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Archive: September 2018 (2 Posts)

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Now Playing at the Packard Campus (September 6 – 8, 2018)

Posted by: Mike Mashon

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, September 6 (7:30 p.m.) The Maltese Falcon (Warner Bros., 1941) After two previous film versions of Dashiell Hammett’s detective classic The Maltese Falcon, Warner Bros. finally captured the true essence of Hammett’s story in 1941 by wisely adhering to the original …

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Film Loans from the Library of Congress: September 2018

Posted by: Mike Mashon

Back when we were planning the Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation, one mantra we always kept foremost in our minds was “preservation for access.” It’s a simple concept and self-explanatory, but it also pithily illustrates an important guiding principle. Nearly every activity in this facility is in the service of access, be it acquisition, …