To celebrate open acess week here are some recommended sites. For film
online
http://lselibraryresearch.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/open-access-week-find-f
ree-films.html
FORA.tv <http://fora.tv/>
Founded by Brian Gruber. Aims to provide an online forum for free access
to lectures, webcasts and video films from independent producers,
non-profit institutions and universities. Current partners include the
Heritage Foundation; Chatham House; Cato Institution, Brookings
Institution
TED <http://www.ted.com/>
ideas worth spreading insporational talks from world leaders in
politics, information technology and academic fields. Good covergae of
business, science and world issues
FedFlix <http://www.archive.org/details/FedFlix>
Collaboration between the National Technical Information Service and
Public.Resource.Org. Provides free access to historic films from the
American government.
Public Information Films from the UK National Archive
<http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/films>
Free access to a collection of 20th Century UK government films. They
include public health promotion films.
EU Screen <http://www.euscreen.eu/>
aims to offer a single point of access to over 30,000 items of
programme content and complementary contextual information through one
freely accessible online portal. Funded by the European Commission
within the eContentplus programme project. The consortium is made up of
28 partners and 9 associate partners from 20 European countries uk
partners include the BBC. You can explore by genre. This includes
documentary, entertainment, new broadcast clips. Copyright information
is available on the website.
ITN Source <http://www.itnsource.com/compilation>
Contains footage (both recent and historic) from Reuters, ITN, ITV
Productions, Fox News and Fox Movietone, Asian News International and
other specialist collections. Some compilations offered free of charge.
Other services offered to subscribers only.
Newsplayer - 20th Century Captured on Film <http://www.newsplayer.com/>
Free access to a fascinating collection of historic 20th Century
newsreels from the libraries of ITN, Reuters, Paramount, Gaumont,
British Empire News, Visnews and French Pathe. Most footage is short
newsclips.
see some more recommended lse library links to film on delicious
<http://delicious.com/lselibrary/movingimages>
Finally
JISC Digital Media <http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/>
Provides advice, guidance and training to the UK's Further and Higher
Education community on still and moving images. Website has tips on
tracing and using images legally.
LSE staff and students might also want to try these subscription
services
JISC Digital media <https://catalogue.lse.ac.uk/Record/1289940> (use
firefox) for still and moving images.
Ethnographic video online <https://catalogue.lse.ac.uk/Record/1243082>
BFI Inview - British history in film
<https://catalogue.lse.ac.uk/Record/1213694>
Heather Dawson
LSE Library
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