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The National Center for Film and Video Preservation was established in 1984 by the
American Film Institute and the
National Endowment for the Arts to
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- coordinate American moving image preservation activities on a national scale serving as Secretariat for the
Association of Moving Image Archivists and
The Film Foundation.
- implement the
National Moving Image Database.
- research and publish the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
- locate and acquire films and television programs for inclusion in the AFI Collection to be preserved at the
Library of Congress and other archives.
- establish ongoing relationships between the public archives and the film and television industry.
- create broader public awareness of preservation needs.
The center has a list of wanted films believed to be lost. Some of the films on that list are
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