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- http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Film Studies, Media Studies
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- Radio/Sound
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- Lists, Podcasting
Created in 2014 by film journalist, writer and lecturer, Karina Longworth, this podcast broadcast the results of different research projects about the secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywood’s first century. There are some 130 episodes so far, each lasting around 30 minutes; personalities portrayed include well-known stars such as Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn, Marlon Brando and Kim Novak and lesser known actors such as Frances Farmer, Val Lewton, Kay Francis and Theda Bara. The site can be easily searched via the Archive section and the New Episodes tab. There is also a Film Club which presents the host’s must-see films and other films related to one or more individual episodes of the podcast, and the Book Club or mini-reference library which offers a guide to all the books used to make the programmes.
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- https://liverpoolpicturepalace.wordpress.com/about-us/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Film Studies
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Archives/Museums, Lists, Streaming/Download
The cinema as a place of popular mass entertainment towered over Liverpool in the first half of the last century. This left a rich legacy, not only of picture house buildings, but also of the pictures made for an insatiable and loyal audience. This site is devoted to collecting and preserving stories and images from the Golden Age of the Silver Screen in Liverpool: old black and white photographs, posters, handbills, programmes and lobby cards together with interviews and essays bear witness to the important role that cinema played in the lives of the working people of Liverpool. Some of the gems included are: an interview with filmmaker Alex Cox, who visits the Futuristic Cinema and recounts his memories of the first film he ever watched there; an interview with actor Ricky Tomlinson; and the oral histories from the projectionists, usherettes and organ players. The website is a ‘living archive’ which means that anyone with a story about cinemas in Liverpool is welcomed to share it.
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- http://fromthearchive.libsyn.com/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Blogs, Lists, Podcasting, Reviews
A celebration of all things British television from Greg Bakun, an American collector of British television programmes. The website started as a blog where Bakun would write about a randomly selected programme from his own archive. The site has now evolved and offers a series of podcasts on the same subject but with an emphasis on television preservation, restoration and missing material. Episodes so far include an interview with Chris Perry, CEO of Kaleidoscope, a celebration of Tony Hancock, which presents rare audio recording clips from his shows, and an interview with Sue Malden, the first ever BBC Archive selector. Although not easy to find, the site also includes reviews of DVDs.
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- https://www.conservethesound.de/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Radio/Sound
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- Archives/Museums, Lists, Streaming/Download
This is a German online archive/museum for sounds considered to be in danger of disappearing. The project was created in 2013 and is continuously expanding. Sounds can be searched chronologically and/or by selecting the image of an object. For example, a picture of a ‘library stamp’ is linked to an audio file with the sound of the stamp in action, a slide show of images depicting the stamp from different angles and a record with a brief description of the object. There are video interviews with collaborators who give an insight into the world of disappearing sounds, and the public is offered the possibility of preserving and exhibiting sounds thought to be about to vanish by uploading them to their archive.
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- http://www.culturalequity.org/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Ethnology, Languages, Music, Radio Studies
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Archives/Museums, Information Sources, Lists, Streaming/Download
The idea that the expressive traditions of all local and ethnic cultures should be equally valued was at the heart of musicologist Alan Lomax’s career. His Sound, Photograph and Video collections, which are the legacy of his extensive field research carried out between 1946-1990, can now be accessed online via the Cultural Equity website. Gems include The New Orleans Jazz Interviews (1949), the England and Wales folk songs (1951-1958), blues artist Big Bill Broonzy, Bessie Jones, and Caribbean 1962, just when the British West Indies were on the verge of independence. There are also three YouTube channels: The Alan Lomax Archive, which offers video clips from Lomax’s “American Patchwork” fieldwork (1978-1983), thus far including Mississippi Delta and Hill Country, Appalachia, New Orleans, Cajun Louisiana, Johns Island, SC; The Global Jukebox Channel with 600 recorded language examples collected by Lomax for Parlametrics, his study of speaking style, and the Cultural Equity Channel set up to provide Grenadians at home and in the Diaspora with an interactive online resource for Grenadian folkways and an outlet for cultural feedback.
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- http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Media Studies, Radio Studies
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Lists, Producers/Broadcasters, Streaming/Download
This impressive collection of over 16,000 sound effects is now available to listen, download and use for personal, educational or research purposes. The content is organised by description, category and duration and can be searched by keyword. For example, entering ‘telephones’ returns 121 entries, including American telephones, the Bakelite 200 series from 1930 onwards, mobile phones, answering machines and many more; under the keyword ‘trains’ we can find over 250 sound effects including steam, electric, diesel and high speed trains, Eurostar, train tunnels, train stations, train bridges, etc.
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- http://www.soundandmusic.org/
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- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Art, Film Studies, Music
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Funding, Lists, Podcasting, Streaming/Download, Web Links
Fascinating website promoting contemporary and experimental music which also focuses on the use of music and sound in art and film. Arranged in three broad categories - Projects, Features and Resources, the site’s content includes information about events and conferences, interviews, podcasts, artist profiles and much else besides. The Sound on Film section features a number of stimulating essays on how sound, music and film inform one another, including this look at the Sound of Soviet Science Fiction Film focussing on the work of Edward Artemiev.
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- https://www.genome.gov/10001772/all-about-the--human-genome-project-hgp/
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- Bio-Medical
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- Biology, Genetics
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Information Sources, Lists, Web Links
The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an international research effort to sequence and map all of the genes - together known as the genome - of members of our species, Homo sapiens. It was completed in April 2003. This site offers access to a wealth of information on the history of the HGP, its progress, cast of characters and future, including An Interactive Timeline of the Human Genome. The original site of the project, Human Genome Project Information Archive (1990-2003) , can be accessed for historical purposes.
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