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Federal money pays for film preservation

The national preservation programme gives grants to archives and libraries The National Film Preservation Board also oversees a grant programme, funded by the federal government and matched by private money, that pays archives, libraries and historical societies to preserve and give access to films that would otherwise be lost. Public nominations help decide what is at risk. It sits in Mondo's movies & tv collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The national preservation programme gives grants to archives and libraries. The figure is taken from National Archives, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a movies & tv fact?: Yes. It sits on the Movies & TV shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.