Nitrate Won't Wait: A History of Film Preservation in the United States

By Anthony Slide

Book Overview

This study looks at the preservation process: newsreel, television, and color preservation; the often controversial issue of colorization; and commercial film archives. It also provides detailed histories of the major players in the preservation battle including the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, the American Film Institute, the Museum of Modern Art, the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and the Library of Congress.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0899506941
• ISBN13: 9780899506944
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: McFarland Publishing
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.3"