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Originally Posted by HarryT
This is a very real issue; a huge amount of data from the Apollo era of NASA has been lost because the tapes were poorly stored and have deteriorated beyond the point of recovery, never having been transferred to more durable storage formats.
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Originally Posted by mrmikel
Pogue is right on. Some old motion pictures are gone because of the their media.
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I just finished reading through a retrospective of early motion pictures. The silent and early talking films. The vast majority of them have been lost to the deterioration of the nitrate films, poor storage conditions, fires and non conversion. The reference book went on to say about 80% of all films have been lost. There are actors and actresses whose entire careers were lost on film and are only known to exist by reviews in the magazines at the time. Most of Gloria Swanson's work is gone and some say her best work too.