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In order to safeguard accuracy, a female individual documented hundreds of thousands of hours of television news from 1977 to 2012. Her collection increased to around 71,000 VHS and Betamax tapes, which were stored in her residence and other dwellings she rented for the purpose. After her passing, the Internet Archive consented to convert the volumes into digital format.

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In order to safeguard accuracy, a female individual documented hundreds of thousands of hours of television news from 1977 to 2012. Her collection increased to around 71,000 VHS and Betamax tapes, which were stored in her residence and other dwellings she rented for the purpose. After her passing, the Internet Archive consented to convert the volumes into digital format.

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