At the Fair with Bob Hope; on the Hustings with Robert W. Scott
posted September 21, 2014
Thanks to a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation, State Archives of North Carolina will ensure the longevity of films of two far-away phenomena, drawn from a collection that Century Film Productions, a Raleigh-based company, donated to the Archives in 1986.
For-Real Bogus Boxing Saved from the Trash
posted September 17, 2014
Film-Makers' Cooperative, of New York, will use a National Film Preservation Foundation grant to care for esteemed rock critic Richard Meltzer's idiosyncratic 1969 film about "Bogus Boxing Trash."
From Coitus Interruptus to Guaranteed-to-Last
posted September 11, 2014
Curt McDowell's "Sparkle's Tavern," a landmark of art porn, will tinkle on, thanks to a grant to the University of California-Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive from the National Film Preservation Foundation
Robert Green’s Mardi Gras Balls of the 1950s
posted September 8, 2014
Two rare films of African American Carnival Balls in mid-1950s New Orleans will survive with the aid of a federal grant
Wunderkino 4: Visions of House and Home
posted August 5, 2014
Make a note to yourself, now: Next year, get to Bucksport, Maine, for Wunderkino. The wonders on offer at the events this year included historic film from law-enforcement training, amateur “home movies,” and Egyptian archaeological digs.
Belleville, Looking Like a Great Place to Live
posted July 25, 2014
Belleville, New Jersey's library will use a grant from the Library of Congress-funded National Film Preservation Foundation to preserve a film homage to the town.
Preserving the Colors of Yellowstone
posted July 24, 2014
A Kodacolor film, the first color footage of Yellowstone National Park, will survive thanks to a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation. They don't make film like Kodacolor, any more.
Federal Funds Will Save 65 Films from Deterioration
posted July 24, 2014
The National Film Preservation Foundation has provided grants to 35 institutions in 22 U.S. states to preserve 65 films. The support is part of the federal appointed agency's annual cycle of support for films deemed historically important.
The Man Who Filmed Early Anchorage
posted July 24, 2014
Little motion-picture documentation exists of life in pre-WWII Anchorage, Alaska, and far less from before 1930. The National Film Preservation Foundation has awarded a grant to Alaska Moving Image Preservation Association to look after some of the footage that has survived.
Coming to a Website Near You: Tornadic Vortex Signature
posted July 24, 2014
Thanks to a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation, the National Severe Storms Laboratory will preserve footage of the 1973 Union City, Oklahoma Tornado that helped scientists improve the ability to forecast tornado activity