Comic actor(?), sculpture, South Italian
A black and white photo of a statue, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Unknown actress in white cap and apron, from the Actors and Actresses ...
Public domain reproduction of portrait print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ristori. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.
Photograph shows Italian actress Adelaide Ristori, Marchioness del Grillo. Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Seated actress wearing military-inspired costume, from the Actresses s...
Trade cards from the "Actresses" series (N664), issued 1888-90 to promote Old Fashion Fine Cut Tobacco.
Profile of actress looking up, from the Actresses series (N664) promot...
Trade cards from the "Actresses" series (N664), issued 1888-90 to promote Old Fashion Fine Cut Tobacco.
Florence Chester, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 8) f...
Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th-century actress, cigarette card, free to use, no copyright restrictions. Cigarette cards are trading cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette pack... More
Katherine Florence, from the Actresses series (N668)
Trade cards from the "Actresses" series (N668), issued ca. 1888. The publisher is unknown.
Laetitia Bonaparte, duquesa de Aosta (1897), actress, vintage photo ca...
2ª esposa de Amadeo. N el 20 Dic 1866 Public domain photograph of 19th-century actress of burlesque, operetta, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Florence La Due - Public domain portrait photograph
Public domain photograph, 1910s-1920s portrait, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Actress? - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dog factory - vaudeville film, Italy
"On the walls of the factory a lot of different varieties of frankfurters are hung. Each is marked with the breed of dog it is made from. A combined dog and bologna making machine is seen in the foreground, and... More
Napierkowska - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photo shows French actress, dancer, and silent film star Stacia Napierkowska (1891-1945). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
Pauline Chase - Public domain photograph, glass negative
Photo shows American actress Pauline Chase (1885-1962). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
Pauline Chase, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photo shows American actress Pauline Chase (1885-1962). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (... More
Gabrielle Dorziat - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows French actress Gabrielle Dorziat (1880-1979). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Pauline Chase, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photo shows American actress Pauline Chase (1885-1962). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (... More
Pauline Chase - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photo shows American actress Pauline Chase (1885-1962). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
Gabrielle Dorziat, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows French actress Gabrielle Dorziat (1880-1979). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Colle... More
Napierkowska, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photo shows French actress, dancer, and silent film star Stacia Napierkowska (1891-1945). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of... More
Justine Johnstone, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Justine Johnstone (1895-1982), an American actress and pathologist who also used her married name Justine Wanger. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain New... More
Napierkowska, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photo shows French actress, dancer, and silent film star Stacia Napierkowska (1891-1945). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of... More
Winifred Bryson, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows American actress Winifred Bryson (1892-1987) (born Winifred Brison). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: Geo... More
Justine Johnstone - Public domain photograph, glass negative
Photograph shows Justine Johnstone (1895-1982), an American actress and pathologist who also used her married name Justine Wanger. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
Muratore & Cavalieri - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows French actor and opera singer Lucien Muratore (1876-1954) and his wife Italian opera singer Lina Cavalieri (1874-1944). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Presenting movie film to Sec. Baker
Picryl description: Public domain image of a group of people, United States politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Pauline Chase - Public domain photograph, glass negative
Photo shows American actress Pauline Chase (1885-1962). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
![Maxine Elliot [i.e., Elliott] at St. Moritz](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvbWF4aW5lLWVsbGlvdC1pZS1lbGxpb3R0LWF0LXN0LW1vcml0ei0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "Maxine Elliot [i.e., Elliott] at St. Moritz")
Maxine Elliot [i.e., Elliott] at St. Moritz
Photo shows American actress Maxine Elliott (1868-1940). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
Presenting movie film to Sec. Baker
A group of men standing around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from negative or negative sleeve. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. G... More
Muratore & Cavalieri, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows French actor and opera singer Lucien Muratore (1876-1954) and his wife Italian opera singer Lina Cavalieri (1874-1944). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the B... More
Napierkowska - Public domain portrait print
Photo shows French actress, dancer, and silent film star Stacia Napierkowska (1891-1945). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
Maxine Elliot i.e., Elliott at St. Moritz
Photo shows American actress Maxine Elliott (1868-1940). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection ... More
Winifred Bryson - Public domain monumental decor photograph
Photograph shows American actress Winifred Bryson (1892-1987) (born Winifred Brison). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
Pauline Chase, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photo shows American actress Pauline Chase (1885-1962). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (... More
Napierkowska - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photo shows French actress, dancer, and silent film star Stacia Napierkowska (1891-1945). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
Napierkowska - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photo shows French actress, dancer, and silent film star Stacia Napierkowska (1891-1945). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
![[Scene from the 1913 Italian silent film Quo Vadis?]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTYvc2NlbmUtZnJvbS10aGUtMTkxMy1pdGFsaWFuLXNpbGVudC1maWxtLXF1by12YWRpcy05ZDRhNGYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Scene from the 1913 Italian silent film Quo Vadis?]")
