film identification – Gauge

Behind the scenes Film

Film archaeology

August 30, 2019December 10, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 8mm, amateur film, colour film, film, film identification, Jo Dixon-Didier

I’m sitting at a film winding bench with Jo Dixon-Didier, a Ngā Taonga Collection Developer who specialises in film. We’re

Archiving Practice Film NZ History

New Nitrate Film Vault

March 14, 2014March 3, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments Alfred Hitchcock, Archives New Zealand, conservation, film collectors, film distribution, film identification, film scanning, film stock, film storage, Gareth Watkins, Jamie Lean, John Ford, Leslie Lewis, National Film Preservation Foundation, nitrate film, Park Road Post, Reiner Schoenbrunn, silent film, Technicolor

The New Zealand Film Archive and Archives New Zealand recently opened New Zealand’s first specialised nitrate film vault. The new