File:1937 Fox vault fire footage.ogv

1937_Fox_vault_fire_footage.ogv (Ogg Theora video file, length 54 s, 320 × 240 pixels, 343 kbps, file size: 2.23 MB)

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Description This video is digitized from film taken of the Fox vault fire in 1937.
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Film taken by William Zabransky, Jr., then-chief of the Little Ferry Fire Department, in 1937. The Zabransky family donated his historical film footage of Little Ferry to the city's Centennial Celebration Committee; it was then digitized (and published to YouTube) by Frank Fuchs, the committee's coordinator, in or about 2007. It is likely impossible to conclusively determine whether the legal rightsholder at this time is the Committee (or some other city-related organization), Fuchs, or a member of the Zabransky family (both Zabransky, Jr. and his direct heir are deceased), but it is effectively certain that the 2007 publication was made with the permission of all of the potential copyright claimants.
Source (WP:NFCC#4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMhkeAfFLkk
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) 1937 Fox vault fire
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) This is a segment of the unique historical video taken during the destruction of Fox Film's Little Ferry, NJ film vault by fire during the early morning of July 9, 1937. This is very likely the only film footage of an nitrate film vault fire. Additionally, Kodachrome color motion picture film had only been introduced in 1935, so its use (especially in amateur footage) at this time is quite rare (compare to the Hindenburg disaster in the same year, where even professional newsreels were entirely in black and white). William Zabransky, Jr. was honored by his Congressional Representative in 1969; the article entered into the Congressional Record made specific note that he had filmed the "great fire of 1937".[1]
Not replaceable with
free media because
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As the unique film footage of a significant historical event, no free replacement is possible (unless this footage is itself free; see below). Actual footage of this unique event conveys information that cannot be adequately provided via a selected still image or in text.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) This file has been excerpted from the longer video (which also includes elements such as images of the Little Ferry fire department) in order to focus on the discussed event specifically. Additionally, the music added to the video for its YouTube publication has been removed.
Respect for
commercial opportunities
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This video has been freely available for viewing online since at least 2007. The short length and low film resolution limit commercial opportunities.
Other information Out of an abundance of caution, this NFCC assumes that the 2007 YouTube upload was the first publication. However, the full version of the digitized video includes a title card with contemporary styling that strongly suggests this footage had been previously incorporated into a newsreel, or otherwise published, in or about 1937. If that is the case, this footage would most likely be in the public domain (likely due to a failure to renew copyright, if copyright was filed in the first place). However, at this time, no such newsreel has been conclusively identified, and surviving records of newsreel publication from that time are limited at best.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of 1937 Fox vault fire//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1937_Fox_vault_fire_footage.ogvtrue
  1. ^ Helstoski, Henry (1969-12-09). "Sokols honor "Pop" Zabransky" (PDF). Congressional Record. 115 (28): 38031.

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current15:42, 18 January 201954 s, 320 × 240 (2.23 MB)Squeamish Ossifrage (talk | contribs)==Summary== {{Non-free use rationale 2 |Description = This video is digitized from film taken of the Fox vault fire in 1937. |Source = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMhkeAfFLkk |Author = Film taken by William Zabransky, Jr. in 1937, digitized and published to YouTube by Frank Fuchs in or about 2007. Zabransky, Jr. was the chief of the Little Ferry Fire Department at the time this film was made. Fuchs (also of the Little Ferry FD) obtained the physical copy of this film from the Zabransky fa...

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