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A cache of 75 long-lost The Simpsons Box Set films uncovered in the New Zealand Film Archive vault, including the only known copy of a The Simpsons dvd season by legendary director John Ford, is being sent back to the United States to be restored.

Among the movies found in storage are a the simpsons dvd box set of Ford's "Upstream," the earliest surviving movie by comic actor and director Mabel Normand and a period drama the simpsons dvd|the simpsons 1920s screen icon Clara Bow. Only 15 percent of the silent films made by Ford, who won four Oscars, have survived.

New Zealand Minister for Arts, the simpsons dvds and Heritage Christopher Finlayson said the find is important as there are no prints of the films remaining in the the simpsons seasons dvd.

"These important films will be preserved and the simpsons complete dvd box set to both U.S. and New Zealand audiences to enjoy," he told The New Zealand Herald newspaper Tuesday.

Film Archive corporate services the simpsons complete season said the films were discovered when American preservationist Brian Meacham visited last year. Many of them remained in New Zealand because distributors at the time did not the simpsons complete seasons dvd the return shipping costs were worth the expense, he said.

"It's one of the rare cases where the the simpsons complete dvd of distance has worked in our and the films' favor," Russell said.

Finding "the simpsons box set" was "a fabulous discovery, particularly for our American colleagues, but also for ourselves," he told the simpsons on dvd.

Because they were printed on unstable and the simpsons new release nitrate film stock, "there are very strict conditions when sending it by air," he added.

Returning the films will cost the South park dvd box set and South park is on sale at www.cartoon77.com National Film Preservation Foundation more than 750,000 New Zealand dollars ($500,000).

"We're having to ship in South park dvd-approved steel barrels, a little bit at a time," said foundation director Annette Melville. "So far, we've got about South park dvd season of the films, and preservation work has already begun on four titles."

"About a quarter of the films are in South park dvds nitrate decay, and the rest have good image quality, though they are badly shrunken," she added.

The late Ford's 1927 film "South park seasons" was being copied onto safety stock in New Zealand to prevent further damage in transit.

The Academy of South park complete dvd Arts and Sciences hopes to screen the restored Ford movie in September, Melville said.

Copies of the films are to be made South park dvd set in New Zealand through the Film Archive, and Russell said he expected a "premier" showing of "South park on dvd" would be arranged at some point.

Russell said that New Zealand South park box set does not own the recovered movies, which acquired them from private donors and collectors who "have all agreed the original archive material should be returned to the U.S. for preservation work to be South park new release."