Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record
1987, English. Directed by Terry Sanders.
A documentary describing the devastating deterioration of intellectual documents such as pamphlets, photographs, films, drawings, and maps. Assesses the situation, demonstrates preservation and restoration techniques, and suggests ways to prevent deterioration in the future. Features remarks by several experts, writers, and historians, such as James Michener, Barbara Tuchman, Daniel Boorstin, and Vartan Gregorian.
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- 0h 58m
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- English
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- Released
- 1 January 1987
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- Terry Sanders, Ben Maddow
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Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1987. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record (1987) was directed by Terry Sanders and stars Robert MacNeil.