Damaged Film Repair – How Archivists Saved Damaged WWII Film for ‘The Cold Blue’

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Ever wonder how old and damaged film is converted into digital files ready for restoration? For the scoop, we asked Criss Austin, a motion picture preservation specialist with the National Archives and Records Administration who transferred all 15 hours of William Wyler’s 16mm Memphis Belle film footage to 4K for the World War II documentary The Cold Blue, which premieres June 6 on HBO.

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