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Source: Wired

7-7-15

Inside the Nuclear Bunker Where America Preserves Its Movie History

After being decommissioned at the end of the Cold War, the facility sat around for a few years before philanthropist David Woodley Packard (son of the Hewlitt-Packard co-founder) swooped in, remodeled it, and gave it to the Library of Congress.

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Inside the Nuclear Bunker Where America Preserves Its Movie History