| At the National Archives Building | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 676 |
| Catalog #: | 491628 | |
| Clip Number: | 491628-1 | |
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| Location: | College Park, Maryland | |
| Year Shot: | 1997 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/MOTION PICTURES: Misc | |
| Description: | 09:00:27:- EST shots of the National Archives building, College Park, Maryland.
09:01:38:- MS of a man at the recpetion desk of the Nat'l Archives, zoom out to EST shot of front door area. 09:01:57:- CU of the Nat'l Archives and Records Administration seal on facade, zoom out to resume former shot. 09:03:10:- CU's of a stack of slide film easels on a table. 09:03:47:- CU of spool of 8mm film on a cardboard box, pan to stack of easels. 09:04:17:- MS of a man handing another man two boxes of slide film; the cam travels w/ man as he walks along hall. 09:04:44:- Interview with LESLIE WAFFEN, Assistant Branch Chief of the Motion Picture Sound and Video Branch at the National Archives. He talks about: the chronology of events leading to their courtesy storage of the Zapruder film; who has access to the Zapruder film and its film and video dubs (in terms of staff and outside research); film deterioration familiar to 8mm format; the film's historical importance; the fact that there are 13 copies of the Zapruder film in the Archives' possession, each somewhat physcially different; 34 years after being shot, the original Zapruder film is still in remarkable condition. | |
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