The National Archives, a repository built to safeguard America’s historical heritage, stores an astonishing 13.5 billion paper records. However, recent headlines have brought attention to what is missing from this vast collection- certain presidential papers. In a revealing episode of “60 Minutes”, viewers will get an inside look at how the National Archives protects and preserves billions of historical documents. This renowned investigative broadcast, now in its 50th season and still a Nielsen Top 10 hit, offers a captivating exploration of the challenges and responsibilities faced by the organization tasked with preserving the nation’s history for future generations. Join “60 Minutes” as they delve into the intriguing world of the National Archives and uncover the secrets behind its mission to protect and safeguard America’s rich tapestry of historical records.
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nicholas cage somewhere taking notes
Interesting timing and focus this close to the election.
I don't know why it's so hard for people to grasp president Trump has the ultimate authority to declassify any document he wants when he's president. President Biden does not have the same authorities when he's just vice president when he took classified documents. So no it's not the same thing one has explicit authority and the other does not.
Way too many of our records are classified and I do mean "our" records. More needs to be done to ensure that records are available to the public in a timely manner.
I could watch videos about the archives all the time. This is super interesting.
Good luck getting access to the information in those records; Almost as bad as JSTOR… Allowing Kansas City NPRC to burn to the ground was pure genius.
(ask any farmer why they salt their hay in the barn, DOH!)
Hitlers diary 📔 how 😮 so they even got aliens 👽 in Area 51 and more
They definitely can bring the archives closer to the current century. DC government do it right now. They have a agency that put everything digitized.
i just went through my mothers closet with her the other day her keeping all kind of stuff from our childhood arguing over every piece if we really need to keep that and for whom. i figure historians go through that every day :-).
One of the coolest assignments I had when I worked in DC was to be my agency’s designated liaison with the National Archives to ensure that the Congressional correspondence we received was properly preserved and then transferred to them.
Dream job
Norah Odonell bias much!!! She is a horrible reporter
The irony of trumpers storming these steps but not knowing the history…
The will be some trumpers who try to reverse suffrage.
The Archivist of the United States is a political appointee. The problem with this is that the person isn’t actually an archivist. I think the post should go to an archivist who has the education and training to do the job — someone who is respected in the field and is capable of making the kinds of connections necessary to increase the budget and hire archivists to carry out the mission of the Archives. Technology alone isn’t going to do it. Also, there’s no meat to this story. Remember when 60 Minutes did journalism?
This is beautiful
Awesome!
Honestly I’d have a good time working there learning stuff
0:29 After a few MONTHS? Why were they there for that long??? 🤔
This is great. Thank you. Good story.
And yet the archives have nothing about my maternal grandfather, neither did a certain department in St. Louis. It's as though he never existed.
I have 2 pieces of paper that show proof he was actively serving in 1952, and listed as Chief, for the US Taney. I have many questions that I fear may never be answered.
And he's not listed as ever being a crew member.
Dismissing stealing classified material is INSANE!
He'll take it to the grave if you let him
39 signatures and we need how much to alter the Constitution 1/3 of 432
Oh my God feed it through AI Google photos
This weapon that he uses on me and my community and my nation and my government and foreign adversaries and allies can alter a document without stepping in the room
All I know is he infests the community with communications of sorts that hone in on an individual hardly more then you would charity even understand and what is the result of drug dealers and gangs and we're at the border like freaking idiots
Omg
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get this stuff into a resort bathroom where its safe
Biden wasn’t charged because they literally said he’s not fit to stand trial. But he’s fit to serve as president. How bout that 😂
Did you happen to run across the 1890 census?
8:32 Norah and I use the same pen! You can’t go wrong with a Sharpie S-Gel. 😊
Is everything about Trump? Good grief 😮
Joe Biden wasn’t charged because he was found too incompetent to stand trial, according to the Hur Report
Tell me that 60 minutes is not biased! There were so many unconstitutional actions done against President Trump and they are still trying.
This is a dream of mine to go there… I’d LOVE to be able to go there and do genealogy research… I might find the answers to who my family was…
Always enjoy hearing about my favorite founding father, John Hanecock.
I wonder if generative AI can start filling lots of those backlogged requests. Will probably take a while for it to be accurate, but with government funding it’s very easily possible
60 minutes. TDS much? Shame on you. Trump did what he is allowed to do. Biden did the same thing. You used to have integrity. No more. You are a political propagandist pushing a political agenda, even when covering the story of our National Archive. You are a disgrace. Especially the host here.
Kamala being elected, she'll destroy these documents and rewrite US history to implement her marxist agenda