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The '''National Center for Film and Video Preservation''' was established in 1984 by the [[American Film Institute]] and the [[National Endowment for the Arts]] to<ref>[http://www.afi.com/tvevents/laa/Scorsese/61-70/63/63a.html One of the reasons why Scorsese chose to shoot RAGING BULL in black and white was that he was concerned with contemporary Eastman color stock fading] [[American Film Institute]]'s webpage. Retrieved 14 March 2009.</ref>

* coordinate American moving image preservation activities on a national scale serving as Secretariat for the [[Association of Moving Image Archivists]] and [[The Film Foundation]].
* implement the [[National Moving Image Database]].
* research and publish the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
* locate and acquire films and television programs for inclusion in the AFI Collection to be preserved at the [[Library of Congress]] and other archives.
* establish ongoing relationships between the public archives and the film and television industry.
* create broader public awareness of preservation needs.

The center has a list of wanted films believed to be lost. Some of the films on that list are<ref>Kara Glover. "[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/MCA%2fUniversal+continues+the+trend+among+Hollywood+studios+for+...-a08981280 MCA/Universal continues the trend among Hollywood studios for restoring old movies.]" ''Los Angeles Business Journal'', 1 October 1990. Retrieved 14 March 2009.</ref>

*''[[Cleopatra (1917 film)|Cleopatra]]'' (1917)
*''[[The Divine Woman]]'' (1928)
*''Camille'' (1927)
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