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The archived page of a forum run by the BBC in which films lasting no more than sixty seconds could be submitted and then viewed freely by the public using RealPlayer. NB. This page has been archived and although still available to view, is no longer being updated
This gateway from the American Rhetoric site links to a plethora of websites that provide either text or audio files of famous speeches, with a predominantly American bias. The individual items are listed alphabetically, although it is unfortunate that individuals are listed by their first name (i.e. Winston Churchill is under W). Some of the highlights include Charlton Heston on gun control, Jeff Daniels reading Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Roosevelt’s Pearl Harbor speech and William Faulkner accepting the Nobel Prize.
This European MEDIA project aims to Link the television archives of the majority of public television services in the Mediterranean region, as well as a number of regional university partners studying the media. From a design standpoint the website could hardly be plainer but it includes a database on documentary materials that should prove to be of great usefulness. This site is no longer active, but the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine offers a capture of the website as it appeared on 16/02/2008. This does not include access to the moving images.
An impressive collection of video lectures given at the university by academics and internationally known figures such as Romano Prodi. Streamed using Flash.
Previously known as LoveFilm, this is a UK-based subscription site for movie buffs, offering thousands of film and TV titles for on-demand online viewing via internet-connected devices.
The combined archives of the Gaumont, Éclair and French Pathé news archives, with news material going back to 1896. There are a substantial number of streamed video copies of the Gaumont newsreels, making this site one of the leading sources of online historical news footage in the world. The videos use RealPlayer, for connections from 56K to T1, and the quality of the encodings is very high. The catalogue is available in French and English, the latter appearing to have been produced using a translation programme, which has produced some quaint results.
Stagework has been developed by the Culture Online programme to open up innovative theatre practice at the National Theatre and selected regional partners in England to new and existing audiences. It goes behind the scenes to reveal the various stages of the production process, using video content throughout, and a wealth of curriculum resources based upon key productions for teachers and learners of English and Drama, Citizenship, and other subject.
Formerly an excellent guide to web sites on the humanities, with helpful but not overwordy site descriptions and useful background material. It also integrates search results with results from the database of the North West Film Archive, an innovative and very welcome initative. NB Intute closed in July 2011 and the site has now been archived. No further resources are being added and no changes are being made to existing content, so the resource will increasingly become less useful and reliable.
MIT Video is a free and open site that aggregates and curates video produced by the offices, laboratories and administration at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This includes lectures and seminars, feature and editorial videos and more. There are over 150 separate channels that group videos together by subject, such as Robotics, Music & Theater, Energy, Innovation, etc. Every day the editorial team selects one or more videos based on its production values, content and timeliness. Even more material is available through the related site, MIT OpenCourseWare.
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