Essex County - West Orange - Motion Pictures: Thomas Edison NHP Book Club


Motion Pictures - Speaker: George Willeman

George is the nitrate film vault manager at the Library of Congress. George will discuss Edison and motion pictures generally, with specific reference to the recent collaboration between the Library of Congress and Thomas Edison NHP to restore the surviving Edison Kinetoscope films.
Location: 211 Main St, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA

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