Manuela Padoan joined Gaumont in 1982 and for many years was in charge of the Archives at the Cinémathèque Gaumont. She was entrusted with the conservation, restoration and marketing of the newsreel archives which consist of around 15,000 hours of 20th century history. Uploading the digitized archives online, computerizing the databases, restoring the nitrate supports, and conserving and marketing the material have all been important projects for the development and availability of this priceless collection.
Since 2003, Manuela Padoan has been the Director of GP Archives, an exceptional collection of footage dating from 1895 to the present day. Technological advances and investments now allow us to provide access to our archival materials in 4K online at gparchives.com. GP Archives also manages the silent film collection for Gaumont, a filmography of 7,000 titles that we are attempting to restore every day through the works of Alice Guy, Émile Cohl, Louis Feuillade, Léonce Perret, Jean Durand, Jacques Feyder and many others.