National Film Preservation Board

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United States federal advisory committee advisory body cultural policy body heritage preservation organization

The National Film Preservation Board is a U.S. advisory body that recommends culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant films for preservation in the Library of Congress.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
National Film Preservation Board canonical	8
Library of Congress National Film Preservation Board	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T671790 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: National Film Preservation Board
Context triple: [National Film Registry, maintainedBy, National Film Preservation Board]

A. National Film Registry
The National Film Registry is a U.S. Library of Congress program that annually selects and preserves films deemed culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.
B. National Film Preserve
The National Film Preserve is the nonprofit organization responsible for curating and presenting the prestigious Telluride Film Festival in Colorado.
C. National Recording Preservation Board
The National Recording Preservation Board is an advisory body of the Library of Congress that recommends culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant sound recordings for inclusion in the United States National Recording Registry.
D. Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America was the early 20th-century U.S. film industry trade association, led for many years by Will H. Hays, that regulated Hollywood content and represented major studios.
E. United States National Recording Registry
The United States National Recording Registry is a program of the Library of Congress that annually selects and preserves sound recordings deemed culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant to American life.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: National Film Preservation Board
Target entity description: The National Film Preservation Board is a U.S. advisory body that recommends culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant films for preservation in the Library of Congress.

A. National Film Registry
The National Film Registry is a U.S. Library of Congress program that annually selects and preserves films deemed culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.
B. National Film Preserve
The National Film Preserve is the nonprofit organization responsible for curating and presenting the prestigious Telluride Film Festival in Colorado.
C. National Recording Preservation Board
The National Recording Preservation Board is an advisory body of the Library of Congress that recommends culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant sound recordings for inclusion in the United States National Recording Registry.
D. Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America was the early 20th-century U.S. film industry trade association, led for many years by Will H. Hays, that regulated Hollywood content and represented major studios.
E. United States National Recording Registry
The United States National Recording Registry is a program of the Library of Congress that annually selects and preserves sound recordings deemed culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant to American life.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal advisory committee ⓘ advisory body ⓘ cultural policy body ⓘ heritage preservation organization ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
composition	archivists ⓘ film scholars ⓘ members appointed by the Librarian of Congress ⓘ representatives of the American film industry ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
field	cinema ⓘ cultural heritage preservation ⓘ film preservation ⓘ
foundedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
hasPart	National Film Registry selection process ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception	1988 ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	National Film Preservation Act ⓘ linked to: National Film Preservation Act of 1988 National Film Preservation Act of 1988 ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
operatedBy	Library of Congress ⓘ
parentOrganization	Library of Congress ⓘ
partOf	Library of Congress ⓘ
purpose	to advise on the preservation of the United States’ film heritage ⓘ to recommend films for preservation in the Library of Congress ⓘ to select culturally significant films for the National Film Registry ⓘ
reportsTo	Librarian of Congress ⓘ
sector	arts and culture ⓘ motion picture industry ⓘ
selectionCriterion	aesthetic significance ⓘ cultural significance ⓘ historical significance ⓘ
topic	National Film Registry ⓘ
website	https://www.loc.gov/film/board/ ⓘ
work	advising the Librarian of Congress on film preservation policy ⓘ recommending culturally significant films for preservation ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Film Registry → maintainedBy → National Film Preservation Board ⓘ

National Film Registry → relatedTo → National Film Preservation Board ⓘ

National Film Preservation Foundation → collaboratesWith → National Film Preservation Board ⓘ

National Film Preservation Act of 1988 → administeredBy → Library of Congress National Film Preservation Board ⓘ

linked to: National Film Preservation Board

National Film Preservation Act of 1996 → relatedTo → National Film Preservation Board ⓘ

Library of Congress as administrator of the National Film Registry → usesAdvisoryBody → National Film Preservation Board ⓘ

Library of Congress as administrator of the National Film Registry → relatedProgram → National Film Preservation Board ⓘ

National Film Preservation Act of 1992 → establishes → National Film Preservation Board ⓘ

National Film Preservation Act of 2005 → relatedTo → National Film Preservation Board ⓘ

National Film Registry (Thriller music video) → selectionAnnouncedBy → Library of Congress National Film Preservation Board ⓘ