Dawson Film Find

DAAA "natatorium" probably photographed between 1902 and 1910

The Dawson Film Find (DFF) was the accidental discovery in 1978 of 372 film titles preserved in 533 reels of silent-era nitrate films in the Klondike Gold Rush town of Dawson City, Yukon, Canada.[1] The reels had been buried under an abandoned hockey rink in 1929 and included lost films of feature movies and newsreels. A construction excavation inadvertently uncovered the forgotten cache of discarded films, which were unintentionally preserved by the permafrost.

The 2016 documentary Dawson City: Frozen Time details the history and recovery of the films, and features footage restored from the reels.[2] The DFF is also featured in the 2013 documentary short Lost Forever: The Art of Film Preservation.[3]

  1. ^ Evans, Jill (2 October 2018). "A Damaged History of Film: Bill Morrison Discusses "Dawson City: Frozen Time"". Mubi. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  2. ^ Weschler, Lawrence (September 14, 2016). "The Discovery, and Remarkable Recovery, of the King Tut's Tomb of Silent-Era Cinema". Vanity Fair. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  3. ^ Documentary: Lost forever: The Art of Film Preservation (2013)