The originates from a different source entirely: a 35mm Technicolor nitrate print discovered in the archives of a private collector in Bologna, Italy, in 2019. Unlike the safety stock prints distributed to American TV stations (which had degraded to pink mush), this Italian export print had been stored in a wine cellar at 55 degrees Fahrenheit for 60 years.
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