Audio-Visual Collection Preservation at the National Archives and Records Administration

摘要

Audio-Visual Collection Preservation at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is home to an estimated 700,000 reels of motion picture film and an estimated 850,000 audio and video recordings. The motion picture collection contains content ranging from 1896 in the form of an Edison film snippet sent in as part of a patent registration to content created by agencies, including NASA, as recently as a few years ago. The audio collection contains formats ranging from wax cylinders to digital audio tape (DAT), and the video collections has formats ranging from 2" Quad to HD CAM SR. For the most part, all of motion picture, audio, and video records were created by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government including all branches of the military and notable agencies such as the Department of Agriculture (USDA),National Park Service (NPS), and Federal Bureau of Intelligence (FBI).