The Nuclear Bunker Preserving Movie History

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  • Опубліковано 9 жов 2016
  • America's movie and film archive is located in an underground bunker in Culpepper, Virginia. The bunker was originally a gold storage unit that doubled as a fallout shelter for the U.S. president and his cabinet during the Cold War. Today, the Library of Congress stores all manner of film here. Archivist George Willeman is in charge of the nitrate vaults, where fragile (and combustible) old films sit undisturbed and well preserved.
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  • @gentikvevo
    @gentikvevo 7 років тому +282

    I saw Princess Mononoke, keep that one safe mates.

    • @MondayMorningPress
      @MondayMorningPress 6 років тому +9

      Tato Smasher indeed! Clearly they still store gold there

    • @samhue4194
      @samhue4194 6 років тому +8

      They must have all Ghibli movies..

  • @onesimpleclik
    @onesimpleclik 7 років тому +678

    I wish these videos were longer. I could happily watch 15 to 30 minutes of this kind of stuff.

  • @TimTams_64
    @TimTams_64 7 років тому +808

    You didn't need to keep all the Adam Sandler films.

    • @beybladeguru101
      @beybladeguru101 7 років тому +92

      Tim Tam's Its a reminder for those who find it on what not to do in film.

    • @adgp8945
      @adgp8945 7 років тому +24

      Tim Tam's happy Gilmore was good though

    • @MrAledro84
      @MrAledro84 7 років тому +1

      Tim Tam's 🙌

    • @yukisohn3182
      @yukisohn3182 7 років тому +12

      why? Adam sandler movies were good to watch

    • @clarissaramos4682
      @clarissaramos4682 7 років тому +2

      Tim Tam's Yes, yes they did

  • @finnthpjac3457
    @finnthpjac3457 7 років тому +46

    Another "I'm glad someone is doing this" moment

  • @braselton94
    @braselton94 7 років тому +279

    0:53 "Justin Bieber: never say never." I say let them nuke that one. Just set it outside to save us from utter embarrassment.

    • @Kai-eg3hw
      @Kai-eg3hw 7 років тому +8

      Braselton94 they need to let it go

    • @originalname28
      @originalname28 7 років тому +19

      Braselton94 Keep it so other space civilizations know what not to do.

    • @braselton94
      @braselton94 7 років тому +1

      Olsa Shamwow good idea!

    • @sideswipe2654
      @sideswipe2654 7 років тому +19

      space alians might think it's a threat

    • @braselton94
      @braselton94 7 років тому +1

      ravens are the best lol

  • @eliot4436
    @eliot4436 7 років тому +203

    But do they have cool cat saves the kids

    • @sirturtle5188
      @sirturtle5188 7 років тому +10

      EndCubing, of course they do.

    • @loganpatro938
      @loganpatro938 7 років тому +1

      That's such a coincidence I asked myself that in the middle of the video

    • @jakartagamer6188
      @jakartagamer6188 5 років тому

      the real question is:
      do they store the piano cat?

  • @ElgrimTheElder
    @ElgrimTheElder 7 років тому +313

    This guy is awesome. How can I get this job? Is he talking internships?

  • @mlw2001
    @mlw2001 Рік тому +14

    Fascinating! He is living his dream and at the same time, playing a huge role in preserving history! Very cool!

  • @antech9986
    @antech9986 7 років тому +22

    when the government asked for star wars, george lucas said he forgot where they were, and now the original star wars film is gone forever

    • @moldyoldie7888
      @moldyoldie7888 3 місяці тому

      I wouldn't be surprised if a film collector has an early theatrical print.

  • @dismal1421
    @dismal1421 7 років тому +58

    I drive by this place all the time! On the outside it looks all overgrown and pretty cool. Although I have not been inside, I know that sometimes they play a few films, and people can come in and watch, for free! :)

    • @user-io5rh2ts8u
      @user-io5rh2ts8u 6 років тому +2

      Dismal Spectre that's really cool

    • @thiccy6959
      @thiccy6959 5 років тому

      Awesome, someone from around here

  • @DaxTheOtter
    @DaxTheOtter 7 років тому +46

    keep the ghibli films extra secure please

  • @mitchhammond3213
    @mitchhammond3213 7 років тому +34

    Bee movie better be in there

  • @thebrainscoop
    @thebrainscoop 7 років тому +76

    What a phenomenal clip! I wish I could visit. How many of these have been digitized?

