Steenbeck editing table

Steenbeck editing table for 16mm film. To edit the footage, the film was cut with a splicer (adhesive). Special adhesive tape was then placed over the cut to reattach the film. When footage was added to the film, it was called an insert. The sprockets and holes on the films and sound strips allow for the synchronization of sound and picture. The editing table was originally owned by Lifandi Myndir and was in use there from about 1982–2000. Lifandi myndir was founded by three former RÚV employees: Erlendur Sveinsson, former director of the National Film Archive; Þórarinn Þórarinsson, also a former director of the National Film Archive; and Sigurður Sverrir Pálsson, a cinematographer. Lifandi myndir donated the device to the Film Archive in 2013, which is now in use at the museum and is therefore a living artifact.