The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,000 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or amendments, please contact us by email or telephone.

Close-Up
This is a membership organisation that aims to make film culture and history accessible through its extensive film lending library, regular screenings and the online publication of Vertigo magazine. The Library’s collection of over 14,000 titles specialises in early cinema, classics, world cinema, documentaries, experimental films, video art and independent films. It includes rare films exclusive to Close-Up and by independent filmmakers not represented by distributors, who are welcome to submit their films. Filmographic details in the online library database are also available to non-members.

The Louvre
The French Mueum’s art gallery’s site, also available in English, Spanish and Japanese, has an Online Tours section where the user can experience a virtual tour by selecting any point of the gallery and viewing all of the works from that viewpoint via 360 degree QuickTime animation. Still images of the art works are given separately from this, searchable by period but not by title or artist. The Films section of the website includes an extensive and detailed listing of films which have some connection with the Louvre, and provides copyright and distribution details.

The Louvre, Paris, France in Paris

Movie Title Screens
Steven Warren Hill’s site, started in the mid 90s, now has in excess of 6,000 frame grabs from the title sequences of movies. These are searchable alphabetically by title and chronologically, with links to Amazon where they can be purchased on home video. Along with enjoying the graphic quality displayed, there are also alternate titles for the same film. Users are invited to supply grabs for films not present on the site.

Movie Title Stills Collection
Searchable by title, year and a few major genres (including Film Noir, Westerns, Italian neorealism and ‘giallo’ thrillers), this resource is not as extensive as Steve Hills’ Movie Title Screens page, though its general layout is a good deal more polished. There is also a welcome section devoted to graphic artist and filmmaker Saul Bass, as well as samples devoted to the specific Hollywood studios. They both provide access to the opening titles page from movie credits.

Numberphile
A fascinating and quirky site with short videos by Brady Haran explaining interesting facts about particular numbers e.g. 220 and 284 (amicable numbers), 6174 (Kaprekar’s constant), and 11 (role in error correction codes).