[SOA] Celebrate Home Movie Day and Archives Month

[Angela O'Neal]

Film archivists and historians have long appreciated home movies as
examples of amateur film making and a rich historic record of everyday
life.  To bring home movies out of the shoebox and help people view the
original films, the Center for Home Movies began Home Movie Day.  The
first Home Movie Day event was held in 2003.  It has been held every
year since at more and more locations.  To celebrate Archives Month the
Ohio Historical Society will hold our first Home Movie Day.  Bring your
16mm and 8mm films to be inspected by an archivist and played on working
projectors.   We will inspect and play as many films as possible.   No
registration is necessary, but the sooner you arrive the more likely
that your film can be played.  You are also welcome to just come and
enjoy the show.  

 

Date:  Saturday, October 17, 2009

 

Time:  1-4 PM

 

Location:  Ohio Historical Center at I-71 and 17th Ave.

 

Cost:  Participation is free with museum admission.  

 

If you have questions about Home Movie Day at the Ohio Historical
Society, please write to images at ohiohistory.org.  

 

According to actor and comedian Steve Martin, "Home Movie Day is
important because our lives, our recollections, and our truth is
recorded in home movies. One day, what the heck, c'mon!"   

 

 

Angela O'Neal
Director, Collections Services

Ohio Historical Society
(614) 297-2576 

www.ohiohistory.org <http://www.ohiohistory.org>  

 

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