Bono supports the important mission of institutions large and small to protect,
preserve, and provide access to their collections.
We are proud of our long-term record of service to the National Archives
and other libraries and repositories of our film treasures.

Bono’s is a family-owned and run motion picture processing/imaging lab and post-production facility, now in its second generation. Founded in 1961, we have been handling archival film for the last 40 years and video for almost 24 years. In fact, some of the film and video materials that we handled in those early years are now returning to us as vintage candidates for intermediate creation. Our standard definition division offers film-to-tape, film-to-drive, and tape-to-tape and tape-to-drive options.

Standard Definition Overview

 

Standard Definition/NTSC Telecine Transfers from archival film to tape or drive		Standard Definition Tape to Tape  OR tape to drive
Unsupervised best light or scene-to-scene color correction telecine transfers. Rank Mark IIIC with Digiscan IV; Pogle R8-S8mm, 16/S16 & 35mm telecine gate DVNR500: grain & noise reduction & advanced scratch concealment Client tape formats include: Digital Betacam, Beta SP, Mini DV, DV Cam Tape to DVD-R reference or viewing copies Transfers to 8-bit un-compressed MAC QuickTime or PC files direct to drive (24 or 30 frames per second) Telecine transfers to PAL files (PAL high definition transfers to file are also available)		NARA NTSC tape formats including: Digital Betacam, Betacam SP, 2-inch QUAD, 1-inch, D-2 We can transfer to all popular client tape formats including: Digital Betacam, mini DV, DV Cam Upconverts to various Hi Def file formats and hi def D5 and DVCPro HD tapes Tape to DVD-R reference or viewing copies
		Virtual screeners now available Want to get a sneak preview of the material you ordered from the National Archives? Now you can download MPEG4 files of the items you need to preview. Want to know more?