[Scene from the 1913 Italian silent film Quo Vadis?]
J181136 U.S. Copyright Office. Logo of Italian studio Cines appears in left corner of image.
Badet, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photo shows French actress Regina Badet (1876-1949). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Lib... More
Badet - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photo shows French actress Regina Badet (1876-1949). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
Lord Paget, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photo shows Lord Victor William Paget (1889-1952) who married the American actress Olive May in early 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negati... More
![[Scene from the 1913 Italian silent film Quo Vadis?]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjkvc2NlbmUtZnJvbS10aGUtMTkxMy1pdGFsaWFuLXNpbGVudC1maWxtLXF1by12YWRpcy1kZDI3MGQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Scene from the 1913 Italian silent film Quo Vadis?]")
[Scene from the 1913 Italian silent film Quo Vadis?]
J179962-5 U.S. Copyright Office. Logo of Italian studio Cines appears in left corner of image.
![[Scene from the silent film "The last days of Pompeii" showing a young woman clutching flowers to her chest as she picks a rose, bas-reliefs in the background]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvc2NlbmUtZnJvbS10aGUtc2lsZW50LWZpbG0tdGhlLWxhc3QtZGF5cy1vZi1wb21wZWlpLXNob3dpbmctYS15b3VuZy13b21hbi1jbHV0Y2hpbmctYTNjNjNjLTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "[Scene from the silent film \"The last days of Pompeii\" showing a young woman clutching flowers to her chest as she picks a rose, bas-reliefs in the background]")
[Scene from the silent film "The last days of Pompeii" showing a young...
J185325 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1913 by Photo Drama Co. The last days of Pompeii, after the novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, was an Italian production released through George Kleine. It was an elaborate... More
Lord Paget - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photo shows Lord Victor William Paget (1889-1952) who married the American actress Olive May in early 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
![[Scene from the 1913 Italian silent film Quo Vadis?]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjgvc2NlbmUtZnJvbS10aGUtMTkxMy1pdGFsaWFuLXNpbGVudC1maWxtLXF1by12YWRpcy03OGQ2YWItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Scene from the 1913 Italian silent film Quo Vadis?]")
[Scene from the 1913 Italian silent film Quo Vadis?]
J181128-31 U.S. Copyright Office. Logo of Italian studio Cines appears in left corner of image.
Edith Wynne Matthison - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows Edith Wynne Matthison (1875-1955), an Anglo-American actress who specialized in Shakespearean and classic drama. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)
Adele Rowland, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows American actress Adele Rowland (1883-1971). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collect... More
Kay Laurell, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows American actress Kay Laurell (1894-1927). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain ... More
Edith Wynne Matthison - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows Edith Wynne Matthison (1875-1955), an Anglo-American actress who specialized in Shakespearean and classic drama. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)
Peg O'Wing, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Peggy O'Wing, A Chinese-American actress. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain ... More
Edith Wynne Matthison, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Edith Wynne Matthison (1875-1955), an Anglo-American actress who specialized in Shakespearean and classic drama. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title from data provided by the Bain News... More
Erotic photography - Kay Laurell
Photograph shows American actress Kay Laurell (1894-1927). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
Wanda Hawley, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Wanda Hawley (1895-1963), an American actress of the silent film era. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: Ge... More
The Italian motion picture - movie film screenshot
Beppo, an Italian gondolier, is in love with Annette, who has another suitor, wealthy but much older. Her father gives Beppo a year to prove himself, so he emigrates to New York City, opens a shoeshine stand, a... More
Rob't Couzinou & family, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows French opera singer Robert Couzinou (1888-1944) with his wife French actress Antoinette Maury (1886-1945) and child. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain ... More
Peg O'Wing - Public domain photograph, glass negative
Photograph shows Peggy O'Wing, A Chinese-American actress. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
Jardon, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Dorothy Jardon (1883?-1966), an American actress and singer. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Gran... More
Edith Wynne Matthison, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Edith Wynne Matthison (1875-1955), an Anglo-American actress who specialized in Shakespearean and classic drama. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title from data provided by the Bain News... More
Doris Kenyon, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows American actress Doris Margaret Kenyon (1897-1979). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain... More
J.A. Hammerton & Petrova, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows British American actress Olga Petrova (1884-1977), who was also a screenwriter and playwright. She was born Muriel Harding. Petrova is possibly with Sir John Alexander Hammerton (1871-1949) who... More
Mary Miles Minter, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows American actress Mary Miles Minter (1902-1984) who was born Juliet Reilly. (Source: Flickr Commons project. 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part o... More
