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The Audiovisual Heritage Center at Metro Archives - Community Home Movies and Preservation Survey

The Audiovisual Heritage Center at Metro Archives preserves historic moving image and sound recordings that document the history and culture of Nashville and the surrounding region.

We are applying for a federal grant to expand our community home movie digitization program and are collecting data to better understand the demand for this type of service. The information you provide will be used only to support our grant application.
1.Do you live in Davidson County? If no, please share which county you live in.(Required.)
2.What types of obsolete media formats do you have home movies on? (Check all that apply)(Required.)
3.Have you digitized any of your home movies?(Required.)
4.If no, what is the main reason for not digitizing them? (Check all that apply)(Required.)
5.How important is preserving your home movies for your family and future generations?(Required.)
6.Would you be interested in a community program to help digitize home movies?(Required.)
7.How concerned are you that your home movies could become damaged or permanently inaccessible if they are not digitized?(Required.)
8.When was the last time you were able to watch your home movies?(Required.)
9.What do your home movies document? (Check all that apply)
10.Is there anything else you would like us to know about your home movies, their importance to your family or community, or the challenges you face in preserving them?