The conservation of the collection that the Beta Film Foundation manages focuses on three processes, according to the type of the original material: film, video and sound recording. We believe that it is of the utmost importance to broadcast these pieces of historical memory with the best technical quality.
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The original 9.5mm (with perforations in the centre), 16mm, 8mm, Super8, Super16 and 35mm, are stored in a cold-storage room in which a temperature of 5ºC and a constant humidity level of 35% is maintained. All the films have been digitized as AVI files with back-up copies on hard disks.
The first films date from 1947. |
The first original videos are from the beginning of the 1970s and are recorded on one of the earliest domestic video formats: EIAJ. In 1974 we incorporated the IVC format, with 1” tape on open reels, and the more common U-matic, 3/4 cassette. As technology has evolved we have used: U-matic HB, 1” C format, Betacam SP (cassette ½”), DVCPRO (cassette ¼”), Betacam Digital, DVCPRO50 and DVCPROHD. The material is stored in a cold-storage room in which a temperature of 15ºC and constant humidity level of 35% is maintained. |
We maintain recordings on wire from the 1940s, paper and polyester tapes, cassettes and modern digital formats on a wide variety of digital storage systems. All this material has been systematized and stored in WAV files recorded on hard disks with back-up copies, in a cold-storage room in which a temperature of 15ºC and constant humidity level of 35% is maintained. |
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