From June to August 2023, I interned at the Moving Image Research Collections (MIRC) at the University of South Carolina. During this time, I participated in two ongoing projects in inspecting and processing for films in MIRC’s collections: the ‘To Be Processed’ subset (TBP) of the Fox Movietone collection and the Montgomery collection, a collection of amateur and industrial films shot by Walter S. Montgomery, Sr., a textile magnate in Spartanburg, South Carolina. I would alternate my time between the TBP and Montgomery films. I inspected, repaired and digitized films from both collections on MIRC's LaserGraphics ScanStation. I cataloged films from the Montgomery collection on an internal database and published the video for online streaming.
Anthony at MIRC
