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| MichaelNella |
 Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:34 pm |
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I was watching the Kino DVD of Griffith's Days at Biograph and while
watching the print of The Adventures of Dollie, I was curious to the
preview to the film saying it was taken from a paper print at the
Library of Congress. Is this similar to printing the film to stills
and making a flipbook? Thanks for any answers. |
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| gerry |
| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:21 pm |
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On Apr 23, 12:34 am, MichaelNella <michaelne...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Quote: I was watching the Kino DVD of Griffith's Days at Biograph and while
watching the print of The Adventures of Dollie, I was curious to the
preview to the film saying it was taken from a paper print at the
Library of Congress. Is this similar to printing the film to stills
and making a flipbook? Thanks for any answers.
The words paper print refers to the source material for the films, the
paper contact prints some film producers deposited with the U.S.
Copyright Office until almost one hundred years ago. These paper
prints were often the only record of the film, the nitrate print long
gone. The Library of Congress staff did the tedious work of
transferring these paper prints back to film.
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“The Paper Print Collection of the Library of Congress Motion Picture,
Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. Because the copyright law
did not cover motion pictures until 1912, early film producers who
desired protection for their work sent paper contact prints of their
motion pictures to the U.S. Copyright Office at the Library of
Congress.
These paper prints were made using light-sensitive paper the same
width and length as the film itself, and developed as though a still
photograph. Some motion picture companies, such as the Edison Company
and the Biograph Company, submitted entire motion pictures--frame by
frame--as paper prints. Other producers submitted only illustrative
sequences.
The Paper Print Collection contains more than 3,000 motion pictures.
Most are American but many are from England, France, and Denmark.”
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edppr.html
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1894-1912: Library of Congress accepts the deposit of paper prints, or
photographs printed on paper rolls, for the purpose of copyright
registration.
1912: New legislation on copyright permits the deposit of motion
pictures as its own distinct art form. The Library of Congress
discontinues its practice of accepting paper prints and permits
descriptive written documentation on films (returning inherently
flammable nitrate prints back to claimants) for the purpose of
copyright registration.
1952-1953: Kemp Niver develops the Renovate Process which makes
possible the restoration of the Library of Congress paper print
collection. Niver copies the paper prints onto 16mm reversal film,
creates a dupe negative for the Library of Congress and retains the
16mm original master.
http://mic.loc.gov/preservationists_portal/presv_timline.htm |
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| William Ferry |
| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:10 am |
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I believe paper prints were sent to the Library of Congress as a way of
copyrighting a film. It's essentially the entire film printed on a paper
roll, as opposed to 35mm film. At the time, films did not have the same
copyright status as books and printed materials, so depositing paper prints
can perhaps be described as a way of getting around the system to ensure a
film would not be pirated without legal action.
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Yours for bigger and better silents,
William D. Ferry
"MichaelNella" <michaelnella@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Quote: I was watching the Kino DVD of Griffith's Days at Biograph and while
watching the print of The Adventures of Dollie, I was curious to the
preview to the film saying it was taken from a paper print at the
Library of Congress. Is this similar to printing the film to stills
and making a flipbook? Thanks for any answers. |
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| mack |
| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 1:07 pm |
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"William Ferry" <williamferry@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:480f1913$0$25034$607ed4bc@cv.net...
Quote: I believe paper prints were sent to the Library of Congress as a way of
copyrighting a film. It's essentially the entire film printed on a paper
roll, as opposed to 35mm film. At the time, films did not have the same
copyright status as books and printed materials, so depositing paper prints
can perhaps be described as a way of getting around the system to ensure a
film would not be pirated without legal action.
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Yours for bigger and better silents,
William D. Ferry
As I've heard the story, (and I may be wrong), some petty bureaucrat at the
copyright office said that film couldn't be copyrighted because film is not
"published" and that only published works (on PAPER) would be suitable for
copyright protection. So the filmmakers went to the trouble of printing
their films onto paper to secure the copyright. In the ensuing decades,
the nitrate film went south, but the paper copies still exist, and we have
the ability to reprint them onto film. So in this case, bureaucracy was
actually a good thing (for a change). |
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