[QuadList] "Nixon-Khrushchev Kitchen Debate" on Amazon

[C. Park Seward]

The future of archives depends on the availability of the material. If  
the feeling that the material will never be seen due to copyright or  
ownership issues, then there is little motivation to contribute funds  
to save it.

Two tapes I have in mind that should have little copyright issues are  
the Kitchen Debate and the WRC-TV dedication. Both tapes should be in  
the Presidential Libraries of Nixon and Eisenhower.

If you can't get these available to the public, then what chance do  
you have in getting entertainment programs available?

Of course there are political and governmental materials that need to  
be saved for historical purposes. For instance, if video had been  
invented, I would love to see Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. But if it  
was not available because of a copyright issue, what good would it be?

Back in the 70s, I saw film footage at a Baton Rouge TV station lying  
around, unboxed, in a storehouse. No effort was made to inventory  
these news films. Why? Because they felt no one would want to see them  
in the future and they didn't want to spend money today that would  
have no return in the future.

Best,
Park

C. Park Seward
Visit us: http://www.videopark.com



On Jan 3, 2009, at 1:45 PM, Ted Langdell wrote:

> It is possible for producers to obtain public domain material from  
> government archives and create something from it for sale.  Perhaps  
> that's what happened here.
>

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