https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/11/researchers-find-film-early-cinema-pioneer-georges-melies-match-de-prestigidation

 

George Melies film found. 

It's amazing that they can find these films after so long. It makes you wonder what other hidden treasures are out there just waiting to be re-discovered.

 

It's amazing that they can find these films after so long. It makes you wonder what other hidden treasures are out there just waiting to be re-discovered.

And it looks like they were three shorts spliced together (I'm not sure if they were all Meleis), which is even better.

 

http://screenanarchy.com/2016/10/czech-film-archive-discovered-melies-film-believed-to-be-lost.html

 

I always figure everything has been found so any surprises always make me happy. 

An article on the BFI trying to preserve decaying material while they can. This is what annoys me about the soap material held at places like UCLA - is any of this being done? 

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38131911

An article on efforts to preserve a '20s film about anti-Semitism in Austria now that the last reel has been found. 

 

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/03/the-anti-nazi-film-with-the-missing-ending.html

It's insane knowing how many movies and shows have been lost forever either due to wiping/taping over and the nitrate film they used.