Archive of American Television: Contains over 800 interviews (4000 hours) conducted with key American TV industry figures. (Formed 1997: Academy Television Foundation).
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BBC Archive: Selected radio and TV programmes from the BBC’s archives, organised in relation to people, programmes and subjects. No longer updated.
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BECTU HIstory Project: A collection of oral history recordings made with practitioners in the film, television, radio and theatre worlds. Project ongoing.
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BFI National Archive: A collection of film and media Project ongoing.
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FAUK: An organisation to promote communication and co-operation between existing screen preservation organisations in the U.K.
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FIAT/ITFA International Federation of Television Archives: A transnational organisation to promote communication and co-operation between existing archives.
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ITA/IBA/Cable Authority archive: Archive containing documents relating to authority matters (licence applications, minutes etc) from OFCOM. Online searchable catalogue (once registered).
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Jewish Women’s Archive: A website dedicated to Jewish women’s contribution to culture. Includes bibliographic entries relating to women.
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Library of Congress: Motion picture element of LoC archive dedicated to acquiring and preserving American film and television heritage. Online, searchable catalogue.
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L‘Institut national de l’audiovisuel: French national archive for preserving and disseminating French television programmes. Established 1975.
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National Film and Sound Archive: Australian archive collecting and preserving multi-media material for cultural heritage. Online, searchable catalogue.
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National Cinematography Collection: Collection of artefacts, stills, production relating to British film documents held at National Media Museum, Bradford. Contact museum for access.
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National Television Collection: Collection of artefacts, stills, production documents relating to British television held at National Media Museum, Bradford. Contact museum for access.
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Royal Television Society Archive: Listings for range of other British archives and websites.
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SWFTA: Regional film archive for South West of England to preserve screen heritage through its collections, available for exhibition. Member of Film Archives UK.
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Television Obscurities: Personal blog charting short-lived American television programmes. Includes links to other archives and trailer material.
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TV/ARK: Online archive of television graphical material, British and international. Includes idents, trailers, adverts, opening titles.
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UEA/East Anglia Film Archive: Regional heritage archive for East of England. Also houses collections with national and international scope. Searchable, digitised film archive available online.
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Yorkshire Film Archive: Regional heritage archive for Yorkshire and the North-East, (incorporating NEFA collections). Online searchable catalogue, including some digitised film clips available online.
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If you have any queries, please contact our website manager Sarah Louise Smyth sarah.smyth@essex.ac.uk.
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