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- http://www.bfi.org.uk
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Film Studies, Media Studies
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- Film/Video
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- Databases, Distributors, Information Sources, Organisations, Producers/Broadcasters, Streaming/Download, Vacancies/Careers, Video Sources, Web Links
The British Film Institute is the UK’s national information and resource centre for the moving image. Its activities cover the BFI National Library, the BFI National Archive, the National Film Theatre, education and publication. The site includes access to its huge database of film and television information, and an online catalogue for the BFI National Library of over 42,000 books on film and television. Also information on screenings at the National Film Theatre, educational resources, film and media industries information. The site is making available an increasing amount of online video content, including special projects such as the Mitchell and Kenyon collection of early actualities, but much video content is being made available through Screenonline .
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- https://www.youtube.com/user/BritishSatelliteNews
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- Social Sciences
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- Media Studies, Politics and Government
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- Film/Video
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- Organisations, Producers/Broadcasters, Streaming/Download
British Satellite News (BSN) is a free television news and features channel on Youtube. It is provided by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and offers "coverage of worldwide topical events and stories from a British perspective". There is a catalogue of news items going back to 1997, and details of the day’s satelite transmission and weekly outlook. The service claims to supply news stories to over 450 television broadcasters worldwide, with a particular focus on the Islamic and Arab world. There is a showreel available on the site.
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- http://www.opencontentalliance.org
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Literature
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Organisations
The Open Content Alliance is a collaborative effort of a group of cultural, technology, nonprofit, and governmental organisations from around the world that are building a permanent archive of multilingual digitised text and multimedia content. An archive of contributed material is available through this website and through Yahoo! and other search engines and sites. The participating organisations include the Biodiversity Heritage Library (including the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Natural History Museum), many American universities, Yahoo!, the Prelinger Archives, and the National Archives (UK).
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- http://www.ufva.org
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Organisations
Founded in 1947 as the University Film Producers Council, the UFVA has developed into an organisation of almost 800 professionals and institutions, chiefly in America and Canada, involved in the production and study of film, video, and newer media arts. The UFVA is an international organisation "where film and video production meets the history, theory and criticism of the media". UFVA members include image-makers and artists, teachers and students, archivists and distributors, college departments, libraries, and manufacturers. Its site has news items, details of publications and other activities of the UVFA.
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- http://www.pentagonchannel.mil
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- Social Sciences
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- American Studies, Media Studies, Politics and Government
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- Film/Video
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- Organisations, Streaming/Download
The Pentagon Channel broadcasts military news and information for the 2.6 million members of the U.S. Armed Forces. Its broadcasts include Department of Defense news briefings, military news, interviews with top Defense officials, and short stories about the work of the American military . The Channel is broadcast 24/7 through stateside satellite and cable providers, and webcast through this site. The site provides programme summaries, channel offering for different territories, and a live video stream with such features as Around the Services, Briefings, Focus on the Force, The American Veteran, and Tour of Duty.
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- http://www.tve.org
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
- Subject
- Development Studies, Environmental Studies, Media Studies, Nature, Women’s Studies
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- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Databases, Festivals, Organisations, Producers/Broadcasters, Streaming/Download, Video Sources
tve is an independent, non-profit organisation, which has been making, co-producing, or partnering in the production of films since the 1980s. Their aim is to produce films and enable others to produce films, about the environment, development, human rights and health. A significant archive can now be accessed via their website or their You Tube Channel. Films are organised under 23 categories including: climate change; energy and fuel; food fishing and farming; football; forests and trees; health; human rights; migration; oceans, rivers and seas; people and communities; protest; reusing and recycling; science and technology; trade and economics; transport; urban and rural; war and conflict; and women and equality.
tve is also responsible for the tvebiomovies initiative- a film competition for young people around the world.
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- http://www.ruscico.com
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- Film Studies, Russian Studies
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Databases, Organisations
RUSCICO is a commercial association of Russian and foreign companies remastering and distributing classic Soviet and Russian films on DVD. The database of 120 titles includes full cast, credit and synopsis information and future release details if the DVDs are not already available. In Russian and English.
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- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Film Studies, History
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Databases, Information Sources, Organisations, Podcasting, Streaming/Download
The National Archives, which covers England, Wales and the United Kingdom, was formed in April 2003 by bringing together the Public Record Office and the Historical Manuscripts Commission. It is an underused resource for the study of film. Its online catalogue, National Archives Catalogue (formerly PROCAT), gives the researcher access to 9.5 million records, which include company papers, Foreign Office documents, copyright records, Ministry of Information wartime documents and other classes which relate to film production. The documents themselves are not accessible, but registered users can order documents to view at Kew online. The site also has a section giving information on Public Information Films from 1945-2006 which are streamed using Quicktime or Windows Media Player. 5 short public information films from the Charley Says series are available for download as podcasts, as are two audio lectures - one on the British soldier in India 1750-1914 and another on inventors and inventions in the industrial revolution.
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- http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/
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- Bio-Medical
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- Environmental Studies
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- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Archives/Museums, Organisations, Streaming/Download
The whole range of environmental issues from the fragility of the earth’s oceans and forests to the devastation caused by nuclear and toxic pollution, to the solutions required to protect the Planet. The Multimedia section of the site includes a video streaming section covering over 100 stories going back to 2006, on such topics as genetic engineering, ocean dumping, radioactive waste and forests.
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- https://oneworld.org/tv
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- Social Sciences
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- Current Affairs, Development Studies, Law, Medicine, Politics and Government, Social Welfare
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- Film/Video
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- Organisations, Streaming/Download
OneWorld pioneers internet and mobile phone applications, which the world’s poorest people can use to improve their life opportunities and which help people everywhere understand global problems - and do something about them. The OneWorldTV section of the site allows registered users to upload video content on diverse topics falling under the banner of social issues and a selection of the latest week’s additions are streamed on the public face of the site. Topics covered include environment, HIV/AIDS, war and peace, trade justice and community initiatives.
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Learning on Screen