FFHS-NEWS International Home Movie Day Celebrates its Seventh Anniversary!

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International Home Movie Day Celebrates its Seventh Anniversary! 

Bring-your-own-film event puts the spotlight  on family history and home 
film  preservation. 
On Saturday October 17, archivists and film lovers around the world  will 
take time out of the vaults to help the public learn about, enjoy, and  
rescue films forgotten with the advent of home video. Home Movie Day shows how  
home movies on 8mm, Super8, 9.5mm and  16mm film offer a unique view of 
decades past, and are an essential part of  personal, community, and cultural 
history.   It puts the emphasis on preservation so that future generations of 
families can  see their ancestors actually walking, talking and interacting 
with each  other. 
There are two events in the UK this year - one  in London at the Cinema 
Museum in Kennington, and the other is in Bradford, at  the National Media 
Museum. Film archivists from the BFI, BBC, Wellcome Library  and Yorkshire Film 
Archive will be on hand to examine the films and give  feedback about their 
condition. 
After examination, the films can be passed to one of the projectionists, 
who  will be continuously screening home movies throughout the day. This is 
the best part of the day, as often people have  inherited films but no 
equipment, so this is their first chance in years to  relive wonderful family 
memories. 
You don't need to bring a film to attend and enjoy the event; everyone has 
a  chance to win prizes just by viewing any of the films on the day.  
The archivists can also offer advice about preserving films in film 
archives  around the UK and transferring films to other formats such as DVD so 
they're  more easily watchable in the home. However, it is  really important 
that the original films are kept safe too. 
Don’t throw your films away; bring them to Home Movie  Day! 
Event details: 
Saturday 17  October

London:
11 - 5pm
Cinema Museum
_www.cinemamuseum.org.uk_ (http://www.cinemamuseum.org.uk/) 
_www.homemovieday.com/london_ (http://www.homemovieday.com/london)  
Contact details:
Lucy Smee, Assistant Curator, Wellcome Library Moving  Image and Sound 
Collection
_l.smee at wellcome.ac.uk
_ (mailto:l.smee at wellcome.ac.uk020) 
020 7611  8644


Bradford:
National Media  Museum
_www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk_ (http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/) 

Contact details: 
Megan  McCooley, Moving Image Archivist, Yorkshire Film Archive
_m.mccooley at yorksj.ac.uk_ (mailto:%20m.mccooley at yorksj.ac.uk) 
01904 876398 
For more information on Home Movie Day and downloadable high-res images,  
please see _www.homemovieday.com/press.html_ 
(outbind://11/www.homemovieday.com/press.html)  

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