| It has been over 40 years since the devastating flooding
of the Arno River in Florence, Italy on November 4th, 1966.
In the days following the flood, Peter
Waters (who became LC's Chief of Conservation from 1971 to 1995) was
heavily involved in recovery operations at the Biblioteca Nazionale
Centrale di Firenze. The Restoration of Books, Florence, 1968, was shot
by English filmmaker Roger Hill and includes rare footage of Waters
covering a book in leather and British conservator Christopher Clarkson
making a limp vellum binding. This 39-minute film is available for
viewing free of charge through the
University of Utah Marriott Library.
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