Iluminace 2015, 27(2):87-93

Selection of Audio-visual Materials in the Film Archive of the Czechoslovak Film Institute, 1963–1993

Jan Trnka

The article maps the establishment and history of the first film collections on Czech territory from the early 1920s, the founding of the Film Archive in 1943, its basic tasks, evolution and its collection policy. It gives an overview of the development of Czech archiving and the transformations of the Film Archive up to the present day. The author also presents the contents of the following documents from the NFA funds.

Keywords: film archive, film curation, history and film, film libraries, film documentation, film collections, film preservation, depositories; nitrate

Published: June 1, 2015  Show citation

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Trnka, J. (2015). Selection of Audio-visual Materials in the Film Archive of the Czechoslovak Film Institute, 1963–1993. Iluminace27(2), 87-93
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