When the IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) archive is mentioned, many recall the theft of part of this archive and its sale to one of the hostile Persian-language networks. An affair whose accuracy is of course still wrapped in a layer of ambiguity and has been denied many times by the then-head of this organization. This affair, apart from its ambiguities, recalled the sensitivity of the audiovisual archive. This archive is in fact part of Iran's history that can be a valuable source for researchers in various scientific fields.
One of the world's most important video archives is named the "European Film Gateway." This archive is trying to make the history of European cinema available to those interested and includes various documents such as photographs, posters, publications, censorship documents, rare fiction films and documentaries, newsreels and other materials. One of this archive's collections is named EFG1914 and contains 3,000 film titles on the subject of World War I.
The "European Film Gateway" proves that today archives are not merely warehoused to preserve and maintain the audiovisual heritage. Rather, they are put into circulation for the greatest possible use by those interested and for generating revenue.
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Machine-translated from Persian by Namafar; the Persian original is authoritative. Read the original in Persian