I « Preserving the Hand-Painted Films of Margaret Tait

1.2 Calypso

While I intend to continue discussing the life and work of Margaret Tait, from hereon in I shall do so with reference to the hand-painted and hand-drawn films she produced throughout her career as a filmmaker.1 These films are: Calypso (35mm/16mm, colour, sound, 4:29, 1955) John MacFadyen (The Stripes in The Tartan) (35mm/16mm, colour, sound, [...]

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1. ‘On The Idea of Permanence’

To say that archival records are permanent seems to fix their nature beyond doubt and to establish beyond challenge the full extent of the archivist’s responsibility to them.1 Two years ago, while writing a paper on the preservation of amateur and small gauge film, I came across a reference to an article in the American [...]

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Preserving the Hand-Painted Films of Margaret Tait An MA Dissertation by Joss Winn, 2002

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1.2 Calypso

1. ‘On The Idea of Permanence’

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