[BCMA] Creston Museum seeks historic film footage

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Creston Museum

219 Devon Street, Creston BC V0B 1G3

Phone 250-428-9262

Fax 250-428-3324

Email mail at creston.museum.bc.ca

Web www.creston.museum.bc.ca <http://www.creston.museum.bc.ca/> 

 

 

 

Press Release

July 29, 2011

 

 

Museum seeks historic film footage

 

The Creston Museum is about to embark on a very exciting project.

 

Funding through the Columbia-Kootenay Cultural Alliance will enable the
Museum to convert historic film footage to modern, top-quality DVDs.

 

How much of this historic film footage does the Museum have? Well, none,
actually - but that's the really exciting part of the project.

 

"We know that film footage of local historic events is out there," says
Museum manager Tammy Hardwick. "We have talked to people who have home
movies of farming on the Creston flats, of the old sternwheeler Nasookin
arriving at Kootenay Landing, of the Creston Mercantile burning down. There
is probably a lot more that we don't know about."

 

The Museum is seeking local historic film footage that's currently in
private collections, and asking the owners to loan it to the Museum long
enough to get it converted to DVD.

 

There will be no charge to the owners of the film, says Hardwick. Instead,
the Museum will ask the owners to sign a form, giving the Museum permission
to add the converted footage to its permanent collection, and to use it in
exhibits and programs.

 

The Museum will get two copies made of each film it receives. One copy will
go back to the owner, along with the original film, and the other will
become part of the Museum's collection.

 

"We'll need the owners to give us some idea of what's on the film, and it
will need to be in reasonably good condition," says Hardwick. "The funding
we've received won't extend to major repairs on badly damaged film, and we
won't be able to use hours of film of the kids' birthday parties - but we
will consider anything that shows any aspect of life in the Creston Valley."

 

The conversions will be done at TMTV in Nelson, and can include any type or
format of film. "We'll be doing this on  a first-come, first-served basis,
until our funding is used up," says Hardwick, "so we're really hoping that
anyone with film-footage treasures will tell us about it soon!"

 

For more information, or to discuss your film collection, contact the Museum
at 250-428-9262 or by email at mail at creston.museum.bc.ca.

 

 

Tammy

 

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Tammy Hardwick, Manager

Phone 250-428-9262

mail at creston.museum.bc.ca

www.creston.museum.bc.ca <http://www.creston.museum.bc.ca/> 

 

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