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- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mk25
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- Current Affairs, Economics, Media Studies, Politics and Government
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- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Streaming/Download, TV/Radio listings
BBC2’s flagship late-night news programme began transmission in January 1980. Always courting controversy, not least for the aggressive interview style of its presenters, it remains one of the most distinguished current affairs programme on British television. The Newsnight homepage on the BBCi website includes a good general overview of the programme’s history, and also includes a number of extended clips from the programme which require RealPlayer to view. Amongst the clips is the notorious grilling that presenter Jeremy Paxman gave to Michael Howard MP in the run-up to the 1997 General Election. The site also includes blogs from Mark Urban, Newsnight’s diplomatic and defence editor, and Paul Mason, the programme’s economics editor.
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- https://www.mediaed.org/
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- American Studies, Media Studies, Politics and Government
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Distributors, Streaming/Download
The Media Education Foundation produces and distributes documentary films and other educational resources to inspire critical reflection on the social, political, and cultural impact of American mass media. Videos are organised in the categories of commercialism, gender, health, politics, and race. Full length, low resolution previews of videos are available for purchase consideration (i.e. not for classroom use) and support materials including transcripts and teacher’s notes are freely available on the website.
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- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/films/
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Social Sciences
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- Environmental Studies, History, Medicine, Politics and Government, Social Welfare
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- Film/Video
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- Information Sources, Streaming/Download
Excellent presentation of public information films, produced by the Central Office of Information 1946-2006. There is useful contextual material, both on the films and on the historical reasons of their production. Titles include Coughs and Sneezes, The British Policeman, an example of the This Week in Britain cinemagazine, Suez in Perspective, Clunk Click, Protect & Survive and AIDS Monolith.
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- https://sounds.bl.uk/
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- Art, Design, Drama, Ethnology, History, Literature, Media Studies, Music, Politics and Government, Technology
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- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Archives/Museums, Streaming/Download
This British Library Sound Archive online resource comprises 40,000 selected recordings of music, spoken word, and human and natural environments. Anyone can search or browse the information on this site and listen to 23,000 of the recordings, but for copyright reasons only people in licensed UK higher and further education institutions, or in the BL’s reading rooms, can play the remaining recordings. Downloading is available in licensed institutions. The collections to be featured are popular music tracks (mostly British bands from the 1930s to 1990s), African Writers’ Club (250 hours on art, literature, music and politics), Art and design interviews (e.g. Denys Lasdun, Eduardo Paolozzi, Paula Rego), Beethoven String Quartets (750 recordings from the last 100 years), David Rycroft Africa recordings (music and poetry, mainly from Southern Africa), Klaus Wachsmann Uganda recordings (1,500 recordings from 26 culture groups), Oral history of jazz in Britain (with musicians, promoters and label-owners), Records and record players (developments in recording technology), Sony Radio Awards - drama (every short-listed play 1986-1997), Soundscapes (evocative environmental sounds from Great Britain and Canada) and St Mary-le-Bow public debates (e.g. John Betjeman, Jonathan Miller, Diana Rigg). The project as been funded as part of the JISC digitisation Programme.
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- https://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Archaeology, Architecture, Art, Biology, Classics, Current Affairs, Drama, Economics, Education, Film Studies, General Science, Geography, Geology, History, Literature, Media Studies, Music, Politics and Government, Radio Studies, Religious Studies, Social Studies, Social Welfare, Sports Science, Women’s Studies
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting, Producers/Broadcasters
A site which brings together podcasts from the BBC available on i-Player. Programmes can be searched by genre (e.g. Drama, Religion & Ethics, News) or channel. Searches on educational level can also be made (e.g. Pre-school, Secondary, Adults).
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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.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://debate.uvm.edu/
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- Social Sciences
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- American Studies, Current Affairs, Politics and Government, Social Welfare
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- Film/Video
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- Information Sources, Streaming/Download
A central resource for information on all aspects of debating, created by Alfred C. Snider and the University of Vermont. Primarily of interest to American students or for American Studies, it features a reference library, details of debating tournaments and scholarships, online resources and streaming video clips of parliamentary, policy, public and other forms of debate on such themes as ‘This House would end the death penalty’, ‘This House would give reparations for slavery’, ‘Genetic Privacy’, ‘Should English be the official language of the United States?' and a USA-UK Internet debate. Debate Central Broadcasting organises live video streamed debates. Uses RealVideo.
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- https://www.goiam.org/index.php/news/latest-videos
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- Social Sciences
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- Economics, Engineering, Politics and Government
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- Film/Video
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- Information Sources, Streaming/Download
This American labour union has an excellent video news section on its website displaying the latest stories relating to employment and effects of the recession. The video wall located at the top of each web page gives quick access to the top 48 video stories for on-demand viewing or sharing via networking sites or email. Reports cover a range of matters of concern to workers, as well as economics, trade, pensions, and health & safety issues.
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- http://cei.org/pages/co2.cfm
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- Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Advertising, American Studies, Environmental Studies, Media Studies, Politics and Government
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- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Streaming/Download
The website of the USA-based Competitive Enterprise Institute contains two thirty-second television advertisements which speak out against calls by environmental groups and some politicians for reduced energy use to combat global warming. The ads were broadcast in 14 U.S. cities from May 18 to May 28, 2006. The CEI is a public policy group backed by Exxon Mobil, General Motors and Ford and dedicated to advancing the principles of free enterprise and limited government. The ads were launched to tie in with the release of the Al Gore documentary AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH which aims to change the prevailing American view of climate change. A spoof film making fun of AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH is also available via the CEI website. Streaming is via YouTube.
This site is no longer active, but the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine offers a capture of the website as it appeared on 06/07/2007. This does not include access to the moving images.
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