Sound recordings and moving images in any form are vulnerable, and easily discarded or deliberately destroyed.
Too much of the world’s 20th century audiovisual heritage is now lost, and much more is slipping beyond recovery because of neglect, natural decay and technological obsolescence.
Unless public awareness of the importance of preservation is increased, this trend will continue. That is why the UNESCO declaration of an annual World Day for Audiovisual Heritage is welcomed by the members of the Co-ordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations.
To celebrate the first annual World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, CCAAA members
collaborated to create a short trailer featuring materials from their collections
and tied in to the themes of this year’s UNESCO conference:
“Planet Earth: From Place to Space.”
View the trailer
Message from UNESCO Director General
(PDF download)