    • @scaho
      @scaho 6 років тому +1

      32 i dunno

    • @thiccy6959
      @thiccy6959 5 років тому +1

      They do show flims

  • @xiii7705
    @xiii7705 7 років тому +33

    great big stories are the best!!!

  • @democracy_is_truth7620
    @democracy_is_truth7620 7 років тому +4

    preserving Americas film/cultural history seems like it would be an exciting job seeing as you have over a century's worth of it in your hands.

  • @imactuallykools
    @imactuallykools 3 роки тому +4

    Oh boy, so glad for people in the future to wonder why Fred the movie exists

  • @EmilyCheng29
    @EmilyCheng29 7 років тому +3

    I could spend my days in that place just watching movies. That's how much movies make me happy! 😊 Great video, very well made.

    • @thiccy6959
      @thiccy6959 7 років тому

      EmilyCheng29 i believe they occasionally show films there only reason i know is cuz i live in culpeper

  • @ronredactlastname4705
    @ronredactlastname4705 7 років тому +88

    so...so do they store porn?

    • @megancampbell2696
      @megancampbell2696 7 років тому +2

      Kyle Tran or that doctor who movie????

    • @christiannugraha1011
      @christiannugraha1011 7 років тому +30

      There's not enough room on earth for that.

    • @fenixxia1176
      @fenixxia1176 6 років тому +1

      asking *THE* real questions

    • @tribot_leader
      @tribot_leader 4 роки тому

      Kyle Tran no. They only store documents that would help the world know about history/

  • @cameron6465
    @cameron6465 7 років тому +37

    0:49 Am I the only one who thought it was Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie. C'mon they gotta have it.

    • @lemonbeverage
      @lemonbeverage 7 років тому

      Shameron same i thought that too

  • @abmnq
    @abmnq 7 років тому +10

    I love this channel it's so underrated

  • @hornybastard1839
    @hornybastard1839 6 років тому +3

    "It's goal is to ensure the survival and the conversation of our nation's films."
    0:52 "JUSTIN BIEBER: NEVER SAY NEVER."
    And why would you want to ensure the survival of THAT?!

  • @webhobo7786
    @webhobo7786 7 років тому +5

    Did anyone else hear that creepy breathing closer to the end during the shot of him watching an old movie?

  • @rooroorogers8538
    @rooroorogers8538 7 років тому +6

    That's Freaking Awesome!

  • @joshua_colson
    @joshua_colson 5 років тому +10

    Fun fact when star wars was chosen to be submitted for preservation George Lucas sent the remastered edition rather than the original. They didn't except it as they wanted the original and till this day George Lucas still keeps the negatives to himself

  • @wotan237
    @wotan237 7 років тому +3

    essential vital work, preserving our past, our memories....I hope this extends into Television history too. Despite the mediums bad rep there are nuggets worth preserving. The corny early 50's TV commercials included, the classic cartoons like Bugs Bunny, etc. I also read that data made from about 1980 - 2000 was made on a material that withers rapidly and will soon be gone, or something like that. Hope all the good stuff is kept safe.

    • @laustcawz2089
      @laustcawz2089 2 роки тому

      Those classic Bugs Bunny et. al
      WB cartoons were actually shown
      in theaters originally. One of the only ones
      I know of that's definitely been
      added to The National Film Registry
      is 1953's "Duck Amuck".
      There is tons of classic TV content
      that should be preserved
      for future generations, though.
      They might start with "I Love Lucy"
      & the original "Twilight Zone".

    • @TheKingPrawn24
      @TheKingPrawn24 Рік тому

      Cartoon series like Looney Tunes, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Popeye, Betty Boop, Pink Panther and Tom and Jerry were actually shown in movie theatres before television even existed.

