Films function as time capsules, showcasing the fashions, hairstyles, slang, and the concerns of society at the time they were made. That’s why it’s a tragedy when any film becomes lost. The reasons a film can go missing are many—vault fires, film cans being misplaced or stolen, or just general indifference in preservation.
A staggering 75% of the earliest movies, the silent films, are considered lost today. And a group of independent filmmakers at missingmovies.org are highlighting the problem of how more recent movies—even from the 21st century—can go missing due to rights issues, effectively hiding away the elements required to produce new copies. Fortunately, lost films are found and restored every year. Let’s take a look at ten lost films that were found recently.
Source: 10 Lost Films That Were Recently Found – Nation Online