Report on the Current State of American Television and Video Preservation: Volume 1
Report of the Librarian of Congress on television and video preservation.
Volume 1: Report Text (PDF, 479KB)
Appendicies
- Federal Register Notice (PDF, 551KB)
- A Selective Chronology of Events Relating to Television and Video Archives (PDF, 1.16MB)
- Holdings of Television and Video Material in Public Archives (PDF, 3.03MB)
- A Report on Television Commercials (PDF, 832KB)
- Recommendations Submitted by Witnesses (PDF, 1.26MB)
- International Federation of Television Archives: Recommended Standards and Procedures for Selection and Preservation of Television Programme Material (September 1996) (PDF, 4.57MB)
- A Sample Duplication Rate Sheet from ABC News (PDF, 286KB)
- A Suggested Manufacturer's Label for Video Cassettes to Encourage Proper Handling and Storage (PDF, 127KB)
- Letter Concerning Off-Air Recording from Steve Bryant, National Film and Television Archive, London (PDF, 316KB)
- Chronological History of Videotape Formats (courtesy Jim Wheeler) (PDF, 96.8KB)