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 #:
000444
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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420 reference. The cost of making selections would probably not be v.orth the time in view of the benefits that would be derived by saving all the safety footage. From an historical viev;point the advent of television news somewhat diminishes the uniqueness of safety era (1950-1967) newsreels as visual evidence. One should bear in mind, however, that netvrark television news materials from the 1950s v^ere not systematically saved and that live broadcasts of nev/s events were not usually copied on kinescopes, nor saved on video tape. So newsreel and television materials are not mutually exclusive. Technical Considerations PROJECTION PRINTS Several existing conditions militate against the restoration of nev.'s reels to their original form. First, it is unusual to find positive prints in serial order. Due to space limitations and the fear of unauthorized copying newsreel ov;ners periodically destroyed prints after their distribution ended. Consequently most of the newsreels that survive today are in a negative format. There are some exceptions to this rule: — Prints saved by Universal for the period 1955-1957 and transferred to the National Archives --Other prints received by the National Archives, including Paramount News, 19^0-1957 Fox Movietone News, 1957-1963 News of the Day, 1963-1967 (NARS acquired prints according to this chronology due to the closing down of newsreel production by these companies.) --Various scries of copyright deposit prints received by the Library of Congress, 19^1-1967. (See p.-.qe ^0 ) .