Preserve then Show (2002) [links updated]

Title: Preserve then Show
Editors: Dan Niseen, Lisbeth Richter Larsen, Thomas C. Christensen and Jesper Stub Johnsen
Publisher: Danish Film Institute
Year: 2002

Note: After the links were removed from the first source, they were made available at the Danish Film Institute website.

Description:
'Preserve then Show' is the title of an anthology spotlighting film preservation and restoration and presenting the latest research in the field. Edited and published by the Danish Film Institute (DFI), the anthology is based on papers delivered at an international seminar at the DFI in November 2001 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the first film museum in Denmark, now the DFI/ Archive & Cinematheque. (from the original press-release)

Table of contents:

Cover (pdf)
Index (pdf)
Introduction, Dan Nissen (pdf)

1. Philosophy
The Raw Material of Film History, Casper Tybjerg (pdf, 134 Kb)
Film as an Art Object, Paolo Cherchi Usai (pdf, 250 Kb)

2. Preservation
Film Storage Studies – Recent Findings, Jean-Louis Bigourdan (pdf, 94 Kb)
Optimizing Nitrate Film Storage, Peter Z. Adelstein (pdf, 102 Kb)
Condensation in Film Containers during Cooling and Warming, Tim Padfield (pdf, 454 Kb; alternative link)
The Condition Assessment for the Film Collection of the DFI, Karin Bonde Johansen and Mikael Braae (pdf, 348 Kb)
Environmental Assessment and Condition Survey: A Strategic Preservation Plan for the DFI’s Motion Picture Film Collections, Jean-Louis Bigourdan (pdf, 153 Kb)
From Condition Assessment Survey to a New Preservation Strategy for the DFI, Jesper Stub Johnsen (pdf, 348 Kb)

3. Restoration
Notes on the Proliferation of Metropolis, Martin Koerber (pdf, 141 Kb)
Restoring a Danish Silent Film – Nedbrudte Nerver, Thomas C. Christensen (pdf, 270 Kb)
Preservation of Early Sound Films, Uffe Lomholt Madsen (pdf, 660 Kb)
The Restoration of Silent Films Produced by Nordisk Films Kompagni, Marguerite Engberg (pdf, 359 Kb)
Digital Image Restoration – Black Art or White Magic?, Paul Read (pdf)
Restoration of Movie Films by Digital Image Processing, Rudolf Gschwind (pdf, 527 Kb)

4. Presentation
Managing a Collection – Issues of Selection and Transmission, Gabrielle Claes (pdf, 345 Kb)
The First Film Archive, Esben Krohn (pdf, 618 Kb)
The Nordisk Film Collection – an Introduction, Lisbeth Richter Larsen (pdf, 988 Kb)