National Center for Film and Video Preservation
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The National Center for Film and Video Preservation was established in 1984 by the American Film Institute
and the National Endowment for the Arts
to
The center has a list of wanted films believed to be lost. Some of the films on that list are
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
and the National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
to
- coordinate American moving image preservation activities on a national scale serving as Secretariat for the Association of Moving Image ArchivistsAssociation of Moving Image ArchivistsThe Association of Moving Image Archivists is a 501 not-for-profit organization established to advance the field of moving image archiving by fostering cooperation among individuals and organizations concerned with the acquisition, description, preservation, exhibition and use of moving image...
and The Film FoundationThe Film FoundationThe Film Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to film preservation founded by director Martin Scorsese in 1990.-External links:*...
. - implement the National Moving Image Database.
- research and publish the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
- locate and acquire films and television programs for inclusion in the AFI Collection to be preserved at the Library of CongressLibrary of CongressThe Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
and other archives. - establish ongoing relationships between the public archives and the film and television industry.
- create broader public awareness of preservation needs.
The center has a list of wanted films believed to be lost. Some of the films on that list are
- CleopatraCleopatra (1917 film)Cleopatra was directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starred Theda Bara in the title role. Fritz Leiber, Sr. played Julius Caesar and Thurston Hall played Mark Antony....
(1917) - The Divine WomanThe Divine WomanThe Divine Woman is an American silent film directed by Victor Sjöström and starring Greta Garbo. Produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it was Garbo's fifth Hollywood film. Only a single nine-minute reel is currently known to exist of this otherwise lost film...
(1928) - Camille (1927)