159: Storing and Archiving Film and Video

Published: March 12, 2014, 7 p.m.

b'In the good old days when moving images were captured on film, storage, archiving and recovery were quite robust given the techniques that could be relied upon to maintain those images in those formats. In the 21st century, where electronic mediums such as hard drives and cloud storage systems are becoming the norm, and where moving images are captured digitally, the challenge is now to find new mediums to store and archive film and video. Steve and Ben discuss the issues involved in this process, and how celluloid may actually be a storage medium for the future despite it being phased out from use in the film industry.'