATION OF FILMS. USA More info
book		Report of the Working Party on the National Film Archive in the National Library of Australia [Canberra, A.C.T.: National Library of Australia, 1979?]. Call No: 110-4(94) WOR Author: Working Party of the National Film Archive in the National Library of Australia Source: AT Place: [Canberra, A.C.T. Publisher: National Library of Australia PubDate: 1979?] PhysDes: 63 p. ; 30 cm Subject: NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM. AUSTRALIA; PRESERVATION OF FILMS. AUSTRALIA Summary: Report on the need for action in safeguarding Australian recorded material and archiving it correctly Notes: Includes looseleaf supplementary material More info
book		The rescue of living history : Report on the needs of the National Film Archive by a committee of the governors of the British Film Institute London: National Film Archive, 1969. Call No: 110-0 LIN Author: Lindgren, Ernest; Coldstream, William; Brownlow, Kevin; Forman, Helen; Kerr, David CorpAuthor: National Film Archive Place: London Publisher: National Film Archive PubDate: 1969 PhysDes: 12 p. ; 21 cm Subject: PRESERVATION OF FILMS; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM More info
book		Saving cinema : the politics of preservation / by Caroline Frick New York: Oxford University Press, c2011. Call No: 110-4 FRI Author: Frick, Caroline Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Oxford University Press PubDate: c2011 PhysDes: xiii, 215 p. : 24cm Subject: PRESERVATION OF FILMS Summary: "The importance of media preservation has in recent years achieved much broader public recognition. From the vaults of Hollywood and the halls of Congress to the cash-strapped museums of developing nations, people are working to safeguard film from phyisical harm. But the forces at work aren't just physical. The endeavor is also inherently political. What gets saved and why? What remains ignored? Who makes these decisions, and what criteria do they use? Saving Cinema narrates the development of the preservation movement and lays bare the factors that have influenced its direction. Archivists do more than preserve movie history; they actiively produce and codify cinematic heritage. At the same time, digital technologies have produced an entirely new reality, one that resists the material, artifact-driven approach that is the gold standard of preservation in the Western world. As it has become increasingly easy to capture and access moving images, increasing evidence of something many archivists have known for years has emerged: industrial and training films, amateur travel diaries, and even family videos are critical public resources. It has also raised questions about the role of the profession. Is access equivalent to preservation, and, if it is, how should archivists alter their activities? The time is ripe for a reconsideration of the politics and practices of preservation. Saving Cinema is the book to guide that conversation" -- BOOK BLURB ISBN: 9780195368116 Contents: -- preface -- acknowledgments -- the politics of preservation -- rationales for American film preservation: defining the national -- the American film heritage movement: justifying the national -- international discourse and global film heritage: defending the national -- towards a more inclusive film heritage: challenging the national -- the plurality of preservation -- notes -- index -- More info
newspaper article		Short cuts : Proof of life in Sydney Morning Herald (07/07/2016) p.18 Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; PROOF (AT, Jocelyn Moorhouse, 1991) Author: Rugendyke, Louise PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: CROWDFUNDING; NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE; PRESERVATION OF FILMS. AUSTRALIA; PROOF (AT, Jocelyn Moorhouse, 1991) Summary: Snippet on the fundraising campaign for the restoration of the Australian film PROOF More info
book		Silent cinema : an introduction / Paolo Cherchi Usai ; preface to the first English edition by Kevin Brownlow London: BFI Pub, 2000. Call No: 70"01" CHE Author: Cherchi Usai, Paolo; Cherchi Usai, Paolo. Burning passions CorpAuthor: British Film Institute Edition: [Rev. and expanded ed.] / new preface by David Robinson Place: London Publisher: BFI Pub PubDate: 2000 PhysDes: xix, 212 p., [20] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA. SILENT PERIOD; ARCHIVES & INSTITUTES, FILM; PRESERVATION OF FILMS; MUSIC FOR SILENT FILMS; TECHNICOLOR; COLOUR SYSTEMS Notes: Previous ed.: (i.e. 1st English ed.) published as Burning passions. 1994; Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 0851707467 (pbk.) : ¦13.99; 0851707459; 0851707467 (pbk.) ¦13.99; 0851707459 (cased) : ¦40.00 Language: Translated from the Italian LON: 21931416 More info
book		Storage and preservation of motion picture film Rochester: Eastman Kodak Company, [19-?]. Call No: 111-5 EAS CorpAuthor: Eastman Kodak Company Place: Rochester Publisher: Eastman Kodak Company PubDate: [19-?] PhysDes: 80 p. ; 20 cm Subject: PRESERVATION OF FILMS Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info

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