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The NFB Collection Conservation Rooms

The National Film Board, caretaker of an accessible, living audiovisual heritage that belongs to all Canadians

The NFB: A world leader in conservation, restoration and digitization


A great diversity of conserved items


Carefully archived duplicate media assets


Digitization and restoration at the NFB: The key to increased accessibility


Technical details: The NFB’s new conservation and digitization rooms


A little history

Images


Conservation room for magnetic sound. Photo by Marie-France Rousseau for the NFB.

Left to right: guillotine splicer, 16-mm film synchronizer and 35-mm film synchronizer. Photo by Marie-France Rousseau for the NFB.

Tape recorder used for ¼-inch magnetic sound transfer. Photo by Marie-France Rousseau for the NFB.

Worktable for lab technicians inspecting and preparing film elements. Photo by Marie-France Rousseau for the NFB.

Still from the film Churchill’s Island (1941), by Stuart Legg. © National Film Board of Canada. All rights reserved.

Barbara Ulrich and Claude Godbout in a scene from Gilles Groulx’s film The Cat in the Bag (1964). © National Film Board of Canada. All rights reserved.

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  • About the NFB

    The NFB is Canada’s public producer and distributor of award-winning documentaries, auteur animation, interactive stories and participatory experiences, working with talented creators across the country. The NFB is taking action to combat systemic racism and become a more open and diverse organization, while working to strengthen Indigenous-led production and gender equity in film and digital media. NFB productions have won more than 7,000 awards, including 12 Oscars. To access this unique content, visit NFB.ca.