Archive • August 2010

What Researchers Are Saying About Charlie Chaplin, and a Rare Chaplin Film is Rediscovered

posted August 27, 2010

Chaplin alongside Ford Sterling in "The Thief Catcher"

d d d d d d d It remains shocking to many film enthusiasts that the reception of Charlie Chaplin in America does not compare with the reception of Charlie Chaplin in, say, the United Kingdom, Europe, or even Japan. Even in the 1960s, children in many other nations grew up watching the Little Tramp and Chaplin’s other alter egos. Not so, in ...

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Detecting the History of Sound-on-Film

posted August 24, 2010

Eugene Lauste

By Peter Monaghan A short test strip that is one of the earliest surviving recordings of sound-on-film, made by Eugene Lauste between 1910 and 1912, merely hints at the revolution that was to come. Only 24 frames long, it belongs to an American collector, Rocco Accetturo, who bought it at an estate sale along with other items ...

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Going Dutch on a Moving Image Archiving Degree

posted August 17, 2010

EYE, Film Instituut Nederland

If you’re contemplating completing a master’s degree in moving-image archiving, you could hardly find a more appealing place to do so than Amsterdam. Apart from everything else – bike-friendly, crisscrossed with scenic canals, liberal beyond American dreams – it is home to world-class film collections and institutions that excel in restoration, research, and educational programs, and ...

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NHPRC Project Archivist

posted August 6, 2010

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The Autry and Braun Research Libraries at the Autry National Center of the American West, in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, are seeking an  NHPRC Project Archivist starting October 4, 2010. The appointment is for two years, full time, with benefits. The institution, which holds one of the world’s most comprehensive research collections pertaining to Native American ...

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Some Tips on Using this Site

posted August 3, 2010

We’ve set up Moving Image Archive News so that it can update you every day or two on what is most recent the site. You can subscribe (lower left) via a “reader” (free of charge); then, you will receive updates via email as new items appear. All new items do go ...

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