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Caught On Film
At Bologna's Festival Il Cinema Ritrovato, Matthew Sweet discovers how our cinematic heritage is disintegrating. From 2008.
Digital storage of films seems indestructible and infinitely duplicatable.
Not so vintage film stock
At Bologna's ‘Festival Il Cinema Ritrovato’, Matthew Sweet, discovers how our cinematic heritage is disintegrating.
With much film stock either deliberately destroyed, mishandled or chemically degrading on shelves, the battle to save and salvage old films is on.
Author and cultural historian, Matthew Sweet learns about the problems and pitfalls from experts Yeoman Clark, Louise Alum, Andreas Kalas, Ian Christie, Neil Brand and Kevin Brownlow.
Producer: Ali Serle
First broadcast on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 in August 2008.
Last on
Fri 26 Nov 2021
02:30
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Broadcasts
- Tue 26 Aug 2008 11:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4
- Fri 28 Nov 2008 23:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4
- Tue 3 Feb 2015 06:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 3 Feb 2015 13:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 3 Feb 2015 20:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 4 Feb 2015 02:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 18 Oct 2017 06:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 18 Oct 2017 13:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 18 Oct 2017 20:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 19 Oct 2017 01:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 25 Nov 2021 14:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 26 Nov 2021 02:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 Extra