Today is #WorldDayForAudiovisualHeritage - a reminder of the importance of preserving moving images & related cultural history.

The theme @UNESCO this year is "Your Window to the World" - And this thread offers a glimpse of some of the AV related content preserved by EAP
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1930s-50s Bengali cinema booklets ( https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP127 )">https://eap.bl.uk/project/E...
The Gran Rex Cinema in Buenos, Aires, Argentina 1930s-60s ( https://eap.bl.uk/item/EAP755-1-1-15-1)">https://eap.bl.uk/item/EAP7...
A cinema in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 1930s ( https://eap.bl.uk/item/EAP264-1-12-1-86)">https://eap.bl.uk/item/EAP2...
A Buddhist ceremony procession arrives at a cinema, 1960s ( https://eap.bl.uk/item/EAP177-1-1-3217)">https://eap.bl.uk/item/EAP1...
A mid 1950s poster promoting mobile cinemas in Mongolia ( https://eap.bl.uk/item/EAP264-1-5-7-66)">https://eap.bl.uk/item/EAP2...
Portrait of Ă„.V.M. Meiyyappa chettiyar, founder of A.V.M (cinema production) studio, and his wife Rajeswari amma, 1976 ( https://eap.bl.uk/item/EAP737-4-1-1-37)">https://eap.bl.uk/item/EAP7...
A North Korean film festival taking place in the Eldev-Ochir cinema on the western edge of Sukhbaatar square, Mongolia, 1950s ( https://eap.bl.uk/item/EAP264-1-12-3-86)">https://eap.bl.uk/item/EAP2...
Portrait of Tamil cinema actress Lalitha (1930-1982) ( https://eap.bl.uk/item/EAP737-4-4-2-19)">https://eap.bl.uk/item/EAP7...
Cinema in Cameroon, c 1979 ( https://eap.bl.uk/item/EAP054-1-177-325)">https://eap.bl.uk/item/EAP0...
Actress Paulette Christian at a cinema festival in Termas de RĂ­o Hondo, province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina ( https://eap.bl.uk/item/EAP755-1-1-223-6)">https://eap.bl.uk/item/EAP7...
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