The Cambridge Experimental Videodisc Project

Good fortune brought to the Naga Hills a series of very gifted observers. These men and women became so involved with the Nagas that they assembled large collections of material in very difficult circumstances. The chief collections we were given access were those of R.G. Woodthorpe, J.H. Hutton. J.P. Mills, C.von Furer-Haimendorf. Ursula Graham Bower ;and W.G. Archer. Between them. They collected over 5,000 artifacts, took over 7,000 black and white photographs, made a number of sound recordings and made over six hours of moving film. They also kept extensive diaries and collected many pages of fieldnotes as well as publishing eight books and many articles on the Nagas. There was clearly no shortage of material. But how was this to be formed into a usable and distributable archive? Making a videodisc A videodisc or optical disc is a silver object which looks like a gramophone record. Information is engraved on its surface which is then coated with plastic. The information is read off each separate track by a laser beam, using a standard videodisc player. This produces a virtually indestructible storage format which is not damaged by dust, normal changes of temperature, electric current, damp, insects, etc

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