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produced in Canada before 1951. These activities were administratively linked with the formal establishment in May 1972 of the National Film Archives as a division of the Public Archives of Canada. For the first four years, the division staff and budget available were able to meet only the urgent requirements of the nitrate conversion program.
Prior to 1951, all theatrical motion pictures and most films in the 35mm gauge were manufactured on an inherently unstable cellulose nitrate stock. Although this stock had many properties that made it suitable for theatrical exhibition, its flammable and volatile composition led to numerous fires that destroyed a large proportion of the Canadian film heritage. What had survived was deteriorating rapidly and in many cases was being destroyed by nervous owners before the image could be transferred to safety film.
While the introduction of triacetate or safety base stocks reduced the probability of loss through fire or physical decomposition, other technological innovations have resulted in further dangers to the survival of moving images. For example, almost all colour films today use dyes that fade severely in less than seven years under normal storage conditions. At the same
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furent administrativement reliées a l’établissement des Archives nationales du film en tant que division des Archives publiques du Canada en 1972. Pendant les quatre années qui suivirent cependant, le personnel et les budgets disponibles suffirent seulement a repondre aux exigences du programme de transfert des films nitrate sur pellicule de sécurité.
Tous les films destinés aux salles de cinéma, ainsi que
la majorité des copies 35mm, étaient jusqu’en 1951
imprimés sur nitrate de cellulose.
Quoique les qualités de la pellicule aient eu des avantages pour la projection en salle, sa composition inflammable et volatile provoqua souvent des incendies. Ainsi disparut une bonne partie de lhéritage cinématographique canadien.
Les films qui avaient survécu se détérioraient rapidement et beaucoup d’entre eux étaient détruits par leur propriétaire inquiet avant méme d étre recopiés sur pellicule de sécurité.
Tandis que l’apparition de la pellicule de sécurité réduisait considérablement les risques d’incendie ou de décomposition, d'autres innovations techniques entrainaient des risques différents pour la survie des films. Ces derni@res années par exemple, presque tous les