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 #:
000453
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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429 Current estimated losses arc about 100,000 feet per year, which is probobly a conservative figure. Total Holdings: 9 million feet (safety) 20 million feet (nitrate) Series: International Newsreel, 1923-1929 MGM News, 1928-1930 Hearst Hetrotone IJev;s of the Day, 1929-1967 Telenews, 1950's. Finding Aids: International Newsreel Synopses Sheets 1919-1929. 5 ft. International Newsreel Subject Catalog Sheets. 1919-1929 6 ft. MGM News Synopses Sheets, 1928-1930 Negl. News of the Day Synopses Sheets^. .. 193')-1967. 2.5 ft. News of the Day Subject Catalog, 193'<-1967. '^^8 ft. Telenev;s Daily Synopses Sheets. 195'^-1962. 2 ft. Microfilm: None LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Motion Picture Section V.'ashington, D.C. 205^40 202 '426-58^40 Contact: Mr. Paul Spehr The Library of Congress acquired prints of newsreels under the authority of the copyright law. These prints date generally from 19^1-'42 to 1967. For the nitrate period, the Library made reduction l6mm negatives and prints. Because both the National Archives and the Library of Congress have been active in newsreel collection there is considerable duplication among series that are well protected while other series go unaccounted for. 51-332 0-79-28