Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record

1987 58 min

Overview

A documentary describing the devastating deterioration of intellectual documents such as pamphlets, photographs, films, drawings, and maps. Assesses the situation, demonstrates preservation and restoration techniques, and suggests ways to prevent deterioration in the future. Features remarks by several experts, writers, and historians, such as James Michener, Barbara Tuchman, Daniel Boorstin, and Vartan Gregorian.

Genres

Documentary

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Spoken Languages

English en

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Cast

Robert MacNeil

Narrator

Crew

Ben Maddow

Writer

Terry Sanders

Writer

Terry Sanders

Director

Jean-Pierre Tibi

Music

Posters

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