A Tour of the Nitrate Vaults

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  • @SwingBandHeaven
    @SwingBandHeaven 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What an excellent look behind the scenes. Thank you so much for this and the clear explanation of things.

  • @malfattio2894
    @malfattio2894 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Have all of these films been scanned digitally?

  • @philthy903
    @philthy903 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for the tour!
    Isn't it odd that today, we see these reels as an important record of their time, whereas they might've been seen as a disposable commodity in their time!
    In some ways, nothing has changed: I hope we make better efforts these days to preserve the record. Streaming is ephemeral; we need better.

  • @richardprince2376
    @richardprince2376 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Deb, thanks for the great tour of the vaults. Sorry I won't be able to get back there for this year's Nitrate Picture Show. Look forward to seeing you next year. Keep up the good work.

  • @taymur0804
    @taymur0804 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I wish we saw the original camera negatives of The Wizard of Oz and Gone With The Wind

    • @daystar4909
      @daystar4909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes me too my friend!

  • @TimFitzwater
    @TimFitzwater 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very cool. I can’t wait until I am able to visit again.

  • @tomperkins4965
    @tomperkins4965 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That a good things most of the time for us movies fans like me.

  • @BrokeMoeHowardUHF
    @BrokeMoeHowardUHF 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome! Great info on film history👍

  • @edwinweiland8109
    @edwinweiland8109 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for a look behind the curtain at the Conservation Center vaults. I can only imagine how humbling it would be to step into one of those 12 vaults surrounded by historical nitrate. Deb and team: keep up the great work - it is very much appreciated.

  • @ganzonomy
    @ganzonomy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Get pandemic, see new areas of museum and house!
    This virtual stuff is amazing!
    One question: can Kodak please pretty please resurrect 620 and 116 and 616? Many of my old Kodaks are hungry for some ektar

  • @amiedetherese
    @amiedetherese 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for the tour

  • @rickaust5887
    @rickaust5887 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks from Tasmania, Australia. Would love to see more of your collection. You also store film paraphernalia, don't you? Posters, lobby cards etc. Would also love to see your film festival some day.

  • @claudiaweber9370
    @claudiaweber9370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I would have thought that the films would have been stored in a more inert atmosphere, say under nitrogen, to retard any decomposition. Is that not necessary?

    • @GeorgeEastmanMuseum
      @GeorgeEastmanMuseum  4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Nitrogen does not help slow down the decay of the film by a significant amount and would make it extremely difficult for staff to go into the vaults to check the status of the collection. The best solution is cool and dry as proven by several tests made by the Image Permanence Institute. Currently our vaults show the film will last over 500 years in these conditions. The model we follow to store our nitrate is the same as used by other archives all over the world, including the Library of Congress, Cinémathèque Française and British Film Institute.

  • @tangyorange6509
    @tangyorange6509 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Man, this is so cool.

  • @MsElladog
    @MsElladog 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So, with those Vitaphone films that you have, do you also have their soundtracks, whether on the phono records that accompanied the projector prints or in any other forms?

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great great WORK, bravo from Paris France!

  • @erikmolnar6585
    @erikmolnar6585 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome. I have always had an excitement for film and all forms of media. I am also a trainspotter along with an interest in the luggage conveyer belt at La Guardia Airport:^) I would love to work in that vault after I retire from my current employment!!!

    • @daystar4909
      @daystar4909 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I appreciate your comment!

    • @nickyreynolds3326
      @nickyreynolds3326 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      With their 3.2 mile system of interconnected conveyor belts, there’s a lot to keep you interested.

    • @erikmolnar6585
      @erikmolnar6585 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nickyreynolds3326 Yes!!! That was really futuristic to single digits aged me in the late 70s and early 80s. And the trains with all thr graffiti were Art in Motion. It was an exciting place back then.

  • @donjuan150
    @donjuan150 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was wonderfully done! Thanks so much! Can't wait to see some of these at the Dryden!

  • @Dragonborn-dc4uj
    @Dragonborn-dc4uj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It would be ashamed if all these films were caught on fire

  • @selwynjones2184
    @selwynjones2184 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you it was absolutely fascinating, keep up this good work

  • @nancybrewer5778
    @nancybrewer5778 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for the important work you do and the dedication of everyone who works to preserve these films. Has the next film festival been scheduled for 2022?

    • @GeorgeEastmanMuseum
      @GeorgeEastmanMuseum  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes! It is currently scheduled for June 2-5, 2022. We will be sharing more details soon.

  • @waynevia6976
    @waynevia6976 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great video.

  • @jimpolk
    @jimpolk ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic! Thank you Deborah