Kay Laurell, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows American actress Kay Laurell (1894-1927). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Date from similar Bain negative: LC-B2-3479-... More
Mrs. Fiske in "Erstwhile Susan"
Photograph shows American actress Minnie Maddern Fiske (1865-1932) who was featured in the comedy "Erstwhile Susan" in 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013) Title from data provided by the Bain News Serv... More
Beatrice Maude, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Beatrice Maude (1892-1984), an American actress. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Co... More
Edith Matthison, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Edith Wynne Matthison (1875-1955), an Anglo-American actress who specialized in Shakespearean and classic drama. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided by the Bain News... More
Couzinou, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows French opera singer Robert Couzinou (1888-1944) with his wife French actress Antoinette Maury (1886-1945) and child. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain ... More
Doris Kenyon, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows American actress Doris Margaret Kenyon (1897-1979). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain... More
Adele Rowland - Public domain photograph, glass negative
Photograph shows American actress Adele Rowland (1883-1971). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)
Petrova, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows British American actress Olga Petrova (1884-1977), who was also a screenwriter and playwright. She was born Muriel Harding. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by th... More
Kay Laurell - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows American actress Kay Laurell (1894-1927). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
Doris Kean in "Roxana" - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows American actress Doris Keane (1881-1945). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collectio... More
Mrs. Fiske in "Erstwhile Susan"
Photograph shows American actress Minnie Maddern Fiske (1865-1932) who was featured in the comedy "Erstwhile Susan" in 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)
Beatrice Maude, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Beatrice Maude (1892-1984), an American actress. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Co... More
Bebe Daniels, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Phyllis Virginia Daniels (1901-1971), known professionally as Bebe Daniels, an American actress, singer, dancer, writer and producer. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data prov... More
Cavalieri & Muratore, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows French actor and opera singer Lucien Muratore (1876-1954) and his wife Italian opera singer Lina Cavalieri (1874-1944). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title and date from data provided ... More
Sarah Bernhardt addresses crowd in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1917 /
On July 4, 1917, French actress Sarah Bernhardt speaks in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y., on behalf of French-American cooperation in the war effort. Addressing more than 50,000 people gathered around a decorate... More
Valentine Tessier, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Valentine Tessier, a French actor and member of the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier. Likely taken at Otto Kahn's country estate (Cedar Court) in Morristown, New Jersey during the summer of 1918. (So... More
Margaret Mower, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows American actress Margaret Mower. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Date on negative "1/29/19" probably reflects later dat... More
Mme. Revyl, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Simone Revyl, a French actor and member of the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier. Likely taken at Otto Kahn's country estate (Cedar Court) in Morristown, New Jersey during the summer of 1918. (Source:... More
Jardon, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Dorothy Jardon (1883?-1966), an American actress and singer, probably in Central Park, New York City. The shadow of the photographer is visible in image.(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) T... More
Margaret Mower, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows American actress Margaret Mower in bed. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Date from similar Bain negative: LC-B2-4832-2. ... More
Margaret Mower, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows American actress Margaret Mower in bed. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection ... More
Jardon, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Dorothy Jardon (1883?-1966), an American actress and singer, probably in Central Park, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on... More
Judith Voselli, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Spanish-American actress Judith Vosselli (1895-1966), Spanish-born actress. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part ... More
Corinne Barker, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows American actress Corinne Riley Barker (1890-1928). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain ... More
Maude Adams, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Maude Ewing Adams Kiskadden (1872-1953), known professionally as Maude Adams, an American actress who received an honorary degree at Union College, Schenectady, New York, June 1921. (Source: Fl... More
between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925 - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows Phyllis Virginia Daniels (1901-1971), known professionally as Bebe Daniels, an American actress, singer, dancer, writer and producer. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data prov... More
Gwen Lee, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows American actress Gwen Lee (1904-1961). (Source: Flickr Commons, May 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Libr... More
Billie Burke calls on President Coolidge. Billie Burke, famous America...
