NFAI has approached Defence departments offering to restore and archive rare war footage.
The National Film Archives of India (NFAI) is
looking at expanding its non—feature film collection and has written to defence
organisations, ISRO and ICCR seeking rare footage and films available with them
which should be preserved for posterity.
Officials said while the Pune—based NFAI has
a large collection in the feature film section, it is now trying to expand its
non—feature film section.
The NFAI has approached the defence forces
and other organisations like Defence Research and Development Organisation,
Indian Space Research Organisation, Indian Council for Cultural Research and
State Film Development Corporations, offering to restore and archive rare war
footage that they may have in their possession.
Letters have been written to the Defence
Ministry seeking footage of films or other rare footage which may not be
classified so that they can be digitised and preserved.
NFAI Director Prakash Magdum confirmed that
they have approached various organisations seeking any such films and footage
available with them.
One of the main objectives of NFAI is to
trace, acquire and preserve for posterity the heritage of national cinema and a
representative collection of world cinema.
Apart from feature films, NFAI also archives
non—feature films, recordings, photographs, etc. PTI ADS SK KKM 09061135
Source | Business Line | 7 September 2015
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