Interview with George Willeman, Nitrate Film Vault Leader at The Library of Congress

28 Feb 2025 • 87 min • EN
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Here it is, folks! The interview I am most proud of so far- A conversation with George Willeman from The Library of Congress!  How do we archive film at a national level? Where do major studios store their nitrate films? What do we do to protect those films? Find those answers and more in this insightful conversation with George Willeman, the Nitrate Film Vault Leader.  Thank you to Oscar Behcer of Vinegar Syndrome for the help setting this up, and to John Dailey for editing experitse!  Hope you enjoy! Many more to come! - Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation Mini Doc: https://youtu.be/3TEgrdAlofk - Blog featuring George: https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2021/05/george-willeman-at-home-with-old-highly-flammable-movies/ - Buy The Physical Media Advocate (zine) on Amazon:  https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1utJN - Become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/DiscConnected - Disc-Connected: https://linktr.ee/discconnected - Someone's Favorite Productions: https://linktr.ee/someonesfavoriteproductions - Shelf Shock Rewind: https://linktr.ee/shelfshockrewind - Email: DiscConnectedMedia@gmail.com -- Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-disc-connected - Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-disc-connected - If you happen to be shopping on Amazon for something and would like to share some of Lord Bezos' profits with my channel at no additional cost to you, please consider shopping through my link: https://amzn.to/39mcX1t - Tip Jar: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=TDEVSPJZ9EFCW or paypal.me/RVinls (friends and family only) or  Amazon wish list: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/20CR2ZN456P1B?ref_=wl_share - Music is by Michael J. LeRose- michaelxcreates@gmail.com. Outro is K(NO)W by Crusoe via a Creative Commons Attribution License and verbal/written permission from the artist. - Links above may be affiliate/promotional links that provide me a tiny commission to support the site and do not charge the consumer anything extra. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-disc-connected--6024210/support.

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