Movie Web sites         Movies         Movies: Video, CD, DVD           .         Ethnic Toolkits Web Exclusive Forms Bookstore Soundex Code Generator Resources Writing Workshops Newsletter		Reel Treasures By Maureen A. Taylor Taking Action Five steps to save your home movies from Toni Treadway, a technician at the Rowley, Mass., film-to-tape transfer studio Treadway and Brodsky www.littlefilm.org: 1 Don't throw away the original. 2 Don't project the original unless it's in good condition. 3 Make sure your hands are clean before handling film. 4 Store in a cool dry place, not in the attic, basement or garage. 5 Record the oral history of the film. Don't wait until it's too late. Contributing editor Maureen A. Taylor is the author of Preserving Your Family Photographs (Betterway Books, $19.99). She helps solve readers' family photo mysteries in her online column at www.familytreemagazine.com/photos/current.htm. For more on home movies, see the June 2002 issue of Family Tree Magazine.
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