  • @thombobo7833
    @thombobo7833 7 років тому +13

    Netflix in the past

  • @joshgarrison3357
    @joshgarrison3357 7 років тому +3

    In special cases, you can actually hold the original Star Wars film reel from the first movie.

  • @falfarsi3959
    @falfarsi3959 7 років тому

    loved his smile at the end ☺

  • @adamarzo559
    @adamarzo559 7 років тому +3

    I'm more interested in the bunker, seems amazingly cool.

  • @monkeydo992
    @monkeydo992 6 років тому +3

    It would be so fun just to watch the movies as a part time job!

  • @EpicHotCheese
    @EpicHotCheese 7 років тому +2

    My dream job! Fixing films in an underground bunker!

  • @bokchoiman
    @bokchoiman 7 років тому +1

    A man with a purpose. I wish to be like you one day, old friend.

  • @cavancameron8808
    @cavancameron8808 7 років тому

    This is my most favorite one I had ever seen

  • @godkingharmansingh4401
    @godkingharmansingh4401 7 років тому

    After long time, i'm able to find good channel.

  • @tanngerin
    @tanngerin 7 років тому +2

    love this channel the best content

  • @bagnome
    @bagnome 10 місяців тому +1

    I'm curious about the printing and what they print. Do they print new sections for missing and damaged sections of film? Do they make extra copies? Make film-outs of digital movies? Do they make prints from nitrate copies/originals? I know they do screenings of movies from their archive, so I also wonder if they make prints of movies they want to screen if they only have original negatives.

  • @noaht799j
    @noaht799j 7 років тому

    OMG I live in Culpeper, I see that building all the time!

  • @SmoothyCriminal
    @SmoothyCriminal 7 років тому +2

    that feel when jack and jill is included.
    Just imagine if humanity were to be wiped out and later aliens came down and watched the films

  • @patrickmckenna1700
    @patrickmckenna1700 7 років тому

    God damn these are so short and interesting I can never stop just saying "Just one more" I've been trying to go to bed for over an hour!

  • @AdamUPNow
    @AdamUPNow 7 років тому +1

    The voice over audio is messed up. I don't think it's on my side by a render problem. Music and SFX is fine. Nevermind I'm having a UA-cam audio playback problem.

  • @carealoo744
    @carealoo744 3 роки тому +1

    I am looking for a documentery made in around 2009 about the National Film Registry. I know it exists because I had seen it before not even a month ago but I can't seem to find it anymore. It covered a handful of the movies in there spending about 1-2 minutes talking about each movie- showing clips from it and showing people who worked there talking about how the movie made it in to the registry, and then they'd move on to the next. They covered movies like how Back to the Future got reccomended so many times, and these little short films about a guy singing with a duck and a movie called H2O which is just clips of water that get closer and closer until it doesn't even look like water anymore.
    I'm really looking for this documentery but I don't know how to get more specific with Google other than: 'national film registry documentery made in 2009.'
    Could you please help me find the title?
    Thank you:)

  • @brukt25
    @brukt25 4 роки тому

    Very important program keep saving the history.

  • @0852657luis
    @0852657luis 7 років тому

    this is really amazing I hope one I'll be able to do this for the rest of my life.

  • @Killerky0
    @Killerky0 7 років тому

    Hey Arnold! The movie. Classic.

  • @ButifIvegotapackofcigarettes
    @ButifIvegotapackofcigarettes 2 роки тому

    Is it me or do I just want to binge ever single reel back to back in order?

  • @NickSssss11
    @NickSssss11 7 років тому +5

    This is crazy! I've driven by here not knowing what it was thinking it was some millionaires confiscated home but I just came across this video, How awesome!

  • @djspinnz3402
    @djspinnz3402 7 років тому

    I always pasted this place and had no idea what it was, this is amazing tbh😂

  • @cristinamarie4161
    @cristinamarie4161 7 років тому

    wow, this is amazing !

