New Zealand Film Archive
The New Zealand Film Archive was established in 1981. On 1 August 2014 the archive was amalgamated with Sound Archives Ngā Taonga Kōrero and the Television New Zealand Archive to form Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.
2009 lost film recovery
In early 2009, a collection of 75 previously thought to be lost American
Background and restoration
During the time period that the films were performed films were shipped to countries along a "distribution line" format, with New Zealand often being the last place the films would be shipped. Because of the high cost of transport during this time and the flammability of the early film stock, most of the films would not be shipped back to the United States and were moved into government archives, were destroyed,[4] or given or sold to private owners.[5]
The films were discovered during a visit to the archive by Brian Meacham, a Los Angeles
In order to export the films back to the United States, the movies had to be transported in U.N.-approved steel barrels in incremental shipments.
Films discovered
Of the 75 films discovered in the New Zealand archive, some of the more notable examples were John Ford's 1927 film
The Hitchcock film The White Shadow was discovered in the collection,[10] mislabeled as the movie Twin Sisters and lacked a title credit.[11] The discovery of this film was named as one of Movies.com's "Biggest Surprises of 2011".[12]
See also
References
- ^ a b Kehr, Dave (7 June 2010). "Trove of Long-Lost Silent Films Returns to America". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ^ "New Zealand Project Films: Highlights". filmpreservation.org. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ^ Silent films in the spotlight The Art Newspaper
- ^ A Happy Homecoming For Long-Lost Silent Films NPR
- ^ Long-lost movie screens again ABC News
- ^ US film treasures surface in New Zealand NewZealand.com
- ^ a b c Long-Lost Silent Films Return to America New York Times
- ^ "New Zealand Collection". Academy Film Archive.
- ^ "Astonishing" collection of old US movies discovered in Wellington Wellington Scoop
- ^ Hitchcock's 'The White Shadow' Discovered Wall Street Journal Blog
- ^ Film archivists find early Hitchcock film SCPR
- ^ The Year in Film: 2011's Biggest Surprises Movies.com