Tassilo Adam

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In 2018, the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acquired a collection of 31 reels of original nitrate film by Tassilo Adam from Gartenberg Media Enterprises. Adam was the official ethnographer for the Dutch government of the East Indies, as well as a professional photographer. His moving image footage shows a considerably more sophisticated vision of the Dutch East Indies in the 1920s than other films of the period.

GME unearthed this collection of footage by Adam in a storage warehouse, then catalogued and researched the history and provenance of this rare footage. Subsequently, GME identified the NFSA as the long term archival repository for this unique and valuable moving image collection that represents the inflection point of Indigenous peoples with Colonial culture.

Above, view rare footage Adam filmed with the cooperation of the Royal authorities, who staged processions, gatherings, and rituals for his camera. A number of these stagings included representations of animals through dance.

SWISS TOUR

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SWISS TOUR

Long elusive on home video, the discovery and excavation of Leopold Lindtberg’s 1949 drama SWISS TOUR's nitrate 35mm film elements in a New York City warehouse made for a fascinating archival project at GME.

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Modern Props - Machines

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Modern Props - Machines

There are more than 250 unique constructions in this collection. Individual props (machines as well as hand-held items) were utilized in scores of science fiction movies and television show including FANTASTIC JOURNEY (1978), ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981), TOTAL RECALL (1990), BATMAN RETURNS (1992), INDPENDENCE DAY (1996), X-MEN (2000), DIE HARD 4 (2007) MEN IN BLACK 3 (2011), , and THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2012), as well as the STAR TREK franchise.

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Science Fiction Posters

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Science Fiction Posters

In conjunction with Zabrucky’s design and manufacture of Modern Props, he concurrently acquired more than 6,300 science fiction posters, for films produced between 1927 (METROPOLIS) and 2009 (TERMINATOR 4: SALVATION. Given Zabrucky’s fine arts background, his collection philosophy encompassed acquiring poster for the artistic value of their graphic quality. Thus, this collection of posters for films primarily produced in America also comprises extensive representation of design from an international perspective, across five continents (North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia). The posters comprise an array of sizes, ranging from lobby cards to British Quads.

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John Zabrucky Archive

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John Zabrucky Archive

The John Zabrucky Archive is comprised of working machines used as props for literally hundreds of Sci-Fi films and tv programs. Zabrucky’s company, Modern Props, created high quality, high-tech, futuristic devices, all designed and built in-house. They supplied all the major studios and production companies in Hollywood for more than 40 years. These durable props appeared in scores of notable films and television programs, including ROBOCOP and STAR TREK. Many props were re-used in different contexts in literally hundreds of productions. As a complement to these props, the John Zabrucky Archive also contains an extensive, in depth collection of vintage science fiction movie posters, ranging from FRANKENSTEIN to STAR WARS.

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I MARRIED JOAN

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I MARRIED JOAN

I MARRIED JOAN is an American situation comedy that originally aired on NBC from 1952 to 1955. It starred actress Joan Davis as the manic, scatterbrained wife of a mild-mannered community judge, the Honorable Bradley Stevens (played by Jim Backus). Over the course of 3 seasons, ninety-eight (98) episodes were produced in total. GME has acquired the 35mm preprint materials for the entire series, and is now offering this collection for sale to an archival institution. The physical elements in GME’s possession also contain the original commercials by General Electric, the sponsor of the series.

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JFK Collection

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JFK Collection

For the first time in more than 50 years, an extremely rare collection of advertising materials from John F. Kennedy’s 1960 Presidential campaign, comprising approximately 100 reels of pristine 16mm film prints and 1⁄4-inch audio recordings are currently being offered for sale on an exclusive basis by Gartenberg Media Enterprises (GME) These items, which have been in the hands of an individual who worked on Kennedy’s original campaign, remained in a basement for almost half a century, before being turned over to GME for assessment, inspection, cataloguing, preservation, and sale.

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