LIVE NOW: Searching for endangered and #lostmedia on #VHS we can upload to the @internetarchive. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live now on Twitch.
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Uncommon Ephemera
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As far as I can tell, I'm the only person on earth preserving filmstrips. Eastmancolor film is my arch-enemy. #ActuallyAutistic
LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Commercials? Home movies? Weird stuff? Endangered or #lostmedia we can upload to the @internetarchive? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch. Which tape should we start with?
LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Commercials? Home movies? Weird stuff? Endangered or #lostmedia we can upload to the @internetarchive? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch. Which tape should we start with?
NEWLY RESTORED AT the @internetarchive: This weird 1973 #filmstrip features Bunny MacDougal from Sex and the City as the voice of a sentient lightning bug who teaches a kid about the library.
Scanned and uploaded to the @internetarchive: This 1983 #filmstrip is an overview of the history of Easter. It's complete with its soundtrack.
VIEW AT YOUR OWN PACE: https://archive.org/details/uncommon-ephemera-filmstrip-f5507-14570-easter-encyclopaedia-britannica-educational-corporation-1983
Scanned and uploaded to the @internetarchive: This 1956 #filmstrip uses a Fritz Freleng-esque crow to teach the Biblical parable of the wedding feast.
VIEW AT YOUR OWN PACE: https://archive.org/details/uncommon-ephemera-filmstrip-f4456-pfn-13-corky-the-crow-cathedral-films-1956
Scanned and uploaded to the @internetarchive: This is part of a 1984 #filmstrip series called "Proud To Be Black," but it's missing its soundtrack.
VIEW AT YOUR OWN PACE: https://archive.org/details/uncommon-ephemera-filmstrip-f4071-f-8504a-a-cultural-awareness-eye-gate-house-1984
Scanned and uploaded to the @internetarchive: It's a shame this 1984 Vietnam #filmstrip is missing its soundtrack as it features gorgeous hand-drawn art.
VIEW AT YOUR OWN PACE: https://archive.org/details/uncommon-ephemera-filmstrip-f3615-tk-546-vietnam-the-war-of-10000-days-thomas-s-klise-co-1984
"Why don't you just apply for a grant?"
NEH Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections. Up to $420,000. Must be a cultural institution. For environmental controls in buildings. The guidelines say: "Individuals are not eligible to apply." I sustain cultural heritage every day. Just not in the right kind of building. #preservation #NEH #grants #archives #digipres
Scanned and uploaded to the @internetarchive: This 1970 Christian #filmstrip is about the prophet Jeremiah, but it's missing its soundtrack.
VIEW AT YOUR OWN PACE: https://archive.org/details/uncommon-ephemera-filmstrip-f3637-kap-18-jeremiah-the-reluctant-prophet-roas-films-1970