Latest on: News on Screen
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Media Screen Roundup – April 2013
Published: 10 May 2013The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. For those readers who enjoy CSI (and all its many variations) Studies in History and Philosophy of Science ran a special issue on “Forensic Cultures” which included Forensic Fictions: Science, …
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Summer Viewfinder is here
Published: 3 May 2013
Viewfinder 91 includes articles on audiovisual citation, 1960s British cinema-going, the online delivery of the Roundabout cinemagazine and Dziga Vertov’s early Soviet newsreels, accessing the archive of BBC World service … and much more! -
600 Roundabout Films Added to News on Screen
Published: 23 April 2013
More than 600 Technicolor cinemagazine videos from the 1960s now freely available to view online -
Media Screen Roundup – March 2013
Published: 11 April 2013The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. Simon: As befits the 50th anniversary of the Time Lord, there is an article entitled, Doctor Who and Race: Reflections on the Change of Britain’s Status in the International System. …
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BUFVC audiovisual citation guidelines
Published: 27 March 2013
Ever wondered how to cite a TV advert or DVD extra? Take a look at our new set of practical guidelines, which encourage best practice in citing audiovisual material across all disciplines. -
New Features for News on Screen
Published: 26 March 2013Three new exciting search & discover features have been added to News on Screen (NoS). You can now Search across 80,000 newsreel production documents Listen to five interviews with newsreel staff (HE/FE only) Browse over 100 souvenir programmes & brochures (HE/FE only) Search Production Documents really opens up the possibility of discovering new stories and …
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Charles Urban, Motion Picture Pioneer
Published: 13 March 2013Luke McKernan, Film Historian and Curator of Moving Image at the British Library, has relaunched his website devoted to the life and work of Charles Urban (1867-1942), one of the major figures of early cinema. Here you can learn about the varied career of the man who did much to establish the documentary, news, travel …
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Media Screen Roundup – February 2013
Published: 8 March 2013The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. We’ve been compiling Media Screen Roundup for six months now and every issue has included something on the Cold War and the Holocaust: this issue does not disappoint. For the …
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Recent additions to the BUFVC Moving Image Gateway
Published: 7 March 2013The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,300 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 or visit the Gateway at http://bufvc.ac.uk/gateway/ Encyclopedia of Life Website with the ambitious aim of gathering together …
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Media Screen Roundup – January 2013
Published: 7 February 2013The monthly roundup of film and television publications compiled by Simon Baker, Institute of Historical Research, & published here at the BUFVC by Linda Kaye. Simon’s Highlights Of note in this month’s Media and Screen Roundup is the Journal of European Popular Culture and the special issue entitled, Jews in British Cinema, complemented nicely by …
