Archive funds to the Czech cinematography
Archive fund is a complex of archival materials which contains documents to the Czech cinematography created by the activity of one author - certain physical person or legal person.
According to the Act No. 499/2004 Coll. on archival science and record service and on changes of some acts are accessible only archival materials older then thirty years only from funds processed or partly processed, unprocessed archival materials are not accessible. Archival materials are accessible in the research room of the department; details on accessibility of archival materials stored in the department are regulated by research rules of the department. Accessibility of archival materials from funds of institutions and personal funds must be unconditionally discussed is with the employee of the department Mgr. Tomáš Lachman (phone: ++420 271 770 509, line 138, e-mail: or ).
In the department of written records are stored funds of Czech film institutions and Czech personal funds. In main evidence of the National archival heritage has NFA 84 funds of Czech film institutions and 67 personal funds of Czech celebrities.
Funds of Czech film institutions can be divided into two groups. First group contains archival materials (almost solely written documents) from activities of film production and distribution companies and professional associations from the cinematography branch till 1945.
Second group which also contains almost solely written materials are funds of Czech institutions of nationalized cinematography after 1945. These funds are still unprocessed and are not accessible. Funds of Czech film institutions took over the NFA as unprocessed from the company archive of the Central directory of the Czechoslovak state film in the time of its liquidation in 90 ' of the 20th century. NFA so de facto saved these unique complexes of archival materials before destruction.
Czech personal funds which sometimes contain miscellaneous material (written documents, photographs, clippings, drawings etc.) are from estate of actors, directors, cameramen, publicists and other personalities from the cinematography branch. Personal funds are gained by purchase or in a form of gifts.
