IMG Media Archive Nominated for FOCAL International Award!!

The R&A Archive, managed by IMG Media Archive have been recognised for their restoration work on ‘The Open Championship 1970 Official Film’ by receiving a nomination at this years FOCAL International Awards.

This is a fantastic honour and demonstrates the quality of the restoration work completed on the film. From creating brand new film elements to painstaking digital picture and audio restoration, ‘The Open Championship 1970 Official Film’ is testament to the commitment shown by The R&A Archive towards their audio-visual heritage.

Nominated for the ‘Award for Archive Restoration or Preservation Project’, a comparison between the original and restored footage, which fully shows the incredible results of digital restoration can be seen in this accompanying video.

The FOCAL International Awards, which celebrate the very best in archive industry practice will be hosted by Lord David Puttnam and are being held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London on the 21st May.

About the film:

“Jack Nicklaus dreamed of winning The Open Championship at St Andrews. However, in 1970 the main focus of the final round was on the colourful American Doug Sanders. On the 18th green Sanders had a seemingly simple three foot putt to win his first major, but standing over the putt he hesitated, bent down to remove what he thought was a blade of grass, and then subsequently missed the shot! He went into an 18 hole playoff with Nicklaus and eventually lost to his compatriot. This fantastically restored film also features golfing legends including Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino and Tony Jacklin.”

For more information about The R&A Archive please click here, and for more information regarding IMG Media Archive’s full archive services including archive consultancy and restoration work, please contact archive@imgworld.com or call +44 (0) 208 233 5500.