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InstitutesNo where else in the world can you find the range of disciplines in one school. Over the last 50 years as we forged new programs, built our home in New York and expanded to our global academic centers, institutes emerged. Each are built with shared values, common goals, and a priority for putting students first. The result – a place where artists and scholars create the future. For longer-term access, you probably want to have your films digitized.
If you have a question about the activity itself, please contact the organization administrator listed below. We will be screening 16mm, 8mm, Super 8mm, CHS, 8mm Video, MiniDV, DVD, and digital video files. Join us for a celebration of home movies and cultural heritage -- featuring home movie bingo and light refreshments! Digitize those now or you won’t be able to view them much longer—VCRs are officially obsolete.
Home Movie Day 2019
Home Movie Day is an annual event that celebrates amateur films and filmmaking. It is a worldwide event, held at local venues all over the world and organized locally by volunteers. Home Movie Day events provide the opportunity for individuals and families to have their films inspected and to see and share their own home movies with an audience of their community. The event is an opportunity to discover the personal, historical, and social importance of home movies and for individuals to learn how to best care for them. Home Movie Day is a celebration of amateur films and filmmaking held annually at venues worldwide.
First and most important when it comes to preservation is proper storage. At NARA, we store film in climate-controlled vaults that were specifically designed for film. Typical storage places in your home, like basements and attics, are terrible for film. The heat and humidity common in these spaces cause film to deteriorate more rapidly than if they are stored in a climate-controlled space.
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Among the films are some shot using Kodak’s Kodacolor film, an early lenticular film color technology. The films shot by Christoffers likely contain some of the earliest color footage of Alaska’s islands and the Bering Sea. The following reel (ca. 1933) contains color footage shot from a boat passing through Seattle’s Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, a sea voyage to Alaska, an encounter with a whaling ship, and, of course, seals. There is also a sequence showing Christoffers and his family picking flowers, which was a common subject for amateur filmmakers shooting color film.
But how did the National Archives end up with his home movies? For my research into Christoffers, I relied on a history of the U.S. presence in the Pribilof Islands written by Betty and John Lindsay. When the Lindsays were researching their book, they contacted Harry J. Christoffers Jr., who was in possession of his father’s film collection from the family’s years in the Pribilofs. This spurred the son to donate all of the films to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . The collection of films was shot by Harry J. Christoffers Sr. in the 1930s.
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We wound through hours of this footage, and every so often would find something that was seal-free, reels which turned out to be the filmmaker’s personal home movies. You’re welcome to narrate your home movies and inform everyone that this scene was shot at Aunt Bertha’s high school graduation and that this one was shot on your family trip to Florida in 1982. Or you can just sit in the auditorium and watch them in anonymous silence. Bring as many films as you’d like, but we’ll be screening a maximum of ten minutes of footage from each participant until everyone has had a chance to see their home movies. After that, second helpings are totally fine–especially in Kodachrome. NYU Moving Image Archiving and Preservation students along with The Queens Library Memory Project and XFR Collective will be on-hand to inspect your materials and advise on preservation and digitization options.
Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Fisheries as the Superintendent of the Pribilof Islands, made up of 75 square miles of land located about 200 miles off the coast of Alaska. ATA is looking for volunteers to help with our Gallery and our Screenings. Volunteers run screenings, organize events, curate shows, and get stuff done. We need people who are creative, reliable, and willing to commit to 4 hours a week. If you have any other oddball formats (28mm, 9.5mm, etc.), we can’t project the films for you, but we can help you find a safe, cost-effective way to view these prints.
While it is still possible to view home movies with a projector and screen, the way they were originally seen, you should approach this with caution. Be sure that your films are not highly shrunken or damaged, and that your projector is clean and in good working order. Finding a Home Movie Day event in your area is a good way to get a quick assessment of your films and perhaps see one screened.
All films determined to be in good condition will be screened before a live audience. We’ll just inspect and project your home movies and return them to you in comparable condition (if there are broken perforations or cracked frames, we’ll fix those and return the films in better condition!). Keep in mind that decades-old films are fragile and there’s an inherent risk of damage during any projection. If we do not feel that the film can be safely projected, we will not screen it.
NYU provides reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. Please submit your request for accommodations for events and services at least two weeks before the date of your accommodation need. Although we can't guarantee accommodation requests received less than two weeks before the event, you should still contact us and we will do our best to meet your accommodation needs. Watch other films that are archived and cleaned by the Philippine Film Archive. A celebration of amateur film and film making and reviving the art of Film Archiving. Some of the film and video donors will be on hand to share their behind-the-scenes stories about the bands and performances featured.
Home Movie Day events provide the opportunity for individuals and families to see and share their own home movies with an audience of their community. It’s a chance to discover why these films are important and to learn how best to care for them. Artists’ Television Access is a San Francisco-based, artist-run, non-profit organization that cultivates and promotes culturally-aware, underground media and experimental art. We provide an accessible screening venue and gallery for the presentation of programmed and guest-curated screenings, exhibitions, performances, workshops and events. We believe in fostering a supportive community for the exhibition of innovative art and the exchange of non-conformist ideas. Bring your Video, Super 8, 8mm, and 16mm films to screen or just come to behold the vast array of fascinating amateur movies in the Rochester area!
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