Memory of the World
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:07 pm
Two silent films have been added to UNESCO's Memory of the World register: The Life Story of David Lloyd George (1918) and St Kilda - Britain's Loneliest Isle (1928).
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They join an intriguing mixture of films already included on the Register, among other examples of the world's documentary heritage: Metropolis (1927), Lumière films, Roald Amundsen’s South Pole Expedition (1910-1912), The Battle of the Somme (1916), The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906), Luis Buñuel’s Los Olvidados (1950), Norman McClaren’s Neighbours (1952), The Wizard of Oz (1939), the Ingmar Bergman Archives, and the John Marshall Ju/’hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection.
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They join an intriguing mixture of films already included on the Register, among other examples of the world's documentary heritage: Metropolis (1927), Lumière films, Roald Amundsen’s South Pole Expedition (1910-1912), The Battle of the Somme (1916), The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906), Luis Buñuel’s Los Olvidados (1950), Norman McClaren’s Neighbours (1952), The Wizard of Oz (1939), the Ingmar Bergman Archives, and the John Marshall Ju/’hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection.