There’s a fascinating backstory about the building that is now the National Audiovisual Conservation Center,which is where the Library of Congress stores all 6.3 million pieces of the library’s film, television, and sound collection. It used to be a nuclear bunker that stored $4 billion during the Cold War. Now,it’s a one-quit shop for all things regarding film preservation and restoration, with miles of shelves stacked with film reels to the ceilings, and all sorts of machines that can repair film,process film, and print film, and any sort of video player you can imagine to play any sort of format that ever existed.
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