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- Link
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/academy/
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- Social Sciences
- Subject
- Medicine, Sports Science
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- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Information Sources, Streaming/Download
Excellent new site from the BBC, giving a wide range of advice, information and instruction on football, cricket, golf, tennis, rugby union, rugby league, athletics, basketball, swimming and other sports. Each sport has a video masterclass (e.g. for cricket, Ian Salisbury demonstrating spin bowling and Mark Ramprakash showing batting strokes; for football, the Fulham Ladies show how to get past defenders), information on equipment, rules, and how to take part across the country, as well as special features, interviews with stars, and plenty of illustrative material. There is also a ‘Disability’ section for each sport, a ‘virtual gym’, and advice on diet and sports injuries. The video requires RealPlayer, and is available for modem and broadband connections.
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- Link
- http://www.the-mausoleum-club.org.uk/
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- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Film Studies
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Information Sources, Journals, Reviews
Although there are many websites devoted to classic TV programmes, this one distinguishes itself for its better than average design and layout and for the seriousness with which it approaches its subject and the level of detail it provides. The site includes broadcast information on UK TV and some radio programmes, giving credits and transmission dates (both mostly taken from the Radio Times), interviews, articles, news, as well as a discussion forum with some 300 registered users. There is also a link to the homepage of a related publication, Timescreen which is devoted to TV fantasy programmes - it includes web versions of the magazine’s articles. In addition there is a gazetteer which features useful details of other similar forums, details on distributors and like-minded publications.
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- http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/
- Category
- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Radio Studies
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Information Sources
An unofficial history of BBC Radio 1 which includes original jingles, dozens of DJ biographies, schedules and other materials.
Other Record only
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- Link
- http://screensite.org/
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- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Education
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Information Sources, Video Sources
Although this has a strong American bias, the site provides a number of useful links to media-related educational sites and a number of forums for staff and students. A DocuSeek search allows you to search for key words, videos by grade level, length, filmmaker, and other characteristics, in addition to searching for key words. Member distributors include Bullfrog Films, California Newsreel, Direct Cinema Limited, Fanlight Productions, First Run/Icarus Films, New Day, and Women Make Movies.
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- http://www.visual-media.be/history.html
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- Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology
- Subject
- Film Studies, Media Studies, Photography, Technology
- Type of resource
- Information Sources
This small site is based on the personal collection of Thomas Weynants relating to pre- and early cinema. It includes examples of such pre-cinema visual entertainments and toys as the Phantasmagoria, Magic Lanterns, Phenakistiscopes and a selection of stereoscopic images.
Other Record only
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- Link
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mk7h
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- Science and Technology
- Subject
- Astronomy
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Databases, Information Sources, Streaming/Download
This site for the venerable BBC astronomy series hosted by Patrick Moore also includes an archive of past editions going back to December 2001 which requires RealOne to view. In addition there are a few selected clips from earlier programmes going back to 1960. There is also a fair amount of general scientific information, handily presented in alphabetical order by subject. The site has not been updated since September 2008.
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- Link
- http://www.theyrule.net
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
- Subject
- Art, Politics and Government
- Type of resource
- Information Sources, Streaming/Download
Site combing Flash animation with political statement. Allows the user to create maps out of interlocking directories of the top 100 companies in the USA in 2001, or to view maps create by other users (e.g. Pepsi vs Coke, Bill Gates rules them all).
Other Online
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- Link
- http://accent.gmu.edu
- Category
- Social Sciences
- Subject
- Languages
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Information Sources, Streaming/Download
This George Mason University site examines the accented speech of speakers from many different language backgrounds reading the same sample paragraph. Ninety-one national origins are covered from Afrikaans to Zulu. Details of nationality, age, sex, residence and the means by which they learned English are given. The paragraph each person reads has been chosen for containing most of the consonants, vowels, and clusters of standard American English: 'Please call Stella. Ask her to bring these things with her from the store: Six spoons of fresh snow peas, five thick slabs of blue cheese, and maybe a snack for her brother Bob. We also need a small plastic snake and a big toy frog for the kids. She can scoop these things into three red bags, and we will go meet her Wednesday at the train station'. The audio files use QuickTime.
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- Link
- http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/pacifica.html
- Category
- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- History, Politics and Government, Radio Studies
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Databases, Information Sources, Streaming/Download
The Social Activism Sound Recording Project is a cooperative endeavour developed by radio station KPFA-FM (Berkeley, California), the Pacifica Radio Archives, and the UC Berkeley Library. The goal of the project is to make accessible via the web a unique library of recordings of significant people and events that shaped the politics and culture of the 1960s. The project covers the Free Speech Movement, the Black Panther Party, and Other Activists and Events. The site gives contents details for the recordings held and includes a selection of audio and video clips (using Real). Part of the Media Resources Center at Berkeley.
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- Link
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/
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- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Film Studies
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Information Sources, Streaming/Download
Originally part of the BBC’s Cult TV pages, which are still available but no longer being updated, this site includes streamed clips from the adventures of all the doctors as well as a number of interviews. In addition it has details of all the ancillary Doctor Who products, an episode guide, recently discovered footage from a lost episode and message boards for fans. It also includes exclusive webcasts of new animated adventures (which require Flash), including Scream of the Shalka, starring Richard E. Grant as the Doctor and a belated new production of Douglas Adams’ Shada with Paul McGann in the role.
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Learning on Screen