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 #:
0005
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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CONTENTS Hearings held on — Page June 19 1 June 21 71 Statement of — Curran, Donald, Associate Librarian of Congress, Washington, D.C. ; accompanied by Eric Barnow Chief, Motion Picture Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division ; Paul Spehr, Assistant Chief, Motion Picture Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division; and Stephen E. Bush, Safety Officer 176 Degenkolb, John G., fire safety engineer, Los Angeles, Calif 145 Estepp, M. H., chief. Prince Georges County Fire Department ; accompanied by D. Brooks Cross, consulting engineer ; David M. Banwarth, fire protection engineer; and David Malberg, investigator 17 Gish, Lillian, actress and lecturer 40 Keilman, Dennis, Acting Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration; accompanied by Jack Galuardi, Assistant Commissioner for Buildings Management ; O. R. Maisch, Director, Accident and Fire Prevention Division ; Ronald Mariotti, Construction Management Division ; William H. Hart. Accident and Fire Prevention Branch ; Thomas E. Goonan, Fire Safety Engineer ; James Hawkins, Accident and Fire Prevention Branch ; Moy Yip, Construction Engineer; Wallace Shipp, Building Manager, Suitland ; and Denver Livingston, Operating Engineer 103 Luczak, Daniel W., senior investigative engineer, Cadcom Division, ManTech of New Jersey Corp., Annapolis, Md 161 Ottinger, Hon. Richard L., a Representative in Congress from the State of New York 2 Rhoads, Dr. James B., Archivist of the United States ; accompanied by John J. Landers, Executive Director, National Archives and Records Service ; James W. Moore, Director, Audiovisual Archives Division, Office of the National Archives ; William Murphy, Chief, Motion Picture and Sound Recording Branch, Audiovisual Archives Division, Office of the National Archives, National Archives and Records Service ; and Melvin C. Hudson, Safety Project Development Engineer, Naval Ordnance Station, Indian Head, Md 45, 72 Stevens, George, Jr., director, the American Film Institute 32 Vanden Bossche, William G., director of insurance. Universal Studios, New York, N.Y. ; accompanied by Gayle Title, counsel 167 Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by — Bernard, Marvin A., president and chief executive officer, Filmlife : Prepared statement 4^14 Curran, Donald, Associate Librarian of Congress, Washington, D.C. : Prepared statement 180-186 Degenkolb, John G., fire safety engineer, Los Angeles, Calif. : Prepared statement 153-160 Galuardi, Jack, Assistant Commissioner for Buildings Management. Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration : Comparative cost of modifying the sprinkler system in building A 120 Hawkins, James, Accident and Fire Prevention Branch, Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration : Prelease inspection report of the Lansburgh's Building, Washington, D.C 121-132 Keilman, Dennis, Acting Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration : Cost of bringing the vaults into compliance with the two ad hoc investigating committees' recommendations 134 Prepared statement 135-144 (HI)