Universal is now admitting that they've lost some 35mm prints. I guess they had to- I saw some news footage last night that showed charred bits of film laying in the rubble.

Unfortunately, we may never know the extent of the loss, because studios are loath to admit their carelessness for fear of bad publicity.

There was a terrible fire that destroyed many original tapes at Atlantic Records in 1978, and they tried to cover up the magnitude of the destruction by just saying something was "missing" when a tape was not found.