film preservation

40 years of the New Zealand Film Archive

March 31, 2021April 7, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, film, film archiving, film preservation, Jane Paul, Jonathan Dennis, Radio New Zealand, TVNZ

Forty years ago, the New Zealand Film Archive was born. It had only one full time employee, a cinephile named Jonathan Dennis, who had just returned from touring film archives in Europe to learn as much as he could about the work ahead.

Archiving Practice Behind the scenes Film

Old frames: the nitrate wind through

March 30, 2021April 13, 2021 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 1 Comment behind the scenes, film, film preservation, nitrate film, silent film, WWI

Each year the nitrate film collection of Ngā Taonga is ‘wound through’ as an essential part of its safe keeping.

Film

The Mangawhai Women’s Festival

October 9, 2019 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments film preservation, Fiona Niccol, Mangawhai, Mangawhai Women's Festival

The Mangawhai Women’s Festival was held in February 1987. It was an outdoor festival for women and children only and

Film Television

Spring – The Uncertain Season

October 5, 2016November 29, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1960s, film preservation, Shirley Maddock, sound technology, spring, television

What does the coming of spring call to mind for you? For Shirley Maddock, the filmmaker behind The Uncertain Season (1962), a

Film

The Battle of the Somme

September 1, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 8 Comments 1910s, Battle of the Somme, British High Commission, film preservation, Imperial War Museums, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, World War I, World War One

This year marks the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. Imperial War Museums (IWM) and members of the First

Film

Rewind NZ

December 21, 2015February 9, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1980s, 2010s, Andrew Armitage, Aro Video, collecting, David Sommerfield, Diane McAllen, film, film archiving, film preservation, Louise McCrone, Rewind This, VHS, VHS store, Wellington

By Diane McAllen (Digital Programme Developer, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision) Earlier this year we screened Rewind This (2013), an

Film

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage: Making WWI Material Available for Third Party Requests

October 29, 2015November 13, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1910s, 2010s, film archiving, film preservation, footage supply, media use of footage, UNESCO, World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, World War One, WW1, WWI

World War One commemorations have provided the impetus for a number of projects at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. UNESCO’s World

Film

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage: Sights and Sounds of WWI

October 28, 2015December 8, 2015 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1910s, 2010s, film archiving, film preservation, film scanning, Pathe, repartriation, UNESCO, website, World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, World War One, WW1, WWI

World War One commemorations have provided the impetus for a number of projects at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. UNESCO’s

Film

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage: Scanning WWI Films

October 27, 2015January 11, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 2 Comments 1910s, 2010s, film archiving, film preservation, film scanning, UNESCO, World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, World War One, WW1, WW100

World War One commemorations have provided the impetus for a number of projects at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. The

Archiving Practice Film NZ History

Digitally Future-proofing Aotearoa’s Stories

December 17, 2014April 15, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 10 Comments ARRI Motion Picture Company, ARRISCAN, behind the scenes, digistisation, digital technologies, film conservation, film preservation, film stock, Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand Film Commission, Richard Falkner

“I really believe the digital era increases the possibilities for us to connect our material to current and future generations.”

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