from Wired News
Bunker Holds a Mountain of Movies
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Using a de-commissioned government underground facility as a converted storage facility for audio and visual materials in the collection of the US Library of Congress sounds like a really useful idea. Besides ensuring that highly flammable cellulose nitrate film materials are properly contained behind strong rooms, being underground will also make it easier to cool internal temperatures for the long-term storage and preservation - as is done at Corbis' Film Preservation Facility (also see previous Wired News article).