The past is a moving picture : preserving the twentieth century on film / Janna Jones.

Author/creator Jones, Janna
Format Book
Publication InfoGainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2012.
Descriptionxiv, 194 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Part I. Archives in formation -- 1. What to show the world -- 2. Accessibility, authenticity, and anxiety -- 3. Film preservation 1993: orphans and the culture wars -- Part II. Archival techne -- 4. The archive at the end of the century: discipline, excess, and access -- 5. Film restoration: a new way of seeing film history.
Subject An analysis of how U.S. archivists have not only preserved the history of cinema and the history of the twentieth century, but shaped it as well.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [187]-190) and index.
LCCN 2012009835
ISBN9780813041926 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0813041929 (hbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PN1995.9.H5 J64 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold