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- Link
- https://www.bcdb.com/
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- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Film Studies
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Databases, Discussion Lists, Information Sources, Reviews, Streaming/Download
The BCDB project began in 1996 as a list of Disney animated features on creator Dave Koch’s personal computer. In response to increasing interest in the material, the DataBase went online in 1998 as a searchable resource dedicated to compiling information about cartoons, including production details such as voice actors, producers, and directors, as well as plot summaries and user reviews. Other features include news items related to the animation industry and an image gallery, which allows users to see images of various cartoon characters taken from popular films. Many films are streamed on the site.
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- Link
- https://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/
- Category
- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
- Subject
- Social Studies
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Blogs, Information Sources, Streaming/Download
London Sound Survey is a growing collection of creative commons-licensed sound recordings of people, places and events in the capital. Historical references are gathered to find out how London’s sounds have changed. Topics covered are eclectic including auctions, market traders, charity fundraising, fairgrounds and amusements, soapbox orators, calls to worship and beggars and hustlers. Contextual information includes date of recording, the name of the recorder, location, summary of content and technical details of the recording. A sound map enables users to identify the sounds of a particular area of London.
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- Link
- http://culturalpolitics.net/index/
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- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Media Studies
- Type of resource
- Courses, Information Sources, Reviews
The website provides resources for the critical analysis of popular culture in the US, including the impact of that culture beyond national borders. Resources include sites on various forms of popular culture, including music, film, television, advertising, sports, fashion, toys, magazines and comic books, and the medium in which this message moves, cyberculture.
The site focuses on issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, cultural imperialism and censorship, as shaped by and reflected in various mass media.
This site also includes sections that introduce and give resources for four main types or elements of popular culture analysis: production analysis, textual analysis, audience analysis, and historical analysis (of the first three dimensions as they change over time).
Also included are links to online pop culture courses, to journals treating popular culture, to some other key sites providing pop cultural analysis, and to media activist organisations that work to bring social justice critiques to mass media.
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- https://www.cmstudies.org/default.aspx
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- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Film Studies, Media Studies
- Type of resource
- Courses, Funding, Information Sources, Journals
The Society for Cinema and Media Studies is the leading scholarly organisation in the United States dedicated to promoting a broad understanding of film, television, and related media through research and teaching grounded in the contemporary humanities tradition. SCMS encourages excellence in scholarship and pedagogy and fosters critical inquiry into the global, national, and local circulation of cinema, television, and other related media.
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- Link
- www.amnh.org/
- Category
- Science and Technology
- Subject
- Astronomy, Biology, Development Studies, Environmental Studies, Geology, Nature, Physics
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Archives/Museums, Blogs, Information Sources, Podcasting, Streaming/Download
The website offers over 200 podcasts on topics ranging from astrophysics and paleoanthropology to genetics and solar systems. There are podcasts of regular lectures including the annual Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate and Frontiers. In addition there are over 450 videos on a similar wide range of subjects including scientific classification, the greenhouse effect and asteroids.
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Audio
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- Link
- https://www.usgs.gov/products/multimedia-gallery/audio
- Subject
- Environmental Studies, Geology
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Information Sources, Organisations, Podcasting, Streaming/Download
The USGS is a science organisation that provides impartial information on ecosystems and environment. The site offers audio and video podcasts, the majority of which are accompanied by downloadable transcripts. The description of content is good, there is a keyword searching facility, and helpfully the summary gives information on the director/producer/interviewer. Recent topics have included Mercury and Global Change, Geomagnetic Storms and Preparing for Earthquakes.
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- http://rockhall.com/story-of-rock/
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- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Music
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Archives/Museums, Blogs, Festivals, Information Sources, Streaming/Download
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum exists to collect, preserve and interpret the impact rock has made on popular culture. The evolving story of rock can be found on the blog and feature pages offering news, artist interviews, performance notes, and the latest event and exhibit happenings. The video series pages offer many streamed videos including Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney and Queen being inducted into the Hall of Fame and performances from Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Berry and many others. The Short Video pages offer interviews with a range of performers, reminiscences such as Ringo Starr talking about his first drum kit and an edition on ‘Hound Dog’ and the twelve bar blues. The Museum’s Library contains over 1400 videos and 5,600 audio titles which can be accessed via the the online catalogue.
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- Link
- http://www.samuel-beckett.net/
- Category
- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Drama, Literature
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Festivals, Information Sources, Reviews, Streaming/Download, Web Links
A visually incoherent site (a consequence of downloading text direct from other sites) which brings together an impressive amount of information from numerous sources documenting the life and work of the Irish playwright and novelist. The site lists online texts, literature festivals and events, reviews, articles, and other websites and blogs devoted to Beckett. There are audio and film and television sections which indicate when a recording or broadcast is available commercially on CD or DVD (a warning that these are not always up to date) The site also records material available in other countries and in other languages. A small number of titles are streamed.
Other Online Moving image Audio
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- Link
- http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/RADIO1.HTML
- Category
- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Drama, Radio Studies
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Information Sources, TV/Radio listings
An amateur enthusiast site offering differing levels of comprehensiveness on BBC radio drama. There is information on radio drama by decade from 1943 to date giving title, series, basic credits and transmission times. More recent entries are fuller with information taken and edited from Radio Times. Searches can be made by author, producer, year and theme. There are reviews, articles and lists of missing programmes, BBC World Service Drama radiography is a work in progress compiled by Barry Hodge.
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- http://www.jewishfilm.org/
- Category
- Arts and Humanities
- Subject
- Film Studies
- Type of resource
- Festivals, Funding, Information Sources, Organisations, Video Sources
Founded in 1976, NCJF is recognised as a world leader in the collection, restoration and exhibition of Jewish art and culture. The Centre has led the revival of Yiddish Cinema and its priority is the preservation and restoration of rare and endangered film materials. To date, the Centre has restored more than 100 rare and orphan films that document the diversity and vibrancy of Jewish culture, including 44 Yiddish films. NCJF provides programming consultation and research assistance to filmmakers, artists, educators, curators and organisations. The Centre is also an exhibitor, producing programmes for the public, including 17 Boston-area film festivals. Under its fiscal sponsorship program, NCJF provides a non-profit umbrella to independent filmmakers.
Over 300 films are available for online purchase on DVD.
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