Category Archives: Restoration
COLLECTOR TAKES THE MISSING MICKEY: WEEKLY ROUND-UP
PRESENTING some stories of interest from the past week . . . Herefordshire firm’s lost Mickey Mouse prototype film auctioned: A lost Disney cartoon featuring what is thought to be the prototype Mickey Mouse character has been sold in the … Continue reading
Filed under Animation, Doctor Who, Early Audio Recordings, Restoration, Weekly Round-Up
Doctor Who Story The Ambassadors Of Death Restored Back To Colour
CLASSIC DOCTOR WHO adventure The Ambassadors of Death is set to be seen in colour for the first time in 40 years. Restoration experts are in the final stages of converting all seven episodes back from black and white, and … Continue reading
Filed under Doctor Who, Restoration, Science Fiction, Television
Trove of Long-Lost Silent Films Discovered
YOU wait for one, then 75 come along at once… A trove of 75 ‘lost’ silent American films – including an early movie from acclaimed director John Ford – has been discovered in New Zealand. The New Zealand Film Archive … Continue reading
Filed under Cinema, Discoveries, Restoration, Silent Era
Weekly Round-Up – 25/04/10
EACH WEEK Wiped will be bringing you the best of the rest: smaller stories that might have passed you by, but are worth checking out all the same. So to begin… OPRHANED OUT OF THE UNKNOWN CLIPS ON YOUTUBE The … Continue reading
Filed under Cinema, Clips, Discoveries, Releases, Restoration, Television, Video, Weekly Round-Up
Long-Lost Lincoln Film Gets Premiere
A LONG-LOST silent movie about President Lincoln is to get its first screening in over 90 years after being discovered in a clear out. When Lincoln Paid was among seven fragile reels of nitrate film found by a contractor cleaning … Continue reading
Filed under Cinema, Discoveries, Restoration, Screenings
The Reign Of Error
A WORDPRESS neighbour of wipednews.com has helped restore the correct audio to a brief clip from one of the missing episodes of Doctor Who. Blogger Rumpio came to realize the fragment of grainy b&w footage – part of a 15-minute … Continue reading
Filed under Doctor Who, Restoration
Telesnap Treat For Avengers Fans
THE FIRST two seasons of The Avengers have been released by Optimum in what has to be the most comprehensive DVD release yet. Including all that remains of season one (1961) and the entirety of season two – which saw … Continue reading
Filed under Television, Releases, Discoveries, Restoration, Telesnaps
NASA Over The Moon With Hollywood Enhancement
The original high resolution Moon landing tapes might still be missing, believed wiped, but NASA has unveiled the next best thing to getting them back. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 mission, the space agency has … Continue reading
Filed under History, Restoration, Television
