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Posted by: Mike Mashon
The Packard Campus is excited to host to the tenth edition of the Orphan Film Symposium, April 6-9, 2016; the theme is “Sound,” both with and without moving images. “Orphans X” is presented in conjunction with New York University Cinema Studies and its Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program. You can register for Orphans X …
Posted in: Film/Video, Motion Pictures, Orphan Film Symposium
Posted by: Mike Mashon
The Packard Campus is excited to host to the tenth edition of the Orphan Film Symposium, April 6-9, 2016; the theme is “Sound,” both with and without moving images. “Orphans X” is presented in conjunction with New York University Cinema Studies and its Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program. You can register for Orphans X …
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Posted by: Mike Mashon
The Packard Campus is excited to host to the tenth edition of the Orphan Film Symposium, April 6-9, 2016; the theme is “Sound,” both with and without moving images. “Orphans X” is presented in conjunction with New York University Cinema Studies and its Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program. You can register for Orphans X …
Posted in: Film/Video, Motion Pictures, Orphan Film Symposium
Posted by: Mike Mashon
The Packard Campus is excited to host to the tenth edition of the Orphan Film Symposium, April 6-9, 2016; the theme is “Sound,” both with and without moving images. “Orphans X” is presented in conjunction with New York University Cinema Studies and its Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program. You can register for Orphans X …
Posted in: Film/Video, National Film Registry, Orphan Film Symposium, Paper Prints
Posted by: Mike Mashon
The Packard Campus is excited to host to the tenth edition of the Orphan Film Symposium, April 6-9, 2016; the theme is “Sound,” both with and without moving images. “Orphans X” is presented in conjunction with New York University Cinema Studies and its Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program. You can register for Orphans X …
Posted in: Film/Video, Orphan Film Symposium, Radio
Posted by: Mike Mashon
In just a few weeks—April 6-9, 2016—the Packard Campus will host the tenth edition of the Orphan Film Symposium, an international gathering of (as the web site puts it) “archivists, scholars, curators, preservationists, technical experts, artists, and media-makers” to discuss and celebrate orphan films. “Orphans X” is presented in conjunction with New York University Cinema …
Posted in: Film/Video, Motion Pictures, Orphan Film Symposium, Recorded Sound
Posted by: Mike Mashon
The Library always announces new additions to the National Film Registry in December, and this year will be no different. The National Film Preservation Board had its annual meeting in October to, among other things, advise Acting Librarian David S. Mao on Registry selections. Once they’re announced, the final 25 selections will bring the total …
Posted in: Film/Video, Motion Pictures, National Film Registry
Posted by: Mike Mashon
The following is a guest post by Audio Preservation Specialist Brad McCoy. Collections tend to take pride of place in any discussion of moving images and sound recordings at the Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation. It’s understandable — we like talking about the more than 5 million items in our collective care. But we’re …
Posted in: Early Recording Industry, Recorded Sound
Posted by: Mike Mashon
Ah, September. The first hints of cooler fall weather, football season starts, and baseball pennant races heat up…even as we ruefully acknowledge that Washington Nationals fever isn’t quite where it was last year. For those of us who toil in the federal vineyards, September also marks the end of the fiscal year. I recently attended …
Posted in: Film/Video, Motion Pictures