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Germany's Cinematic Legacy Fills Federal Archives

Ever wondered why everyone gets so excited when German films succeed these days? It’s usually a celebration of a return to form of one of the world’s most renowned film industries.

As befitting one of the birthplaces of cinema, Germany enjoys a position of great standing in the world of film. After all, Max Skladanowsky presented the first "living pictures" in Berlin on Nov. 1, 1895, beating France's Lumiere brothers to the honor by a month.
As a result of Germany's long association with the moving image, the country today possesses a huge number of archived film rolls, a heritage lovingly cared for by the Federal Film Archives, which operates out of Berlin and six other cities. All in all, Germany has in storage around 150,000 movies on 1 million rolls of film.
The Berlin department is the home of the original Skladanowsky film, which is stored along with many other historical works in what is one of the most comprehensive film archives in the world, documenting more than 100 years of movie history....
Read entire article at Deutsche Welle