A woman in a fur stole is standing on a sidewalk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
William Reed filming "The Romance of Runnibede", Sydney, 1927 / Sam Ho...
Note: American actress Eva Novak rehearses under the watchful eye of her husband William Reed, as he directs the film 'The Romance of Runnibede'. Her performance was described as 'pleasantly restrained', while ... More
Mrs. Edw. Browning, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows American actress Peaches Browning (1910-1956), born Frances Belle Heenan, known for her marriage to New York businessman, Edward West "Daddy" Browning (1875-1934). (Source: Flickr Commons proje... More
Mrs. Edw. Browning - Public domain portrait print
Photograph shows American actress Peaches Browning (1910-1956), born Frances Belle Heenan, known for her marriage to New York businessman, Edward West "Daddy" Browning (1875-1934). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
Billie Burke calls on President Coolidge. Billie Burke, famous America...
A woman in a fur stole is standing on a sidewalk, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General inf... More
Joan Crawford, George Grantham Bain Collection
...library_of_congress/23409071762/in/photPhoto shows American actress Joan Crawford (1904-1977). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negativ... More
![L'Atalante [1934] - Jean Vigo - French](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn2/L3RodW1ibmFpbC8xOTM0LzEyLzMxL2xhdGFsYW50ZS0xOTM0LWplYW4tdmlnby1mcmVuY2gtNTI5MDFhLTIwMC5qcGc%3D/40/40/webp "L'Atalante [1934] - Jean Vigo - French")
L'Atalante [1934] - Jean Vigo - French
L'Atalante (also released as Le Chaland qui passe) is a 1934 French film written and directed by Jean Vigo and starring Michel Simon, Dita Parlo and Jean Dasté. In the film Dasté plays a captain who honeymoons ... More
Government discovers method to preserve movie film indefinitely. Washi...
A black and white photo of a man working on a machine, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc.... More
![Government discovers method to preserve movie film indefinitely. Washington, D.C., July 8. People living in the year 2000 will be able to see and hear today's history in the making through experiments on preserving movie film now being conducted by the National Bureau of Standards. The experts at the bureau recently completed "accelerated aging tests in which films in six months went through the effects of 50 years' storage in a cool dark room. These tests showed that cellulose, or explosive film, would last from 50 to 100 years. The new Safety or Acetate film "may be preserved for longer periods." Unofficially, the experts put the figure at several hundred years. The following set of pictures were made at the Bureau of Standards and the National Archives Building. (1) Accelerated aging, The stability of the films is tested similarly to paper. They are heated in this oven at 100 [degrees] C and tested for loss of flexibility and for evidences of chemical decomposition. Arnold Soorne, of the Bureau Staff, is picture making the test](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzgvMDEvMDEvZ292ZXJubWVudC1kaXNjb3ZlcnMtbWV0aG9kLXRvLXByZXNlcnZlLW1vdmllLWZpbG0taW5kZWZpbml0ZWx5LXdhc2hpbmd0b24tMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Government discovers method to preserve movie film indefinitely. Washington, D.C., July 8. People living in the year 2000 will be able to see and hear today's history in the making through experiments on preserving movie film now being conducted by the National Bureau of Standards. The experts at the bureau recently completed \"accelerated aging tests in which films in six months went through the effects of 50 years' storage in a cool dark room. These tests showed that cellulose, or explosive film, would last from 50 to 100 years. The new Safety or Acetate film \"may be preserved for longer periods.\" Unofficially, the experts put the figure at several hundred years. The following set of pictures were made at the Bureau of Standards and the National Archives Building. (1) Accelerated aging, The stability of the films is tested similarly to paper. They are heated in this oven at 100 [degrees] C and tested for loss of flexibility and for evidences of chemical decomposition. Arnold Soorne, of the Bureau Staff, is picture making the test")
Government discovers method to preserve movie film indefinitely. Washi...
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Invasion craft. Sicilian invasion. In an Allied invasion craft bound f...
Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Smoke shrouds the Signa Bridge. Another target for "Operation Strangle...
Public domain photograph related to the history of Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lombardy poplars. Box Elder County, Utah
Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Row of Lombardy poplars. Box Elder County, Utah
Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lombardy poplars. Box Elder County, Utah
Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description