Can this organization help?

[FIATIFTA]

Considering that there may or not be missing programming stored in improperly cataloged film vaults across the globe, could an organization like FIAT-IFTA be of any service in recovering lost material?

Their mission statement is listed below

"Ensure the preservation of old materials and endangered contents through adapted migration plans and the improvement of preservation conditions.
Anticipate the challenge of recent production archiving considering their increasing volume and the complexity and volatility of ´born digital° materials.

Control through continuous evolution the changes towards digital archives management. "

Their web address is listed here fiatifta.org/aboutfiat/policy/actionplan/

Given that there is a very slight chance that a small amount of missing material may be contained in some less developed countries, perhaps an organization such as Fiat-IFTA might be of service considering it's international membership base. It might be worth looking into.

Forgive me if this idea has been mentioned before, but I didn't see anything like posted in earlier threads.

[LanceM]

Hello,

I am fairly certain that this organization has been contacted, and made aware of the hunt for missing who. But , I have not heard if they ever followed up, and actively searched their members archives. Maybe people need to start to ask archives how much uncatalogued material they posses. Just a thought, any intelligent feedback or responses would be appreciated.

Thanks, Lance.

[Matthew K Sharp]

lancem said:

Maybe people need to start to ask archives how much uncatalogued material they possess.

Given the amount of stuff that's turned up in the last five or six years (especially remarkable finds of nitrate silent films thought lost for 70-80 years), I suspect that the number of archives with vast amounts of uncatalogued material is rapidly dwinding.

And of course, by definition, it's hard to say how much uncatalogued material a body may possess, mainly because it's not catalogued... any estimate is likely to be unhelpfully vague.

[Gary Robinson]

Didnt a Byron manuscript from 1812 turn up in London this week?,anythings possible!

[Wright Blan]

Gary said:

Didnt a Byron manuscript from 1812 turn up in London this week?,anythings possible!

And they may have discovered Mozart's skull, too (or at least verified it was his).

The thing is, stuff that was thought lost forever just keep turning up. Like Edison's Frankenstein film, or Bono's original lyrics to the October album. Or, of course, our beloved Electro, which was one of the last things on Earth that I thought would show up.