James H. Billington

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• Film7.4

  Belgesel

  Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and indeed the American experience itself.

  These Amazing Shadows

  2011 · 75 votes

• Film10.0

  Belgesel

  As the documentary points out, 85 percent of all silent pictures are gone forever because of neglect, abuse, and improper storage of original prints. This film stresses the importance of saving these and more recent films as cultural documents that have become part of our shared history. It also takes the viewer through the painstaking process of film restoration, and highlights some of the organizations and individuals who are spear-heading this movement.

  The Race to Save 100 Years

  1997 · 1 votes