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)

Record Details:

Title:
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
Date:
1979
Publisher:
Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
Volume:
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
Leaf #:
000195
Language:
English
Subjects:
Washington National Records Center. Building A, Motion picture film collections
Collection:
Books and Government & Law
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Prelinger Library
Sponsor:
Internet Archive
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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183 of this century. Preservation of this collection has been completed, along with a computer-based catalog which will soon be published. With the move to the James Madison Memorial Building, scholars will have informed access to this unique collection. The salvaging of another significant collection, the Kleine Collection of 456 titles from the earliest years of the film industry — fiction and documentary — has also been completed, and an index compiled. The German, Italian, Japanese, and other films that came to the Library after World War II via the Alien Property Custodian represent another major collection, whose duplication is nearing completion. It originally included 29 million feet of nitrate fiction, documentary, and newsreel of the 1930's and early 1940's, an extraordinary record of how a world had gravitated toward war. Of this material, 9 million feet were disposed of because of deterioration, damage, unnecessary duplication, and fragmentary nature; copying of the remainder has now been virtually completed, with the cooperation of our former adversaries. Numerous shipments of the originals have been returned to the originating countries over the years, and this is continuing. During 1979 more than 7 million feet are being shipped back to West Germany. At present it is the American cultural heritage that is the focus of our preservation program. Every decade of film history is involved. In selecting material for preservation, we consider its physical condition, and at the same time try to fill crucial gaps in our film holdings. Through the American Film Institute and the National Endowment for the