Latest on: Archives and Footage

• CFP: British and Irish Sound Archives 2012

  Published: 17 February 2012

  British and Irish Sound Archives (BISA) invites submissions for presentations to be given at this year’s conference and training event on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th May 2012 at the Norfolk Record Office, Norwich. We Are looking for Ppapers and presentations are usually scheduled for the Friday with Saturday morning features a training session. Papers …

  Categories: Archives and Footage, TV and Radio

• BBC Festival of History and Broadcasting

  Published: 16 February 2012

  21-23 February BBC Northern Ireland Broadcasting House Studio 1 Ormeau Avenue Belfast, BT2 8HQ www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/events/festival_history_broadcasting This BBC event includes a series of illustrated talks, conversations, discussions and preview screenings debating the relevance of the past, exploring different approaches to history on television and radio and hearing about the work of prominent historians and programme-makers. There …

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• UK Web Archive

  Published: 14 February 2012

  The UK Web Archive is based at the British Library. They collect, make accessible and preserve web resources of scholarly and cultural importance from the UK domain. As of February 2012 nearly 10,000 websites have been archived there. Contributors to the UK Web Archive seek permission from the website owner for every website it archives …

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• New British Pathé website

  Published: 31 January 2012

  That venerable newsreel company British Pathé has launched its new website at www.britishpathe.com with an emphasis in social networking. The entire archive can now be accessed via iPhone, iPad and other smart devices. The new search facility aims to make some 90,000 items easier to search and find, with improved dates and tagging – there …

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• Report on Digital Challenges for European Film Heritage

  Published: 24 January 2012

  The European Commission has just published a study on the Challenges of the Digital Era for Film Heritage Institutions.  It analyses the challenges and opportunities that film heritage institutions are facing in relation to collection, storage and long-term preservation of digital film material, digital restoration, digitization and access to collections thanks to new technologies. The …

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• Getty Mishmash Remix Competition

  Published: 18 January 2012

  Getty Images have launched a new film competition – or more properly, a music/video/remix competition. Submission can include short fiction films, video art, music video, ad or mini-documentaries. At least half of the imagery (video or stills) must be from Getty Images – not from any other source – though you can add stills, video, …

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• Christmas on EUscreen

  Published: 20 December 2011

  A selection of highlights (and lowlights) from over 150 Christmas-related items currently available on the EUscreen portal: the criminal (Christmas tree theft, RTÉ, 1962) the curious (Parachuting Santa Claus, HeNAA, 1965) the poignant (Christmas alone, TVP, 1987) Take you own festive dip at www.euscreen.eu

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• Media Archive for Central England (MACE)

  Published: 20 December 2011

  The Media Archive for Central England (MACE) is the screen archive for the Midlands. It recently moved to the University of Lincoln and last week the facilities were officially opened by documentary producer Roger Laughton. The technical suite now houses film preparation and transfer facilities for copying 8mm and Super8mm, 9.5mm and 16mm film as …

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• Earliest Shakespeare sound recording recovered

  Published: 16 December 2011

  ‘To be or not to be …’ as recited in the early 1880s crackled to life on computer speakers at the Library of Congress on Tuesday, 13 December. The early audio recordings on Volta discs – which revealed recitations of Shakespeare, numbers and other familiar lines – had been packed away and deemed obsolete at …

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• UK launch of EUscreen portal

  Published: 6 December 2011

  The British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC), together with Royal Holloway University of London (RHUL), were proud to present the UK launch of the redesigned EUscreen portal as part of BUFVC’s  ‘Key to More Access‘ forum held at the Geological Society in London on 2 December 2011. The showcase presentation by Dr Sian Barber …

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