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Topic: JFK Assasination Film to be Digitally Restored
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Thomas Procyk
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From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 11-23-2002 12:33 PM
This seemed like the correct thread for this:
APTN Prepares Release of Restored JFK Assassination Film
Washington: Historic film of one of the defining events of the 20th century, the assassination of President John F Kennedy, is to be remastered and restored using the latest digital technology.
The restoration will be carried out for the footage owners, Associated Press Television News (APTN), the video arm of the Associated Press. London facilities house Metro Broadcast will complete the tasks using special technology developed by broadcast equipment designers Snell & Wilcox.
It will be released at the NATPE (National Association of Television Program Executives) trade show in New Orleans on January 20, 2003, for program makers wishing to include in productions timed for the 40th anniversary of the assassination, which took place on November 22, 1963. The film also will be available for ordering and licensing from APTN and through special orders such as up-conversion to High Definition formats through Metro Broadcast.
APTN's copy of the film will be transferred onto a digital tape and processed through an Archangel machine at Metro Broadcast. Archangel has been developed by Snell & Wilcox to digitally stabilize and restore images by removing dirt, scratches, tape tear, film weave and other imperfections in film and video.
Christopher O'Hearn, Head of Content Development at APTN said the aim of the project was to make the image more watchable. "Are we going to see a second gunman ? … I doubt it. But if a program maker is using scratched, washed-out images, then viewers aren't going to be giving their full concentration, so we think it is a way of helping to tell the story."
Known as the "Muchmore film," it is one of three main sources of motion picture taken on the fateful day. The film taken by Marie Muchmore was acquired at the time by the news agency UPI and is now part of the extensive APTN Library.
It shows the President's motorcade turning into Houston Street and captures the final fatal shot to the head. It also shows the mysterious Babushka Lady filming just feet away from the President's car. That sensational film has never been retrieved and the woman never conclusively identified.
APTN decided to put the film through Archangel after seeing a demonstration at Metro Broadcast. Archangel is the only technology to provide comprehensive restoration of damaged footage in real time, rather than on a frame-by-frame basis. As a result it enables broadcasters and archivists to restore damaged film and video at a practical cost.
Metro Broadcast's Technical Services Manager Mike Smith is overseeing the restoration. He says care will be the main consideration. "Obviously with a film like this it is essential to make sure that nothing is lost or changed. Archangel allows us to make a very precise restoration so the picture ends up being clearer and cleaner, but it is still the same image."
Archangel was developed by Snell & Wilcox to address a growing problem among broadcasters and video libraries who find themselves with valuable assets, which are literally degrading.
"Many classic television shows were recorded onto formats which are now seen as very poor quality, even unusable," said Andy Major, Snell & Wilcox product manager for Archangel. "And video libraries are finding that producers need clips that don't look out of place next to a modern digital image. Archangel solves those problems in a way that would have been far too expensive and time-consuming in the past."
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And the link: APTN Prepares Release of Restored JFK Assassination Film
There is no mention in the article if they are going to transfer the restored footage back to a film medium, or leave it digital/video.
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