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CINEMATHEQUE
GAUMONT MOVES TO PATHE'S ST OUEN OFFICES
TO BECOME GAUMONT-PATHE ARCHIVES
Dear
Friends,
Everyone
at the Cinematheque Gaumont joins me
in wishing you a happy new year 2004.
Pursuant to the merger of the Gaumont
and Pathe Cinematheques and the creation
of the new entity GAUMONT-PATHE ARCHIVES,
the Gaumont Cinematheque will join their
Pathe colleagues in Saint-Ouen on Monday,
January 12, 2004.
As of this date,
please find below our new telephone
numbers and e-mail addresses:
Martine OFFROY 01.49.48.04.80
moffroy@gaumont-pathe-archives.com
Manuela PADOAN 01.49.48.04.82
mpadoan@gaumont-pathe-archives.com
Laurence PONTAILLIER
01.49.48.04.83 lpontaillier@gaumont-pathe-archives.com
Louise DOUMERC 01.49.48.04.84
ldoumerc@gaumont-pathe-archives.com
Agns BERTOLA 01.49.48.16.77
abertola@gaumont-pathe-archives.com
Eric COMTE 01.49.48.16.78
ecomte@gaumont-pathe-archives.com
Roger DESCAMPS 01.49.48.09.29
rdescamps@gaumont-pathe-archives.com
Bruno POLSINELLI
01.49.48.09.30 bpolsinelli@gaumont-pathe-archives.com
Fax : 01.49.48.15.10
Websites : www.newsreels.gaumont.com
or www.gaumont-pathe-archives.com
(you will be able to go from one website
to the other until both databases
are regrouped).
For technical reasons
and because of moving logistics, the
Cinematheque Gaumont will be closed
on Friday January 9, 2004. Our website
will also be unavailable that day.
Thank you for your understanding.
We are looking forward,
with great pleasure, to welcoming
you in our new home and to do our
best to answer all of your questions
and to help you in all of your endeavors.
See you soon,
Sincerely,
Manuela PADOAN
7.01.2004
November the 13rd
Creation of
Gaumont-Pathe Archives
Gaumont and Pathe,
France's two movie industry pioneers,
announced today that they plan to
combine their movie and television
archives in a new company to be called
Gaumont-Pathe Archives.
In joining forces,
Gaumont and Pathe reaffirm their commitment
to promoting and preserving this universal
heritage, which offers a unique view
into the history of the 20th century.
The link-up should strengthen the
move to restore and showcase the images
and, in doing so, enhance the service
offered to archive users, from journalists,
directors and producers to document
and other researchers, both in and
outside France. Users will be able
to quickly and reliably access a unified
database, as well as good technical
quality media.
The new company,
to be chaired by Mrs Martine Offroy,
will be 57.5%-owned by Gaumont and
42.5% by Pathe. The archive bases
nearly 12,000 hours of footage include
Pathe, Gaumont and Eclair newsreels
from 1908 to 1979, Sygma archives
and the recently acquired Soviet archives
from the Arkeion catalog, and numerous
documentaries. The new company will
be responsible for promoting these
images of great interest and historical
value both in France and in the international
marketplace.
On behalf of its
two shareholders, Gaumont-Pathe Archives
will also conserve and showcase silent
movies from the two catalogs, representing
some 2,000 titles. These include films
by the founding fathers of French
cinema, from Leonce Perret and Albert
Capellani to Ferdinand Zecca and Louis
Feuillade.
The project, which
should be finalized by the end of
the year, is currently being presented
to employee representatives at Gaumont
and Pathe. It will be submitted to
the merger auditors for their opinion.
Office : 24, rue
du docteur Bauer 93400 Saint-Ouen
Tel : 01 49 48 15 15 - Fax : 01 49
48 15 10
SAS au capital de
5.944 627,20 Siege social 30, avenue
Charles de Gaulle 92200 NEUILLY SIRENE
444 567 218 R.C.S. Nanterre - SIRET
(en cours) APE 921 F
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