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- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/
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- General Science, Geography, History, Nature
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- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Producers/Broadcasters, Streaming/Download, TV/Radio listings
National Geographic Channel (also commercially abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo) is the American digital cable and satellite television channel that is owned by Fox Cable Networks division of 21st Century Fox and the National Geographic Society.
The channel broadcasts non-fiction television programmes produced by National Geographic and other production companies. It features documentaries with factual content involving nature, science, culture, and history, plus some reality and pseudo-scientific entertainment programming.
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Moving image
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- Link
- https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/london-metropolitan-archives/images-film/Pages/default.aspx
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- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Education, History, Social Studies
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Archives/Museums, Organisations, Streaming/Download
The London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) are the main archives for the Greater London area. Established in 1997, having previously been known as the Greater London Record Office, they are financed by the City of London Corporation. THE LMA is home to an extensive range of documents, images, maps, films and books about London. The online catalogue records over 1000 films and videotapes. The Images and Film pages of the site lead the user to the Mediatheque which screens material that has been digitised. A smaller selection of film and video titles are available on the YouTube channel.
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- Link
- https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- Geography, History, Politics and Government
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Databases, Information Sources, Organisations, Web Links
The CAIN (Conflict Archive on the InterNet) website, located at the University of Ulster, contains information and source material on ‘the Troubles’ and politics in Northern Ireland from 1968 to the present. There is also some material on society in the region and a selection of digitised records from the National Archives of Ireland and the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. The main sections are: Background to the Conflict; Key Events; Key Issues, Databases and Bibliographies, Northern Ireland Society and Conflict Studies. The films section lists films with ‘the Troubles’ as the theme. There is also video footage of a selection of Physical Memorials in public spaces. The videos contain no commentary and provide enough detail for users to be able to read inscriptions.
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- http://www.londonssilentcinemas.com
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- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Architecture, Film Studies, History
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Information Sources
London’s Silent Cinemas explores the history of cinema exhibition in London from the emergence of permanent film venues in 1906 to the end of the silent film era c1930. It documents the early lives of over 700 cinemas across London and its suburbs, using information gathered from local histories, city council records, film trade journals and directories, cinema programmes, street directories and historic maps and plans. This information can be accessed using the interactive London’s Silent Cinemas Map.
Other special features include a guide to the History of London’s cinemas, and online Exhibitions, including an in-depth view of Cinema and the West End, 1906-1930. London’s Silent Cinemas is intended as a resource for cinema researchers and teachers, historians and anyone interested in the early days of film exhibition in London.
London’s Silent Cinemas was developed by Dr Chris O’Rourke, using research undertaken during a Research Associateship funded by the UCL Centre for Humanities Interdisciplinary Research Projects (CHIRP). The elegant website was designed and built by Sam Nightingale.
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- Link
- https://ecommerce.umass.edu/defa/
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- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Film Studies, German Studies, History
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Archives/Museums, Festivals, Information Sources
The DEFA Film Library at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is an archive and research centre devoted to a broad spectrum of filmmaking from, and related to, former East Germany and the GDR. It houses an extensive collection of 35mm and 16mm prints, DVDs, books, periodicals and articles. The Library supports an international network of researchers with a range of regular programming — such as biennial Summer Film Institutes and Filmmaker’s Tours, and workshops and panel discussions at major conferences in the US and Europe that helps shape national and international research on [East] German cinema during the global Cold War and on related films from Germany and elsewhere. The DVDs offered for sale are listed in the Store.
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- https://vimeo.com/firehorseshowreel
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
- Subject
- History, Politics and Government, Religious Studies, Social Studies
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Footage Sources, Streaming/Download
A stock footage library, The Firehorse Archive collection offers access to thousands of raw video clips from the Arab world and the Middle East. The footage includes social life, heritage, religious communities, landscape and interviews with people from all walks of life. Compilation tapes are available and the archive can be searched by keyword or via country.
Other Online Moving image
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- Category
- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- American Studies, History
- Type of resource
- Streaming/Download
History in Motion is the moving image pages of the Eye Witness to History American website. The 20 film clips are arranged chronologically beginning with THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (1903) and ending with WORLD WAR II - THE HOME FRONT featuring women defence workers.
Other Online
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- Link
- https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/a_history_of_the_world.aspx
- Category
- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- History
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Archives/Museums, Streaming/Download
A 100 part series on BBC Radio 4 written and presented by Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, exploring world history from two million years ago to the present. Objects featured in the series can be explored and their stories discovered in the Museum galleries. Episodes can be searched by the twenty themes such as The Rise of World Faiths and Mass Production, Mass Persuasion.
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- Link
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dwbwz/episodes/downloads
- Subject
- Art, German Studies, History
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Archives/Museums, Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, explores 600 years of Germany’s complex history using objects, art, landmarks and literature. The series was broadcast in 30 episodes on BBC Radio 4 in 2014 and is available indefinitely.
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- Link
- https://prisonsmemoryarchive.com/
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- Social Sciences
- Subject
- History, Politics and Government, Psychology, Social Studies
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Archives/Museums, Information Sources, Journals, Lists, Streaming/Download, Web Links
The Prisons Memory Archive has recorded 175 interviews and walk-and-talk recordings with those who passed through Armagh Gaol, the Maze and Long Kesh Prison during the 30 years of the violent conflict about the constitutional status of Northern Ireland. The range of participants in the PMA includes prison staff, prisoners, visitors, teachers, chaplains and probation officers. The testimonies have been grouped by theme to aid navigation e.g. release, education, coping, visits. The PMA is an ongoing project and new interviews are being added to the site. The website also provides a filmography of feature films and documentaries which deal with prisoners’ experiences.
Other Online Moving image
Learning on Screen