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- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/prime-ministers-office-10-downing-street
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- Social Sciences
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- Advertising, Current Affairs, Politics and Government
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Information Sources, Streaming/Download
The site includes basic information on the British government, and features an archive of audio internet broadcasts by the Prime Minister, and video recordings of government commercials, videos to accompany annual reports, Budget statements, press conferences, and Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons (transmitted live and then archived back to 2000). Available using RealPlayer or Windows Media Player, with broadband access available (the server adjusts automatically to match the user’s connection speed). The site also offers 360 degree views of individual rooms in 10 Downing Street.
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- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/updatedList.html
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- Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Advertising, American Studies, Drama, Geology, History, Media Studies, Music
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- Film/Video
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- Archives/Museums, Information Sources, Streaming/Download
The incomparable ‘American Memory’ section of the vast Library of Congress site includes a ‘Performing Arts’ section, with playscripts, theatre bills, sound recordings and motion pictures, including Coca-Cola advertisements, early American animation, films from the Theodore Roosevelt collection, early American variety acts, early film of New York and San Francisco, films of the Spanish-American War, and Edison films and sound recordings. All films are available in Real, MPEG and QuickTime formats, and there is excellent supporting catalogue information.
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- https://www.guardian.co.uk/film
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Advertising, Film Studies, Media Studies
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- Film/Video
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- Journals, Streaming/Download
Online version of The Guardian newspaper’s film section, with reviews, news, features, video releases, web links, and a great many trailers organised alphabetically. Includes ‘Brits in Film’ section on British film personalities.
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- http://www.adeater.com
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Advertising, Media Studies
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- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Databases, Streaming/Download
This French site is based on the Jean-Marie Boursicot Cinema Library’s database of over 800 000 advertising commercials. Several hundreds of these are streamed at no charge in RealVideo format (with higher quality MPEG available), searchable by keyword, brand, year, business sector, type of product and country. There are no searching instructions, and some of the categorisation is unclear, but the range of adverts available is considerable, from Icelandic milk ads, to jeans in Lebanon, Guinness ads from the UK, and Adidas from Argentina. Individual records provide links to other adverts by the same sector, brand and product, and sometimes give the agency and length. Information about such a remarkable resource is scanty. In English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. For a fee of $11.99 it is also possible to view online all 6 hours of the 2005 edition of the ‘Night of the Adeaters’ festival of 500 of the most creative advertising films from around the world. (A reduced fee allows access to 90 minutes of screenings).
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- https://adage.com/creativity
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Advertising, Film Studies, Media Studies, Music
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- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Databases, Information Sources, Streaming/Download
AdCritic, formerly the name of the site and now part of Creativity is an American advertising industry information resource attached to the magazine of the same name. It offers a library of over 2000 broadband television commercials, streamed using QuickTime 4. The adverts are listed alphabetically by product, with lists of ‘Top Ten’ favourites and recent additions to the site. There is a basic word search facility. The site streams a limited number of ads without charge but operates an annual subscription scheme for further use.
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- https://repository.duke.edu/dc/adaccess
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Advertising, Design, Media Studies, Radio Studies
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- Archives/Museums, Databases, Information Sources
Ad*Access offers a database of over 7,000 advertisements from American and Canadian newspapers, 1911-1955. It covers five main areas: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II, using images from the collection at Duke University. The database is browsable by date, company, product, headline, and keyword, with large searches being conveniently divided into years with the number of hits indicated. The images can be viewed in enlarged form at 72 or 150 dpi, and are accompanied by basic catalogue information.
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- https://www.4sales.com/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Advertising, Business Studies, Media Studies
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- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Producers/Broadcasters, TV/Radio listings
Previously branded as In4mer, this Channel 4 site provides a fair amount of empirical data that will be of educational use. It gives details on a number of its programmes, as well as those shown of its digital channels, E4 and Film Four, with a breakdown by demographic group, as well copies of press releases about its schedules and its staff. Details are also given about its advertising rates and contact names and numbers for its featured programmes.
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- http://www.songofthesalesman.co.uk/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Advertising, Media Studies, Music
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- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Databases
Site with very basic layout giving details of music used in UK TV adverts, with links to buy, listen, view and download them. Adverts are searchable by product, artist and song, but the search process seems to be rather erratic and peppered with its own advertising. Simple database of some songs used in British television commercials, with a search facility but no means of browsing the entire database. There are no sound clips. The site links to Music from TV Commercials which offers a similar service for American television. Appears not to have been updated since early 2003.
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- htthttp://www.sourceecreative.com/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Advertising
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Information Sources, Streaming/Download
The Reel showcases the best television, cinema and viral advertising from around the world. A range of subscription packages allow online access to over 50,000 adverts (updated daily), agency and production credits. Some subscription packages also provide monthly UK and/or International DVDs as well as online access. Showreels from various companies may be viewed free online by non-subscribers.
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- http://www.brandrepublic.com
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- Social Sciences
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- Advertising, Media Studies
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
The Brand Republic network brings together a number of publications including Campaign, Media Week and Marketing Magazine which are aimed at the advertising, marketing, media and communications industries. The Video tab on the website gives access to the latest ads arranged by market sector. News, views and job vacancies for the sectors are given elsewhere on the site.
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