Journal of Film Preservation - FIAF
Journal of Film Preservation - FIAF
Journal of Film Preservation - FIAF
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Several excellent studies <strong>of</strong> Edison’s<br />
involvement with motion pictures have<br />
been written, most notably the recent<br />
efforts by historian Charles Musser,<br />
including Before the Nickelodeon: Edwin S.<br />
Porter and the Edison Manufacturing<br />
Company and Edison Motion Pictures,<br />
1890-1900: An Annotated <strong>Film</strong>ography, to<br />
which this article is indebted. Patrick G.<br />
Loughney’s A Descriptive Analysis <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Library <strong>of</strong> Congress Paper Print Collection<br />
and Related Copyright Materials has been<br />
extremely useful in detailing the history<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Paper Prints.<br />
56ème Congrès de la <strong>FIAF</strong> à Londres en<br />
2000<br />
Le congrès du millénaire sera organisé à<br />
Londres, du 3 au 10 juin, par la National<br />
<strong>Film</strong> and Television Archive du British <strong>Film</strong><br />
Institute, en collaboration avec la <strong>Film</strong> and<br />
Video Archive <strong>of</strong> the Imperial War Museum.<br />
L'Assemblée Générale, les symposia et les<br />
ateliers seront traduits simultanément en<br />
français et en espagnol. Le symposium<br />
principal qui durera deux jours, sous le titre<br />
The Last Nitrate Picture Show, a pour<br />
sujet tous les aspects du nitrate de cellulose:<br />
l'histoire, la technologie, la chimie,<br />
l'archéologie, son impact sur l'art du cinéma,<br />
et le rôle qu'il a joué dans l'évolution des<br />
archives du film. Ce thème sera présenté par<br />
des spécialistes et illustré par des exemples à<br />
l'écran. Des films en relation avec le thème<br />
seront projetés en soirée (Cinema Paradiso,<br />
La valigia dei sogni, The Love Test,<br />
Raging Bull, etc.). Le projet de publication<br />
du livre du nitrate, comprenant une<br />
bibliographie et une filmographie complètes<br />
lancé par Roger Smither, reste ouvert à toute<br />
contribution.<br />
audiences around the world via the World Wide Web. The influence <strong>of</strong><br />
Edison’s entertainment inventions remains with us still, in no small part<br />
due to the collections existing at the Library <strong>of</strong> Congress.<br />
<strong>FIAF</strong> 56th Congress, London 2000<br />
Clyde Jeavons<br />
The 56th Annual Congress <strong>of</strong> <strong>FIAF</strong> - the Millennial Congress - will take<br />
place in London from 3 to 10 June 2000 under the aegis <strong>of</strong> the National<br />
<strong>Film</strong> and Television Archive (NFTVA) <strong>of</strong> the British <strong>Film</strong> Institute (BFI),<br />
in collaboration with the <strong>Film</strong> and Video Archive <strong>of</strong> the Imperial War<br />
Museum (IWM).<br />
June is one <strong>of</strong> the best months to visit London, with a good chance <strong>of</strong><br />
fine weather and the tourist season not yet at its height, although we<br />
don’t know yet what impact the Millennium festivities will have. It is<br />
easy to get around, especially on the Underground system, and its<br />
cultural and culinary opportunities are fairly limitless. It is, however, an<br />
expensive city, and we shall endeavour to give the best advice possible<br />
on how to keep costs down, especially when eating out.<br />
Venue<br />
The symposia, workshop and General Assembly will take place in the<br />
main auditorium <strong>of</strong> the BFI’s National <strong>Film</strong> Theatre (NFT1) on the South<br />
Bank, near Waterloo, which also houses the Museum <strong>of</strong> the Moving<br />
Image (MOMI). The NFT has full facilities for film, video and slide<br />
projection, translation, catering and <strong>of</strong>fice needs, and smaller meetings<br />
can also be arranged on the premises. We shall also try to hold at least<br />
one evening reception in the Museum itself.<br />
Translation into English and French and/or Spanish will be provided at<br />
the General Assembly, symposia and workshop.<br />
Symposia and Special Events<br />
The main symposium, scheduled over two days, is called The Last Nitrate<br />
Picture Show and will be a celebration <strong>of</strong> nitrate cellulose in all its<br />
aspects: its history, technology, chemistry and archaeology; its rescue,<br />
conservation and restoration; its impact on the art <strong>of</strong> cinema; and the<br />
role it has played in the evolution <strong>of</strong> film archives. It will be copiously<br />
illustrated with screened examples (the NFT is licensed to show nitrate),<br />
presented by expert speakers, and complemented at the evening<br />
102 <strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Preservation</strong> / 58/59 / 1999