This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International License. | Details of our policyCan you describe the lifecycle of the Edison films at the Library of Congress? Are any stages of the lifecycle missing or incomplete? Are there any of the other barriers to access?
Can you describe the lifecycle of silent films more generally? Are any stages of the lifecycle missing or incomplete? Are there any of the other barriers?
How might the lifecycles of the Edison films and silent films more broadly affect what we know about silent films and how we talk about them? What might be missing from our knowledge of silent films? Of Edison films?
What might silent films tell us about how to collect and preserve digital film and video, like that on YouTube?
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