  • @bricksvilleheightsfiredepa8705
    @bricksvilleheightsfiredepa8705 7 років тому +2

    0:55 star wars episode II 😀

  • @BlackCat-gk1gw
    @BlackCat-gk1gw 7 років тому

    I hope he opens a cinema and plays these amazing history

  • @177racing
    @177racing 6 років тому

    Linus has all those films in the petabyte server anyways... so long as he doesn't drop it this place can close up shop.

  • @pretendshehasyou
    @pretendshehasyou 5 років тому

    I bet the original full length Zapruder film is hidden in there somewhere...probably mislabeled as something no one would ever want to see again

  • @powershin12
    @powershin12 7 років тому

    This vid will go there

  • @Sandlot1992
    @Sandlot1992 3 роки тому

    Extraordinary!

  • @olivergod7932
    @olivergod7932 7 років тому +1

    hahah "Hey Arnold!" awesome.

  • @thattailsguy8142
    @thattailsguy8142 6 років тому

    I need to go there. Film is my love

  • @mixrable1212
    @mixrable1212 7 років тому

    I guess you could say,
    They're keeping it reel

  • @Jbtw01
    @Jbtw01 6 років тому

    do they have the original theatrical versions of star wars?

  • @novaenforcer1563
    @novaenforcer1563 7 років тому

    Hey arnold the movie, i loved that

  • @rocketscience4259
    @rocketscience4259 7 років тому +6

    Do they have foodfight?

  • @imextremlyhandsome
    @imextremlyhandsome 7 років тому

    this is awesome

  • @brandonthetoyandgamecollector
    @brandonthetoyandgamecollector 3 роки тому

    I love how hey Arnold the movie is in there

  • @shiven513
    @shiven513 10 місяців тому

    I’m going to sneak in the archives with a giant duffel bag. You name it we play it!

  • @KingIjazMalik
    @KingIjazMalik 7 років тому

    Doing Great Job

  • @courtnymccornack
    @courtnymccornack 7 років тому +1

    Idk but the ending was adorbable

  • @harmony.enforcer
    @harmony.enforcer 7 років тому +1

    Alright, now show me who's in charge of putting all this on streaming sites

  • @Diego-fw5es
    @Diego-fw5es 7 років тому +1

    The room?

  • @davidcruz7221
    @davidcruz7221 7 років тому

    Where can I apply.

  • @puttputtbj3260
    @puttputtbj3260 7 років тому

    Do you think thay store the emoji movie thear

  • @lorenzozarate7086
    @lorenzozarate7086 7 років тому +59

    so this is where my taxes are going XD

    • @davidbernfeld4246
      @davidbernfeld4246 7 років тому

      Lorenzo Zarate sadly yes they could just put it in a fucking hard drive

    • @mumiemonstret
      @mumiemonstret 7 років тому +10

      Yes, but what would you do with the hard drive after 20 years? 50? 500?

    • @jony7569
      @jony7569 6 років тому +10

      You're aware that basically all major films, even ones made today, are stored on physical film reels, because it's more reliable than hard drives, or any other digital format will ever be? You heard the guy, he has films that are 100+ years old, and yet they were still able to restore and play the films. Try doing that with a hard drive or any other digital format, hell even analog formats too.

    • @alifikhwan3753
      @alifikhwan3753 6 років тому

      Thomas

    • @MondayMorningPress
      @MondayMorningPress 6 років тому

      David Bernfeld and you could buy the construction on a word doc

  • @vinnyvidivici
    @vinnyvidivici 7 років тому +22

    Imaging if there was place like this where they cared about extinct animals this way.

    • @mohsinsadiq7725
      @mohsinsadiq7725 7 років тому +6

      LNxTCB A enclosed underground cage?

    • @notrobot6711
      @notrobot6711 6 років тому +1

      We sorta have one for plants and we care for endangered animals sorta like this just all separate for different animals

    • @gabbar51ngh
      @gabbar51ngh 2 роки тому

      They already do

  • @gooey5255
    @gooey5255 7 років тому

    Can i find the emoji movie there?

  • @tsar4168
    @tsar4168 7 років тому +3

    At 0:51 you can see like 4 HP movies!! It's cool because, Harry Potter is preserved somewhere.

