National Archives and Records Service film-vault fire at Suitland, Md. : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session, June 19 and 21, 1979 (1979)

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13 Earlier I said there Is a great Interest and knowledge In the pre-production operations of film. For more documentation on this phase, I suggest you contact the CBS program 60 Minutes because within the past year they did a program entitled, "Filming On The Potomac." They have also been numerous stories about the annual government expenditures in audio-visuals which estimates reach some 500 million dollars. One of the trade publications In the Industry called BUSINESS SCREEN delved Into this in detail I believe some time in 1977. I wish I had a crystal ball so that 1 could see how this committee Investigation Is going to reach out, harness this monumental task of examining all film collections physically to determine their condition, and then to establish a film maintenance program for their on going protection and preservation before we have another gigantic film loss. That, gentlemen, is the most important decision that can come out of these hearings and, in the case of the film In the "C" catagory mentioned earlier, time Is of the essence. I wish to take a moment at this time to thank two or three of your worthy colleagues who had the forsight and interest to see the seriousness of this problem the moment it was 51-332 0-79-2