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Mr. Preyer. Just to make sure that I understand what your answer was to Mr. Kindness there, as far as you know at this time, Universal lias no record from the contractor of this inspection having ever been done?
Mr. Vanden Bossche. As far as I know right now, Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Preyer. Thank you very much for being with us today. I hope we can enjoy some more of your footage, outtakes, and whatnot in the future.
Mr. Vanden Bossche. Thank you.
Mr. Preyer. Our final group of witnesses is from the Library of Congress, which also maintains a vault building at Suitland to store nitrate film. The members of this group will be telling us how they deal with the problems of both storing the film and converting it to safety-based film.
Gentlemen, please come forward and be sworn.
Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give this subcommittee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God ?
[Chorus of "I do's."]
Mr. Preyer. Thank you. If you could summarize your statement in view of the hour, we would appreciate, and then we will ask questions of you.
You are Mr. Curran?
STATEMENT OP DONALD CURRAN, ASSOCIATE LIBRARIAN OP 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
Mr. Curran. Yes, Mr. Chainnan.
Before I start, I would like to introduce my associates. Mv. Eric Barnow, Chief of the Motion Picture Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, who, in addition to being Chief of this Division for the last year and a half, is probably one of the outstanding historians on film and television. If some of your questions concern that aspect, I am sure he can give authoritative answers.
Paul Spehr, on my right, is the Assistant Chief of the Division and has worked in our film program for many years.
Stephen Bush, our saf etv officer, is on his right.
I would like to read parts of my statement, but I will skip through it as quickly as I can so that we can get on with the particular questions that you have of the Library staff.
I would like to begin my testimony with a general statement about the nature of the Library of Congress' collection of motion pictures and other audiovisual materials.
In 1870, when the copyright law was changed to make the Library of Congress the recipient of all items deposited for protection, the present range of the collection was confirmed. Prior to that time, it had been essentially a book collection, but at that time we began to collect graphic arts, posters, photographs, maps, and similar materials.