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Video Aids To Film Preservation

In 2005 "Video Aids to Film Preservation" became active on the Internet. The VAFP site was funded as part of a 2005 Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant to the Folkstreams project . The purpose of the site is to supplement already existing Film Preservation Guides

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