Copyright term, film labeling, and film preservation legislation : hearings before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, on H.R. 989, H.R. 1248, and H.R. 1734 ... June 1 and July 13, 1995 (1996)

65 community, the foundation will seek to raise private gifts and will be eligible to match those gifts with a limited amount of Federal funds. The foundation in turn will establish grant programs to make its assets available to nonprofit film-preserving institutions throughout the country. The foundation's primary role will be to help preserve and make accessible those films which are held in the public trust by nonprofit institutions and which simply will not survive without public intervention. These films, sometimes referred to as orphan films, constitute a very large and indispensable portion of our film heritage. They include newsreels, documentaries and actuality footage, independent and avant-garde films, socially significant amateur footage, regional materials of historical interest, films that have fallen into the public domain, and other films of cultural and educational value whose cop3n'ight owners are unable or unwilling to provide long-term preservation. Important collections of such films exist in each of the 50 States. They can be found in local archives, museums, historical societies, libraries, and universities. And in most cases, the institutions holding these collections cannot afford on their own adequately to preserve, store, or make them accessible to the public. In addition to my work with AMIA, I am also the curator of the UCLA Film and Television Archives. Turning to my own institution as an example, UCLA holds many collections of films which are unique or represent the best remaining copies. Our largest collection consists of more than 5,000 hours of newsreel footage from the 19 10 through the early 1970's, much of which has never been seen by the public. This collection contains footage from all over the country and all over the world, but since these hearings are being held in Pasadena, I checked to see what footage existed on this area. We have coverage of the Tournament of Roses parade and Rose Bowl games dating back to the 1930's. We have films of many events which occurred over the years at the California Institute of Technology and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. We have stories documenting an automobile race through the streets of Pasadena in 1936, new techniques being used by the Pasadena police to combat crime in 1938, and a rally by the Women's Christian Temperance Union in Pasadena in 1947 and dozens more. The archive at UCLA is probably in a better position than many. We are partially funded by the University of California. And we have a good record of attracting outside support. Despite this success, however, we need help. Without it, we cannot properly store all of our materials. We cannot provide students and the public with as much access to our collections as we should and we cannot preserve all or even most of our films, including the Pasadena footage I just mentioned. And we are not alone. Other major archives such as the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, George Eastman House as well as hundreds of important regional local and specialized archives are all facing similar problems. Each year the Nation's film