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The 1978 Suitland National Archives Film Vault Fire was a fire at the National Archives and Records Administration Film Vault in Suitland, Maryland on December 7, 1978. The fire destroyed 12.6 million feet of Universal Pictures newsreel footage from 1929 to 1967, including film of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, other World War II combat footage and film from the time of The Great Depression.
Thus, B&O Railroad ventured into the “resort hotel” business in 1869, when they purchased several 100 acres (400,000 m 2) of the Perry family's “Anchorage Farm.” In 1872, the railroad built the center section of the Deer Park Hotel; and it opened for the first time on July 4, 1873.
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An investigation into the cause of the fire at the 812-acre former resort, located 80 miles outside of New York City, is underway. ... it was actually filmed in Virginia and North Carolina. ...
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The Catskills resorts in general influenced the atmosphere of the motion picture, but as film production began in 1986 Grossinger's Hotel had just closed its doors for the last time. In fact most of the area's hotels had shut down by the mid-1980s so the movie was instead filmed in Virginia and North Carolina .
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The hotel served as a summer resort, although the railroad did not actively promote it as a tourist destination. [2] Located in a valley surrounded by mountains, it provided an escape from the summer heat. The year the hotel was finished, the B&O expanded its resort business by constructing the Deer Park Hotel in Garrett County, Maryland. (The ...