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02208aam a2200385 a 4500 001 9872D2A2CAAC11E38E1B9993DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20220810010424 007 vd mvaizs 008 101012p20102008nyu047 g vleng d 020 $a 9781422995792 020 $a 1422995798 028 40 $a AAAE-232020 035 $a (OCoLC)669808116 040 $a OWL $c OWL $d SILO 245 04 $a The real national treasure $h [videorecording dvd] $b an inside look at the Library of Congress $c produced by Jim Lindsay; executive producer, Jim Cambou; History Channel ; A&E Television Networks. 260 $a [New York] : $b History Channel Television Network ; $c c2010. 300 $a 1 videodisc (ca. 45 min.) $b sd., col. and b&w, $c 4 3/4 in. 508 $a Edited by David Beatty. 511 0 $a Narrated in part by James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress. 520 $a 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. 538 $a DVD; Dolby digital stereo. 610 20 $a Library of Congress $x History 650 0 $a National libraries $z Washington (D.C.) $x History 655 7 $a Documentary films 700 1 $a Beatty, David. 700 1 $a Lindsay, Jim. 700 1 $a Billington, James H. 700 1 $a Cambou, Don. 710 2 $a History Channel (Television network) 710 2 $a A & E Home Video (Firm) 730 0 $a Modern marvels (Television program) 941 $a 1 952 $l WSPF215 $d 20150410012138.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9872D2A2CAAC11E38E1B9993DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search