This week we lost avantgarde filmmaker Ken Jacobs, whose flickering experiments with film and light reinforced the lesson of variable media preservation: we keep things alive by keeping them moving.

https://blog.still-water.net/ken-jacobs-and-preserving-the-immaterial

#FilmPreservation #VariableMedia #MediaArt #FilmHistory #TimeBasedMedia #ArtConservation #MuseumStudies

This is glorious, fascinating, amazing, inspiring, nostalgic, and it needs to be a documentary.

#Film

#FilmRestoration

#FilmPreservation

#Movies

The Exacting Magic of Film Restoration

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09/29/the-exacting-magic-of-film-restoration

Donations and patronage keep me able to save #filmstrips. We are way behind, and dangerously close to having to shut down. We aren't eligible for grants, and this is full-time work. Can you help us spread the word?

https://uncommonephemera.org/donate

#FilmPreservation #MediaPreservation #Retro #RetroMedia #LostMedia #VintageMedia #Vintage #InternetArchive

Due to Aitum Multistream not working properly on MacOS, I've borked the old live stream URL. Keep watching me save filmstrips to send to the Internet Archive at this new URL:

https://youtube.com/live/Q9m6ts7pvVY

I apologize for the inconvenience.

#filmstrips #filmstrip #lostmedia #filmpreservation #mediapreservation #mediapreservation #internetarchive

Watch history come alive! Our 24/7 filmstrip scanning livestream shows rare classroom filmstrips being digitized for the Internet Archive. Funding is tight, and your support keeps this preservation alive!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjrNZ7-osto

#FilmPreservation #AnalogMedia #VintageFilm #LostMedia #MediaPreservation

National Film Registry announces 25 films selected for preservation, including "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan", "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre", "Dirty Dancing", "Spy Kids" and "Beverly Hills Cop".

https://www.hotchkaplus.com/2024/12/national-film-registry-2024.html

#NationalFilmRegistry #FilmPreservation #Entertainment #Movies #Film #Cinema

Love this! "Your Favorite Gay Movies Are Available To Watch Because of Film Archivists"

https://www.autostraddle.com/your-favorite-gay-movies-are-available-to-watch-because-of-film-archivists/

#archivists #film #FilmMastodon #FilmPreservation #QueerMovies #QueerStories

Film Preservationists Call on AMPAS to Rehire Laid Off Archival Staff
#IndieWire #Business #News #AMPAS #Film #FilmPreservation

https://www.indiewire.com/news/business/film-preservationists-ampas-rehire-archival-staff-petition-1235063348/

i don’t want to be accused of overselling a movie but E-Mail: Advanced Techniques for Web Wise Seniors might just be the most important thrift store find of 2024

and yes i do plan on sharing this canadian classic with you all 🙏

#yeg #canada #libraries #filmPreservation