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How did some of cinema's greatest films end up in an Iowa shed?

Posted by boredop
Tags: hollywood, usa.ia, preservation, movie industry, history, films.silent, films.black and white, author.pamela hutchinson, source.the guardian
https://amp.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/22/how-did-some-of-cinemas-greatest-films-end-up-in-an-iowa-shed

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Authors
Pamela Hutchinson
Published
Jun 22 2018
Word count
1044 words

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  1. HDR
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    neat story, amazing that it survived in a barn for so long.

    neat story, amazing that it survived in a barn for so long.

    5 votes
  2. Luna
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    Does this mean the nitrate films only have 1 known copy in existence?

    the films themselves were sent to the Library of Congress, which duplicated about two-thirds of them, quickly and simply, and sent the 16mm copies back to Zahs. The remaining third they apparently sent back to Zahs through the US mail, in a box labelled “explosive”. Those original nitrate films, which are highly flammable

    Does this mean the nitrate films only have 1 known copy in existence?

    1 vote