Our mission is to preserve historical and cultural heritage through conservation, education and the public accessibility of American analog home movie, amateur cinema and community recording collections.

Conserve

Preserve and restore audiovisual source materials through evaluation, repair and cleaning, and utilize technological advances to provide high quality digital transfers.

EDUCATE

Educate and further awareness around the historical and cultural importance of home and amateur audiovisual elements and how to prolong the life of the original materials.

Share

Contribute to a growing community of publicly available home and amateur audiovisual materials through open, online access, the creation of associated metadata and use of creative commons licensing.