World Day for Audiovisual Heritage was Celebrated on 27 October 2011

27 October 2011: World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2011

UNESCO decided Audiovisual Heritage: See, Hear, and Learn as theme for celebration of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2011. On the occasion of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2011, the Radio Heritage Foundation released six new features celebrating AFRS radio stations in India and Burma during the 1940's at its global website www.radioheritage.com.

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted 27 October as the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage to better focus global attention on the issues at stake, in cooperation with the Co-ordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations (CCAAA) and other partners.

All of the world's audiovisual heritage is endangered.  Through initiatives such as the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage and the Memory of the World Programme, the precious work of preservation professionals is given impetus to manage a range of technical, political, social, financial and other factors that threaten the safeguard of heritage.

Film, television and radio are our common heritage. They help to maintain the cultural identity of a people but countless documentary treasures have disappeared since the invention of image and sound technologies that permit the peoples of the world to better share their experiences, creativity and knowledge.