Archiving Records and Memories of Daily Life: Home Movie Collection in Austria

Abstract

Following the overall shift to digital in the film industry, the use of digital archives in the field of home movies, most typically in 8 mm format, has been expanding and attracting attention in recent years. This paper gives an overview  of the position of home movies in film preservation activities and then reports on a case study of the large-scale collection and digital archiving of home movies in Austria. The paper then discusses how the records and memories of daily life preserved on film can be passed on to the future.