All BUFVC (beta): nine large online databases of film, TV and radio content from 1896 onwards. You can search millions of records in one go, or one collection at a time. For fuller access click Please remember to login.
African Media Program
- offers an online, comprehensive database of films, videos, and other
audio-visual materials concerning Africa as well as education services
about African media.
Archival Sound Recordings (from the British Library): 45,200 selected recordings of music, spoken word, and human and natural environments; Shibboleth access - click 'log in via your home institution'
Arts on Film (Archive of
moving image films): 450 documentary films made
by the film department of the Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998
and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE.
BAFTA (British Academy of Film and
Television Arts).
BBC Film Network: showcasing new UK film talent by screening short films, profiling the people who made them and providing filmmakers with the tools to exchange advice.
BECTU (The Media and Entertainment Union) History project: collection of oral history recordings made with practitioners in the film, television, radio and theatre worlds. This is a growing collection with over 600 interviews with over
4000 hours of material.
Bill Douglas Centre for the History of Cinema and Popular Culture (University of Exeter): museum and research centre which houses one of Britain's largest public collections of books, prints, artefacts and ephemera relating to the history and prehistory of cinema.
Box of Broadcasts (BOB): large online repository and recording service for TV and radio programmes. See the Audio Visual Services pages for more information and access instructions. Login via UK Federation login.
CineFiles (University of California: Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive): scanned images of reviews, press kits, festival and showcase program notes, newspaper articles, and other documents covering world cinema, past and present
Mass
Observation Online: British social history 1937-1972. Access to one of the most important archives
for the study of Social History in the modern era. Integrated access to the new online
material, existing microfilm series, and the Mass-Observation Archive
itself. Mass Observation was the result of
three researchers engaged in social investigation: Charles Madge, poet and journalist; Humphrey Jennings,
a documentary film maker; and Tom Harrisson.
Media History Digital Library: online access to the Histories of cinema, broadcasting, and recorded sound; collections feature extensive runs of several important trade papers and fan magazines
News Film Online: 60,000 video clips from the archives of ITN and Reuters Television (1910-)
Screenonline
(British Film Institute (BFI)) - guide to British cinema and television
history 1895-present. Includes moving image clips from film and television.
