National Film Preservation Act

The National Film Preservation Act is the name of several U.S. federal laws relating to the identification, acquisition, storage, and dissemination of "films that are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." == Legislative history == === 1988 === The original National Film Preservation Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-446) was part of an appropriations bill for the United States Department of the Interior. In 1988, as classic films like High Noon and Casablanca were being colorized and other early films were being "time-compressed" by television broadcasters to allow the insertion of more commercials, Representative Robert J. Mrazek, at the urging of the Directors Guild of America, introduced a proposal to protect classic American films from significant alteration without the permission of the films' creators.

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