film preservation

A silent film made in New Hampshire more than a century ago has been discovered in an antique shop in Japan, according to The Guardian. The find suggests the long-lost early cinema work survived overseas, and the discovery is drawing attention from film historians and archivists interested in recovering lost silent-era productions.

The 2009 BBC documentary The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu, narrated by Scottish-Sierra Leonean writer Aminatta Forna, is being shared again by viewers celebrating its account of Mali's manuscript heritage. The film follows African storytellers and scholars, guardians of a history long dismissed by outsiders as mere oral tradition, and explores Timbuktu's ancient libraries and their role in preserving African intellectual history.

A historic theatre in Ohio has hosted its first movie screening in more than 50 years, according to local reporting. The event marks the return of film to a venue that had long gone without a cinema showing, drawing attention as a milestone for the community and for the preservation of the historic building.

A photograph taken in Stockholm in May 1959 is being shared online as part of an archival project run by the Nick DeWolf Foundation. The image shows the steam ferry Djurgården 3 passing Kastelholmen, preserving a view of the city's historic harbour traffic. It is drawing attention from photography and history enthusiasts interested in mid-century Stockholm.