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Individual Marine correspondents recorded their observation of combat and its aftermath and interviewed fellow Marines discussing their experiences during the war, their lives back home, and unique historical moments, such the death of President Roosevelt.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, these culturally important recordings were made on two of the most challenging audio formats ever devised: steel recording wire and Amertape, an embossing system of recording that made grooves in 35mm film. In the pre-tape era, both formats facilitated portable, continuous recording in the field but came with unique recording issues and have suffered subsequent damage through playback and age. From wire and Amertape to lacquers in the 1950s, from lacquers to open reel tape in the 1980s, and from tape to digital in 2010s, there remain many descriptive gaps which are now possible to fill. \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis presentation will discuss the history of these unique recordings, their curation at the Library of Congress, and the special equipment and workflows developed through reverse engineering to transfer them optimally, enabling the retelling of old stories better and the discovery of new ones that help us understand the time, the place, and the people involved in this large, multi-levelled narrative. \u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Publisher"]},"value":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eFrom 1943 to 1945, the Library of Congress collaborated with the U.S. Marine Corps to sonically document the so-called \u0026ldquo;island hopping\u0026rdquo; campaign in the Japanese occupied islands of the Pacific. Individual Marine correspondents recorded their observation of combat and its aftermath and interviewed fellow Marines discussing their experiences during the war, their lives back home, and unique historical moments, such the death of President Roosevelt.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, these culturally important recordings were made on two of the most challenging audio formats ever devised: steel recording wire and Amertape, an embossing system of recording that made grooves in 35mm film. In the pre-tape era, both formats facilitated portable, continuous recording in the field but came with unique recording issues and have suffered subsequent damage through playback and age. From wire and Amertape to lacquers in the 1950s, from lacquers to open reel tape in the 1980s, and from tape to digital in 2010s, there remain many descriptive gaps which are now possible to fill.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis presentation will discuss the history of these unique recordings, their curation at the Library of Congress, and the special equipment and workflows developed through reverse engineering to transfer them optimally, enabling the retelling of old stories better and the discovery of new ones that help us understand the time, the place, and the people involved in this large, multi-levelled narrative.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}},"provider":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/aboutus","type":"Agent","label":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]},"homepage":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/","type":"Text","label":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]},"format":"text/html"}],"logo":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/019/original/ARSC_Full_Logo_RGB_K.jpg?1605438091","type":"Image"}]}],"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/313/189/small/ARSC_conf_2026_Bergh_thmb.jpg?1782489610","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3706/collection_resources/170534/file/313189","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 1 of 1 - ARSC_conf_2026_Bergh_video_1.mp4"]},"duration":2694.25823,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/313/189/small/ARSC_conf_2026_Bergh_thmb.jpg?1782489610","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3706/collection_resources/170534/file/313189/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3706/collection_resources/170534/file/313189/content/1/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-arsc.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/313/189/original/ARSC_conf_2026_Bergh_video_1.mp4?1782489473","type":"Video","format":"video/mp4","duration":2694.25823,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3706/collection_resources/170534/file/313189","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[]}]}