Pinewood Studios has launched a media preservation, restoration and archive facility within its picture post-production suite

The new set-up will provide restoration services for still and moving images. It was opened at a gala reception on 12 March 2010.

Giles Farley, the joint managing director of Pinewood Group Post Production, said: “We are delighted to have officially opened the new facilities and are immensely pleased to have been joined by so many colleagues from across the film and television industry.

“Everyone present here today shares our passion for preserving iconic and historical film titles and still images. We are especially proud that our new state of the art facilities allow us to work with Canal+ to restore many classic British titles.”

That deal will see the Canal+ British Library Archive preserved and restored.

Included in the collection are 1,400 classic British films including early Hitchcock, The Third Man, The Ladykillers, The Dambusters (pictured) and various Carry On films.

Pinewood will also complete the planned digitisation of the Canal+ Image UK Ltd stills archive.

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