AMIA Newsbriefs

Fire destroys film archive in Sydney

FIRE has destroyed an historic photographic studio and archive in Sydney's inner west.

Read the story here:  http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24987965-26103,00.html

Pebble Beach Neptune digitizes British Board of Film Classification archive

The British Board of Film Classification has selected Pebble Beach Systems to provide an automation solution as part of a new facility built to digitize its entire video archive.

Read the story here:  http://broadcastengineering.com/automation/pebble-beach-neptune-british-0204/

Theater hall and it’s archives burned

Thousands of film archives are now nothing but ashes and most of the building has been destroyed.

Read the story here:  http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/10771444.asp?scr=1

Disneyland home movie from 1956 makes Library of Congress's National Film Registry

"Robbins Barstow's film Disneyland Dream was included in this year's National Film Registry (25 films selected by the Library of Congress annually). He is a tireless advocate for amateur film and a great supporter of Home Movie Day. Steve Martin wrote to Robbins Barstow after the news of Disneyland Dream being selected for the Film Registry. Martin appears in the home movie, he's 11 years old and worked selling guidebooks. Go home movies!"

Read the story here: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/06/disneyland-home-movi.html