    • @nehaneelofar5411
      @nehaneelofar5411 7 років тому

      Ralf Tan the film who lived

    • @MrMahn21
      @MrMahn21 4 роки тому

      Those are actually just half of one movie, looks to be reels 4 through 8

  • @yasirjaved9041
    @yasirjaved9041 4 роки тому +1

    It's Beautiful ❤️

  • @realgenuinemakour
    @realgenuinemakour 7 років тому +1

    Do they have The Story of the Kelly Gang?

  • @xboys_archive
    @xboys_archive 7 років тому +1

    Hey Arnold! the movie 0:48-0:49 love that movie

  • @hoa7967
    @hoa7967 7 років тому +1

    This guy get to watch movies!

  • @soup3015
    @soup3015 7 років тому

    The real question is do they have the extended edition lord of the rings only or The Cut and the extended Editions.

  • @takeuchiyuya9302
    @takeuchiyuya9302 6 років тому

    I hope they have the original film of London after Midnight

  • @briangarrow448
    @briangarrow448 7 років тому

    I wonder if "The Room" and "The Human Centapide" are also there.

  • @samuelaranez1762
    @samuelaranez1762 7 років тому

    you preserve film but how you play it when you not preserve dvd player or cd player or vhs player

    • @sudonim7552
      @sudonim7552 7 років тому +2

      These are on film. They have projectors. You don't need dvd or cd or vhs for these

    • @TooManyEditsProductions
      @TooManyEditsProductions 7 років тому

      How you speak when you don't preserve your grammar

  • @mr.celery4685
    @mr.celery4685 6 років тому

    What is this the institute

  • @777gnom
    @777gnom 7 років тому

    is this the man in the low castle?

  • @ChumboFumbo
    @ChumboFumbo 6 років тому

    They even have the Hey Arnold Movie!!!

  • @GearSteampunk
    @GearSteampunk 7 років тому

    0:48 hey arnold. i was like omg

  • @lux4s999
    @lux4s999 3 роки тому

    i like how when the world ends im gonna die but not a bunch of tapes

  • @lois1677
    @lois1677 5 років тому

    They should go to Sudan's film archives
    They have a lot of collected films but they are not taken care of. Watch the documentary film of al Jazeera about the the Sudanese archivist and you'll know.

  • @stevestone4705
    @stevestone4705 7 років тому

    guys I got a VIP tour there this summer because someone my dad knows works there

  • @Chidulo
    @Chidulo 7 років тому

    Now this is a national treasure. I believe history has always been dishonest and the free thinkers, artists and film makers with balls always told the truth.

  • @franciscocontreras3934
    @franciscocontreras3934 5 років тому

    preserved history

  • @banaway313
    @banaway313 7 років тому

    I freaked out when they had hay Arnold

  • @tyronethetoad3752
    @tyronethetoad3752 7 років тому

    why are there some films that were made in the 2000

  • @huzair96
    @huzair96 7 років тому +3

    The post-nuclear world will be better off if you go ahead and throw out the Adam Sandler movies.

  • @ballinglikechoji6558
    @ballinglikechoji6558 7 років тому

    I used to live somewhat close to here

  • @jacobjarvis1335
    @jacobjarvis1335 7 років тому

    Do they have food fight?

  • @audreandre
    @audreandre 7 років тому

    and now we stored our film in torrent

  • @protennis365
    @protennis365 Рік тому

    Wait until one guy to mess up and causing a nitrate fire.

  • @--insertcoinhere--7195
    @--insertcoinhere--7195 7 років тому

    If the apocalypse happens imma pick up some films.

  • @jb-hj9kw
    @jb-hj9kw 7 років тому +2

    how in God's name is Hangover part 2 stored there?
    0:50

  • @djstr0b3
    @djstr0b3 7 років тому

    Forgive my ignorance on the subject matter, why would not they preserve them in digital form?

    • @Mr1991kid
      @Mr1991kid 5 років тому

      Digital formats are always changing and becoming obsolete shortly after a new one pops up and analog film format is the best option for long term preservation at this time. Some of the new film types they use for preservation will easily survive over 500 years.