Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record

Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record

58 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1987

A documentary describing the devastating deterioration of intellectual documents such as pamphlets, photographs, films, drawings, and maps. Assesses the situation, demonstrates preservation and restoration techniques, and suggests ways to prevent deterioration in the future. Features remarks by several experts, writers, and historians, such as James Michener, Barbara Tuchman, Daniel Boorstin, and Vartan Gregorian.

Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record

58 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1987

Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record
A documentary describing the devastating deterioration of intellectual documents such as pamphlets, photographs, films, drawings, and maps. Assesses the situation, demonstrates preservation and restoration techniques, and suggests ways to prevent deterioration in the future. Features remarks by several experts, writers, and historians, such as James Michener, Barbara Tuchman, Daniel Boorstin, and Vartan Gregorian.
Producers American Film Foundation
Original title Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record
Directors Terry Sanders
Writers Terry Sanders, Ben Maddow

Cast

Robert MacNeil

as Narrator