- PROLOGUE TO 2023 RESTORED PRINT: "The restoration of The Johnstown Flood, a William Fox produced--Irving Cummings directed motion picture --- was made was only made possible because The George Eastman Museum had the foresight to both preserve the unique original 35mm nitrate print and then create preservation elements. The first five reels of the original tinted nitrate have been scanned by GEM in 4k, along with the final real of there 35 mm preservation duplicate negative. For the restoration, those data files have been digitally cleaned and repaired, short main and end titles with missing footage have been brought to the original length, with fades receiving attention as well. One missing inter-title has been re-established based upon the original screenplay, and minor nitrate deposition has been repaired. In a couple of instances where the decomp was severe, we made the decision to allow it to remain as it was for its educational benefit toward film preservation, restoration, and the need to support organizations like GEM. The Johnstown Flood was produced in 1926. it is a product of its time that tells a story that took place in 1889 --- twenty-four years after the end of the Civil War. The film may depict some racial and ethnic prejudices that were the unfortunate norm in America at that time. they were short-sighted and painful then, and can still be upsetting today. Those behind the preservation and restoration of this film are presenting the work as originally created." "To do otherwise would be akin to suggesting that these prejudices never existed."
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