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)

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449 11 film collection in the National Archives, and accounted for approximately 70 percent of the motion picture reproduction orders processed during FY 1978. Also, in order to direct all of its capacity to converting the remaining nitrate, the NARS laboratories are sending all customer orders to commercial labs. This results in increased liandling and delays in processing client orders because commercial labs do not always have priorities that coincide with our own. No preservation work has suffered as a result of the crash program as the lab has been able to accommodate the increased footage through use of an expanded work day. 35. Does the new Archives policy of charging users 30 percent above the cost of duplicating film pertain to just nitrate footage? No, the surcharge which became effective on October 1, 1978, is applied to all public motion picture reproduction orders.