EARTHQUAKE
1972 · National Archives and Records Administration (via FedFlix)
Finding US Government work
The record names a federal body as the creating agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act).
The record names a federal body as the creating agency. A work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties has no US copyright (17 U.S.C. 105; before 1978, section 8 of the 1909 Act). This says nothing about copyright outside the United States, or about music, stock footage or other material the film may incorporate.
- Creating body, as recorded
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- National Archives Identifier
- 61057 (local identifier 311.113)
- Internet Archive item
- gov.archives.arc.61057 (uploader's licence mark: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
The record
The Internet Archive item's description, as transcribed by the uploader from the source archive's record. Check it against the National Archives catalog entry linked above.
National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 61057 / Local Identifier 311.113 - EARTHQUAKE - Federal Emergency Management Agency. (04/01/1979 - 03/2003). This film chronicles the events surrounding the San Fernando Valley earthquake, documenting what happened when the earthquake struck, and how people and the government responded. Scenes show the fire and destruction left by the earthquake, gas mains exploded, sewer and water lines erupted in the street, and why 80,000 people were forced from their homes by a threatened break in a major dam. The footage also includes scenes with Governor Ronald Reagan and Vice President Spiro Agnew. -