US project to preserve sounds of history
US Library of Congress launches project to preserve, catalogue and digitise country’s oldest audio recordings.
Published On 4 May 2014
They are the sounds of a generation – the recorded history of a nation. But there is a danger some of it could be lost for ever.
The US Library of Congress has embarked on a massive project to preserve, catalogue and digitise some of the oldest recordings in the world, ranging from music to political speeches.
Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher reports from Virginia.