Title The real national treasure : an inside look at the Library of Congress / produced by Actuality Productions, Inc. for History.

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[New York] : A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, 2010.

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Description	1 videodisc (approximately 47 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time	004700
Physical Medium	4 3/4 in.
Description	digital optical stereo Dolby rda
	widescreen fullscreen rda
	laser optical NTSC rda
	video file DVD video region 1 rda
	Television program
Series	Modern marvels (Television program)
Note	Documentary.
System Details	DVD; Dolby Digital stereo.
Language	Closed captioned.
Note	Title from container.
Performer	Narrated by Max Raphael.
Credits	Producer, Jim Lindsay; editor, David Beatty.
Event	Originally broadcast as an episode of the A & E television program Modern Marvels on June 10, 2010.
Summary	Where in Washington DC is the nation's most incredible treasure chest? It's a library unlike any other in the world, the U.S. Library of Congress in Washington D.C. Modern Marvels explodes the myth that this 200 year old institution is simply "where members of Congress borrow books". Viewers are taken beyond the magnificent Jefferson Building Great Hall into the secret vaults where more than 600 miles of shelves hold 130 million items, many of them priceless treasures - from George Washington's hand-written diaries to Galileo's first images of the moon to the original camera film of the movie Frankenstein. See how a staff of 4000 catalogues protects and preserves these treasures and distributes them globally via a new World Digital Library.
Note	Bonus feature: The Library of Congress experience.
Contents	The Library of Congress -- Preserving history -- Collection of treasures -- The Packard Campus -- Digitizing the past.
Subject	Library of Congress.
	Library of Congress -- History.
	Library of Congress -- Information technology.
	Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program.
	Library of Congress. (OCoLC)fst00528532
	Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program. (OCoLC)fst00707578
	National libraries -- Washington (D.C.) -- History.
	Information society -- United States.
	Digital libraries -- United States.
	Library materials -- Conservation and restoration.
	Digital libraries. (OCoLC)fst00893704
	Information society. (OCoLC)fst00972767
	Information technology. (OCoLC)fst00973089
	Library materials -- Conservation and restoration. (OCoLC)fst00997803
	National libraries. (OCoLC)fst01033614
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Washington (D.C.) (OCoLC)fst01204505
Genre/Form	Documentary television programs. (OCoLC)fst01710387
	Historical television programs. (OCoLC)fst01726125
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Nonfiction television programs. (OCoLC)fst01710270
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
	Documentary television programs.
	Nonfiction television programs.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author	Raphael, Max. Narrator.
	Lindsay, Jim. Producer.
	Actuality Productions. Production company.
	History (Television network) Production company.
	Arts and Entertainment Network. Broadcaster.
	New Video Group. Film distributor.
Added Title	Inside look at the Library of Congress
	Library of Congress
	Modern marvels (Television program)
ISBN	9781422995792
	1422995798
Standard No.	733961232028
Music No.	AAAE232020 A & E Television Networks

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