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| 20 min.
| An essay on the potential and the limits of dutifully archived human knowledge, masquerading as a documentary on the organisation of the [[Bibliothèque nationale de France]].
| An essay on the potential and the limits of dutifully archived human knowledge, masquerading as a documentary on the organisation of the [[Bibliothèque nationale de France]].
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| [[File:Bbc timeshift missing-believed-wiped.jpg|200px]]
| ''[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvum24 BBC Timeshift - Missing Believed Wiped]''
| 2003
| Jo Haywood
| Television, Video Tape
| English
| 40 min.
| The history of the BBC's once prevalent, but short-sighted, policy of wholesale disposal of recorded television content, and the efforts to mitigate that loss.
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Latest revision as of 22:47, 22 January 2021

This is a list of films and documentaries about archiving. Not only about professional archiving, but also amateur efforts by anonymous people, collectors of vinyls, VHS tapes or prolific photographers. This page also includes documentaries about preservation and restoration of works by libraries and museums specialist departments, and book digitization projects.