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Post by LanceM on Dec 11, 2006 20:24:47 GMT
Hello All,
I for one am glad that this material, and the material found by Mr. Perry will be preserved at any rate. As well as the material they have found will be screened in the future, this is also very good news. Keep up the hard work, it is appreciated a lot here.
Lance.
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Post by Dick Fiddy on Dec 14, 2006 19:24:37 GMT
Moving offices has kept me away from the forum for a time but I would just like to say a few things regarding this thread. First of all some of you seem to doubt some of the things Andy Henderson has said but his account of proceedings is absolutely true to my knowledge. Andy has been a good friend to the BFI and the official archives in particular. He has readily made available to us any material he's found for screenings and copying. Any problems - or reluctance - he's encountered when trying to return stuff is probably down to me. A few years ago I was employed by the BFI to co-ordinate the Missing Believed Wiped initiative but this was due to a limited amount of money being available for a limited time. Since that post was terminated I've continued to be part of the initiative either in my spare time or under the banner of regular BFI work. It has meant that I haven't been as diligent as I would like when it comes to chasing up some of the leads - and when I get busy in my other walks of life, time becomes particularly precious. Also the archive itself has become tremendously busy of late and access to the technology for restoring and copying material becomes harder and harder to come by. To tell you the truth it has been easier these past couple of years for me to concentrate on getting premium material for the annual MBW screenings and its entirely possible that information I've received hasn't been passed on quickly enough to my colleagues. Apologies. On another front, I am exploring other ways to liberate rare, returned and vintage material. I'm hoping to find a way next year to get some of the returned admags to screen on TV and I genuinely feel - with the sterling work done by BBC4 - that there is more warmth among programme makers to the idea of using b/w material. The regular Kaleidoscope screenings continue to spotlight returned material and feature ever more esoteric material but I realise that people do find it difficult to travel to the Midlands or to London for these one-offs. DVD releases would seem to be the best way forward to exploit this material and I hope there will be more movement in this area despite high costs of restoration and clearance.
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Post by Christopher Perry on Dec 14, 2006 23:16:37 GMT
I heartily agree Dick. I think you do a great job within the limited time and resources that the NFTVA have at their disposal.
Chris
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