When you finally decide to tackle that box of old VHS tapes or 8mm film reels sitting in the back of your closet, the first thing most people do is pull out their phone and type "digitalization near me" into Google. It’s a natural reflex. We want things to...
If you grew up in the era of film, you probably have a box: or several: filled with those mysterious orange-tinted strips tucked behind your developed photos. Most people look at their printed photos and think, "These are the memories." They see the...
If you have a box of old VHS tapes or camcorder cassettes sitting in the back of your closet, you’ve probably thought about getting them digitized. It’s one of those projects that stays on the "to-do" list for years. But as time passes, those magnetic tapes...
There is a specific sound that anyone who grew up in the mid-20th century remembers: the rhythmic click-clack-click of a film projector. It usually meant the living room lights were going down, a white sheet was being tacked to the wall, and the family was about to...
There is a specific kind of magic found in the whirring of an old film projector. For many of us, that sound: accompanied by the flickering light against a basement wall or a pulled-down screen: is the soundtrack to our earliest memories. 8mm and Super 8 film captured...
