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Archive: June 2014 (2 Posts)

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Where’s Johnny?

Posted by: Karen Fishman

The following is a guest post by Daniel Blazek, Recorded Sound Technician, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center   The Tonight Show has become such a cultural institution in America that it is hard to imagine that early episodes were lost, as so many early television programs on tape were erased when subsequent broadcasts were taped over …

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Audio Archaeology

Posted by: Karen Fishman

Imagine looking page by page at magazines devoted to radio, recorded sound,  film, and television that previously could only be viewed by a visit to a library or an archive. In the past few years, we’ve been working with the Library’s Document Scan Center to digitize around 1 million pages of public domain media-related periodicals …