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At present there are no problems \vith the videotape recordings that have been accessioned. NARS holds 0,600 such recordings.
22. The GAO report says that the videotape can deteriorate in less than 20 years. Is the Archives or anyone else conducting research to assure a longer life expectancy than this?
NARS recognizes that video tape is not a permanent storage medium. When it first began to accession videotape, MARS had DOD prepare 16mm black and white film preservation copies of the recordings. In 1977 DOD phased out its equipment for making black and white copies from video, and NARS decided that the cost of making color film was too high. It was determined that preservation of video vould have to await technological developments that were both effective and economically feasible.
Over the past 2 years NARS has requested assistance from the National Bureau of Standards and other organizations in solving the problems of video preservation. We are also considering the establishment of a Preservation Advisory Group to deal with this and other preservation problem areas.
Currently there is no solution to the problem of video preservation. A major research effort is essential, but NARS does not possess the resources to undertake or fund such research.
23. Has the proliferation of video studios throughout the government given the Archives more tape than it can handle?
No. NARS holds approximately 600 video records produced by Federal agencies. The kinds of information most frequently recorded in a video format usually do not warrant permanent retention by the Government.
24. Why did the Archives feel it needed a license from the three major networks to maintain their newscasts? Should not the government be able to copy what is in the public domain and make use of it?
CBS began copyrighting its news broadcasts in February 1975; NBC and ABC began copyrighting their broadcasts in 1976. Network news broadcasts are not in the public domain. The royalty-free licenses granted by ABC and NBC to NARS are a continuation of the cooperative relationship that the networks have had with NARS over the years.
They permit NARS to copy evening and weekend news broadcasts and news specials off the air and make them available for research.
Under a NARS-CBS agreement, the network deposits copies of its morning, noon, and evening hard news broadcasts and selected news specials.
The TV news broadcasts are available for research at NARS facilities nationwide. The
CBS agreement permits NARS to loan copies of their programs, through interlibrary loan, to libraries throughout the country.
25. Is the building that the Archives plans to lease on Pitt Street in Alexandria, Virginia, going to be used exclusively for storing color film? Mas NARS conducted any study of what its storage needs will be for both color film and black and white?
The Pickett Street facility will be used to store black and white motion picture preprint,