A National Film Library—The Problem of Selection
Some pictorial evidence of all motion pictures produced should be preserved. Bulkiness of material, however, and expense of handling makes preservation of all motion pictures in their entirety impracticable. A solution may be found in the use of film strip which would preserve one frame of each important scene. — The Library of Congress proposes to preserve a considerable part of the motion pictures produced. Considerations in selection policy include possible uses to be made of such a collection, the avoidance of repetitions matter, and the public acclaim given such material in the form of both critical opinion and box office returns. — The collection will be world-wide in scope and will include both 35-mm and 16-mm film. The motion picture industry is invited to cooperate in creating a national film library on the theory that such a library will be mutually advantageous to all concerned —government, education, research personnel, procedures, and others.
- Print ISSN
- 0097-5834
- Published
- 1946-07
- Content type
- Original Research
- DOI
- 10.5594/J12808