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Recommendation 3.2: Saving Original Film
drafted by task force members. The National Film Preservation Board plans to distribute this document widely.
Recognize the importance of saving the original film, even after copying, unless it has deteriorated beyond any use. Saving the original film artifact remains a basic principle, and one that needs underlining in this era of scarce preservation dollars and of new electronic technologies that can seem to offer a quick fix. The original film has maximum image resolution and sound quality and, if stored satisfactorily, can long remain the best source for copies in any future format.
For many years nitrate film was considered discardable after being copied onto safety stock, but archives and studios have rethought this policy. Even the best current safety-film copies have proven incapable of reproducing nitrate film's subtle visual qualities. Except when dangerously deteriorated, nitrate should be retained for reuse as duplication technology improves, as well as for the color-tinting records lost in the black-and-white copies of most silent films.
IMPROVBVG THE QUALITY OF PRESERVATION COPYING
To save endangered films and to provide public access, selective copying and restoration remain an essential part of a national preservation effort. However, preservation copying must be measured not only in terms of the quantity of footage copied but also in terms of the quality of the laboratory work accomplished. As is evident from the testimony in Film Preservation 1993 (and from onscreen evidence), much early preservation copying needs to be redone, insofar as that is still possible. Laboratory equipment and techniques have improved, and knowledge about aging nitrate has deepened. Standards that slipped by when 16nim was the major television and educational format no longer apply. If films are to survive in copies true to the originals, the caliber of archival duplication must meet the highest standards. Recommendations 3.3 through 3.6 address this goal.
Recommendation 3.3: Archival Laboratory Copying
Under the auspices of the National Film Preservation Board, convene a working group to screen and discuss archival-quality laboratory duplication work. Currently there are no mechanisms to assure nationwide quality for archival duplication. A new working group, convened initially by the National Fihn Preservation Board, will answer this need. Producers and purchasers of archival services, including laboratory, studio, and archive representatives, should come together to review visual and sound duplication work in a non-confrontational setting. This might build from the annual
Rethinking Physical Preservation