Journal of Film Preservation - FIAF

México, Cineteca
Nacional
10. University of South Carolina
Awarded $15,967 to preserve endangered newsreel footage that exists
only as nitrate-base camera negative in a collection of 35mm Fox
newsreel outtakes. Grant will be utilized to preserve 32 reels depicting
Balkan region from 1924 to 1930.
11. University of Washington / Ethnomusicology Archives
Awarded $10,000 to preserve 16mm material from collection of 232
reels of film made by Dr. Robert Garfias between 1966 and 1979
depicting vocal and instrumental music from sacred, ritual, and secular
traditions worldwide and in the USA.
12. American Film Institute
Awards above total $340,000 of $390,000 available for preservation projects
during third cycle of Challenge Grant program. Remaining $50,000
will be used by AFI to preserve titles recently acquired for AFI
Collection. Pranks of Buster Brown and his Dog Tige (1904), Edison short
from the Buster Brown series. The Cowboy And The Artist (1911),
American Film comedy by Allan Dwan. The Water Rats (1912), one
reeler by Sigmund Lubin. Les Misérables (1918), Victor Hugo classic produced
by Fox Film. The Girl In The Pullman (1927), melodrama with
Marie Prevost and Harrison Ford. The Law And The Man (1928), only
surviving print of Trem Carr feature. Rhapsody Of The Rails (1929), documentary
from Magic Carpet of Movietone series. Little Red Riding Hood
(1935), amateur film by actor Lew Ayres featuring Ginger Rogers, Ayres
second wife, donated to AFI by actor’s widow. The Three Stooges (1950-
1951), only existing telecine print of pilot for a never-screened TV series
donated to AFI by the Three Stooges Society.
Rescate y preservación de testimonios
cinematográficos para la historia de Tabasco,
México
Irma Hernández y Fernando Osorio
La Colección Documental Garrido Canabal se conforma por 70 rollos de
mil pies cada uno sobre nitrato de celulosa. Estos testimonios cinematográficos
son tomas que muestran las diversas actividades sociales,
políticas y culturales que emprendió el gobierno de Tomás Garrido
Canabal en el Estado de Tabasco entre los años de 1920 a 1934.
La Cineteca Nacional recibió estos documentos fílmicos para su custodia
y conservación del Archivo General de la Nación. A partir de octubre de
1998, se lleva a cabo la duplicación y transferencia de los originales
sobre nitrato de celulosa a material de acetato. De manera paralela se ha
venido elaborando una guía inventario que permitirá identificar y
catalogar en un primer nivel los contenidos dicha colección.
Hasta la fecha la colección se ha preservado en un 30%, volumen
suficiente para conformar una muestra significante que ha permitido
estructurar un programa piloto de manera integral. Durante el desarrollo
90 Journal of Film Preservation / 58/59 / 1999