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Online Sources on the History of Film and its Preservation
- International Film Preservation Foundation (FIAF)Collaborative organization of world film archives dedicated to the preservation of film. Includes a directory of societies and archives.
- National Film Preservation FoundationNonprofit organization created by the U.S. Congress to help save America's film heritage. Supports activities nationwide that preserve American films and improve film access for study, education, and exhibition.
- American Memory Collection (Library of Congress)Hundreds of films chronicling American History available for viewing, such as early vaudeville entertainment, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, early films of New York City, and footage of McKinley's inauguration.
- Edison Motion Pictures (Library of Congress)Collection of early motion pictures by inventor Thomas Edison. Produced by Edison's Kinetograph and Kinetoscope from 1891-1918 and include actual examples of news coverage, famous people, leisure, day to day life, and more. Films can be downloaded and viewed.
- Association of Moving Images ArchivistsProfessional association on the preservation of moving images.
Print Sources on Film History
The Oxford History of World Cinema by Call Number: Ref PN1993.5 A1 O96 1996ISBN: 0198112572Text is arranged into three parts: the Silent Cinema, the Sound Cinema from 1930-1960, and the Modern Cinema from 1960 to the present. Each part includes essays on the background of each era, in addition to various subjects such as the studio system, technology, and genre and how they applied to countries around the world.
