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National Archives of Singapore

Sound And Moving Image Laboratory

The Sound and Moving Image Laboratory cleans, repairs, and digitises old audio and film reels to prevent loss from ageing technology.

Last updated 18 March 2026

The Sound and Moving Image Laboratory conserves, digitises and preserves audiovisual recordings. Older media such as audio and film reels and analogue video tapes that are in NAS’s holdings are cleaned and digitised; systems are built to ingest new formats (such as HD); and the constant need to migrate digital files into newer formats is systematically done to ensure that nothing is lost to technological obsolescence.

Man in red shirt and face mask wearing white gloves repairs film reels at a workbench with equipment nearby.

*Film which is torn or buckled can be repaired by hand using special tape – a process called “splicing”.*

Man wearing white gloves carefully inspects a black vinyl record in an office setting.

*Proper handling procedures will extend the life of the audiovisual media.*