IN THE OFFICE: Scanning rare #filmstrips all day. 100% #lostmedia, destined for the Internet Archive. Zero slop content, just the quiet work of saving things before they're gone forever. This is what media preservation looks like. Come keep me company.
Watch on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/uncommonephemera
Or watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXNEz-H6JPM
Scanned and uploaded to the Internet Archive: Did you know at least one company sold blank #filmstrips and markers so you could make your own? That's how this filmstrip on bullfighting came to be made by two schoolchildren in Rochester, NY.
IN THE OFFICE: Scanning rare #filmstrips all day. 100% #lostmedia, destined for the Internet Archive. No flashy edits, no slop content, just the quiet work of saving things before they're gone forever. Pull up a chair if you want to see what media preservation actually looks like.
Watch on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/uncommonephemera
or YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7zzaudmIZc
LIVE ALL DAY: In the office saving #filmstrips and other media! Come keep me company while I save #lostmedia no one else is saving so I can upload it to the Internet Archive.
WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/live/2f02LNVVc-8?feature=share
OR TWITCH: https://twitch.tv/uncommonephemera
It’s #GivingTuesday.
While VHS & vinyl get the love, 20th century #filmstrips are quietly turning to dust. I’m the guy scanning them before they vanish. Every finished film gets permanently safeguarded at the Internet Archive.
Worth a coffee (or more) today? -> https://uncommonephemera.org/donate
LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EST: We're still looking for endangered and #lostmedia on #VHS tapes we can upload to the Internet Archive, but we'll also be opening a large donation of #filmstrips! Mrs. Ephemera joins us for IS THIS ANYTHING? tonight at 7.
LIVE ALL DAY: Scanning #filmstrips and digitizing soundtracks, all #lostmedia that's never been on the internet. I'll be uploading it all to the Internet Archive. Watch history being saved!
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/hmv1hYXVVJQ
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/uncommonephemera
LIVE ALL DAY: Preserving #filmstrips and soundtracks so we can safeguard them at the Internet Archive.
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/hmv1hYXVVJQ
Or Twitch: https://twitch.tv/uncommonephemera
LIVE ALL DAY: Saving rare #filmstrips and their soundtracks for restoration and upload to the Internet Archive.
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/ms9zrp63w2o
or Twitch: https://twitch.tv/uncommonephemera
SAVING FILMSTRIPS: Live this morning and afternoon, saving rare #filmstrips that are essentially #lostmedia.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J0LruqSP5Q
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/uncommonephemera
SAVING LOST MEDIA ALL WEEKEND: Scanning never-before-seen 20th century #filmstrips so I can safeguard them at the @internetarchive. Come hang out and watch the process, all this weekend.
Youtube: https://youtube.com/live/0J0LruqSP5Q
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/uncommonephemera
SAVING LOST MEDIA ALL WEEKEND: Scanning never-before-seen 20th century #filmstrips - nobody else is saving this stuff! Come hang out and watch the process, all this weekend.
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNgVMdKWmfw
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/uncommonephemera
SAVING FILMSTRIPS: I'll be scanning #filmstrips on the live streams today and tomorrow until about 5pm EDT. Come hang out and watch as we save actual #lostmedia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNgVMdKWmfw
or
Back in the office today saving #filmstrips. Come hang out, learn why the process is so slow, and listen to some original ambient lo-fi. Uncommon Ephemera is back!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNgVMdKWmfw
https://twitch.tv/uncommonephemera
Donations and patronage keep me able to save #filmstrips. We are way behind, and dangerously close to having to shut down. We aren't eligible for grants, and this is full-time work. Can you help us spread the word?
https://uncommonephemera.org/donate
#FilmPreservation #MediaPreservation #Retro #RetroMedia #LostMedia #VintageMedia #Vintage #InternetArchive
As an independent archivist, I can't scan #lostmedia 18 hours a day like the big guys. But I have something they don't: kittens. Watch Peter and Olivia help me scan #filmstrips to safeguard at the Internet Archive all day today:
Did you know that #filmstrips were a low-cost alternative to 16mm movies? Not preserving them means disproportionately ignoring poor school districts, underprivileged learners, and marginalized communities. We could use your help to safeguard these forgotten films at the Internet Archive.
I'm hanging out with the folks over at Dave's Vintage Apple Tech livestream today, talking shop and scanning #filmstrips!
Due to Aitum Multistream not working properly on MacOS, I've borked the old live stream URL. Keep watching me save filmstrips to send to the Internet Archive at this new URL:
https://youtube.com/live/Q9m6ts7pvVY
I apologize for the inconvenience.
#filmstrips #filmstrip #lostmedia #filmpreservation #mediapreservation #mediapreservation #internetarchive
It's time to get started again! I was able to save fifty-one #filmstrips in June. Can I do it again? We're streaming the frames coming right off the scanner, and sharing some original lo-fi music too. Come see how independent preservationists fight to save lost media.
