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 #:
000442
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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418 In any cose, the redundancy of covernge vjas minimal during the nitrate era. This point can easily be ascertainc by a cursory reviev/ of the newsreel release sheets v;hich summarize each issue. The 1920s and 1930s were noted for the spirit of competition that prevailed among cameramen. Newsreel companies had cameramen all over the v;orld. They bought exclusive rights to footage shot by freelancers. They purchased footage from foreign companies. The selection of ncwsvjorthy stories and the amount of screen time fil lowed showed great variation from company to company. Some used live sound on certain stories while others chose to use a voice-over narrations. Full coverage of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's speeches, for example, would have to be pieced together with footage from different companies. Since ail the edited newsreel series have tiistorical value the task that remains is to draw up categories of priorities for preservat ion. [ Newsreels of the period 1911-1920 are no longer extant in serial order, "but single Is&ueS should be dealt with individually. The remaining nitrate-era edited hcwsrcels should receive the highest priority. Priorities should be established In chronological order by decade beginning with the 1920s. Fox should receive the highest priority for each decade because of the magnitude of its holdings. Under ideal circumstances all the valuable edited footage from each deCade should be copied and preserved from each newsreel company before going on to the next decade. This depends on the willingness of the newsreel owners to negotiate agreements. OUTTAKES Although there is some consensus in the arch i val -lilstor ical corr.munity OS to the need to preserve nev.'sreels in serial order, the need to preserve Outtakcs may not appear as necessary or urgent. Actually nev.'sreel outtakes