The Moving Image: The Journal of the Association of Moving Image Archivists (Fall 2007)

  • Journal
  • Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2007
By (Gracy, Karen F., ed.)
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Near Fine. 2007. (Vol. 7, No. 2). Journal. [as-new, completely unblemished]. (B&W photographs, facsimiles) Scholarly film journal that "covers topics such as the role of moving image archives and collection[s] in the writing of history, technical and practical articles on research and development in the field, in-depth examinations of specific preservation and restoration projects, and behind-the-scenes looks at the techniques used to preserve and restore our moving image heritage." Feature articles in this issue: "Framers of the Kept: Against the Grain Appraisal of Ephemeral Moving Images," by Timothy Wisniewski; "A History of the Newsreel in Canada: A Struggle for Screen Time," by Rosemary Bergeron; "Commercial Video Collections: A Preservation Survey of the Avery Fisher Center Collection at NYU," by Paula De Stefano and Mona Jimenez. There is also a Forum entitled "The Missing Link: Content Indexing, User-Created Metadata, and Improving Scholarly Access to Moving Image Archives," plus a number of book and DVD reviews, including of a biography of Louella Parsons. .

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