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Film Archives
 Websites presented in alphabetical order America at Work, America at Leisure: Motion Pictures from 1894-1915 
 A collection of 150 motion pictures illustrating "work, school, and leisure activities in the United States." Searchable by keyword, and browsable by title and subject. Includes films of "the United States Postal Service from 1903, cattle breeding, fire fighters, ice manufacturing, logging, calisthenic and gymnastic exercises in schools, amusement parks, boxing, expositions, football, parades, swimming...." Also contains related essays and a bibliography. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awlhtml/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Film: Genres & Themes Last updated Jul 19, 2002 Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley: Film Programs
Nearly 20,000 "critical and historical texts about films shown at PFA from 1979 to the present, many ... constituting unique documentation of rare films." Search by keyword, title, date of film, credits, director, or description. http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/search/film Topics: Film, Movies, & Video Last updated Apr 4, 2007 Black Film Center/Archive
The Black Film Center/Archive is a repository of films and related materials by and about African Americans, including films which have substantial participation by blacks as writers, actors, producers, directors, musicians, and consultants, as well as those which depict some aspect of black experience. Primarily a resource list of historic and contemporary Hollywood and independent films, the site is enhanced by a selection of historical film clips and a good collection of links. From Indiana University. http://www.indiana.edu/~bfca/ Topics: Archives, Black Resources, Film, Movies, & Video, Film: Genres & Themes, Musicians Last updated Jan 18, 2005 British Pathe Film Archive
The special feature of this site is the ability to browse previews of the films in the entire 3500-hour British Pathe Film Archive, "which covers news, sport, social history, and entertainment from 1896 to 1970." Preview Film shows stills from the actual film clips, which are often several minutes long and which you get by using the Download Now button and filling out a brief registration form. Searchable. http://www.britishpathe.com/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Libraries & Archives by Type, Recreation Last updated Nov 25, 2007 DEFA Film Library: Cinema of East Germany at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
DEFA's [(Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft)] Film Library "is the only archive and study center outside Europe devoted to the study of the cinema of the former GDR [German Democratic Republic] as well as films dealing with Eastern Germany since unification." The site features a list of available films, and a variety of teaching and resource materials, including bibliographies, information about DEFA film criticism, a list of archives and study centers, a discussion list, and related links. Searchable. http://www.umass.edu/defa/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video Last updated Sep 17, 2003 Europa Film Treasures
Watch hundreds of the treasures of European cinematographic heritage online. "All genres and time periods are on the playbill! From comedy to science fiction, from westerns to animation, from erotic to ethnological movies." Also includes background about each film. Available in several languages. As the site notes, users may experience viewing difficulties due to high traffic. Developed by a film restoration company "in collaboration with the legal successors (when they have been identified) and depositories." http://www.europafilmtreasures.eu/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video Last updated Sep 30, 2008 Internet Moving Images Archive: Movie Collection
Over a thousand digitized films focusing "on everyday life, culture, industry, and institutions in North America in the 20th century." They are mostly "ephemeral films" made between 1927 and 1987, often educational and propaganda films shown in schools and to army personnel, promotions of products or companies, and news features. These large files must be saved to disk to view; even with a fast connection, be prepared to wait. http://www.archive.org/movies/ Topics: Archives, Communications, Film, Movies, & Video, Film: Genres & Themes Last updated Apr 7, 2004 The Life of a City: Early Films of New York, 1898-1906
"This collection contains forty-five films of New York dating from 1898 to 1906." Includes information on pioneer cameramen of the time and the actuality film, essays "New York City at the Turn of the Century" and "America at the Turn of the Century," and selected bibliographies on New York history and early motion pictures. Searchable by keyword, and browsable by subject and film title. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/papr/nychome.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Film: Genres & Themes, U.S. History By Place Last updated Apr 7, 2004 National Film Preservation Board
This Board "works to ensure the survival, conservation and increased public availability of America's film heritage." The site includes the National Film Registry, documents related to film preservation research, and the directory "Public Motion Picture Research Centers and Film Archives." A nice selection of related links in "Other Film Resources" rounds out this site. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/film/ Topics: Archives, Film, Movies, & Video, Librarian Specialties, Librarianship Last updated Sep 2, 2004 National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF)
The NFPF is "the nonprofit organization created by the U.S. Congress to help save America's film heritage." The organization awards grants and funds cooperative projects. Browse lists of film archives throughout the United States and the hundreds of films the NFPF has saved. Includes basic information on film preservation and highlights its preservation efforts through the site feature Orphan [Film] of the Month, alternative films that "fall outside the scope of commercial perservation programs." http://www.filmpreservation.org/ Topics: Archives, Film, Movies, & Video, Librarian Specialties, Librarianship Last updated Jun 10, 2003 Reel Life Stories
Online companion to exhibit that traces "the evolution of documentary film and filmmaking over the course of the past century." Contains an essay on the origins of documentary film and a chronology; lists of San Francisco Bay Area independent documentary filmmakers, videos about documentaries, and Academy Award winning documentaries; and quotes. Includes photographs, film stills, images of related artifacts, links to distributors, and a bibliography. From the Media Resources Center, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/reellife/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Film: Genres & Themes, Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Jun 20, 2007 Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
This site concerns the "the largest collection of Jewish documentary film footage in the world. The vaults contain material shot in Israel before and after the establishment of the State in 1948, motion picture records of many Jewish communities in the Diaspora and two special collections relating to the Holocaust." Users may browse a vintage poster collection and view selected movies online. Includes related links. Searchable. http://www.spielbergfilmarchive.org.il/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Film: Genres & Themes, Libraries & Archives by Type, Recreation Last updated Jan 7, 2008 Television News Archive: Vanderbilt University
The Archive began taping the evening news broadcasts of the three major networks, ABC, CBS, and NBC, in August, 1968, and CNN in October, 1995. This collection has been abstracted with story level descriptions. Also has a database of special reports and periodic broadcasts and specialized collections. Free registration is required to search the archive. http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/ Topics: Libraries & Archives by Type, News, Television Last updated Apr 26, 2003 Theodore Roosevelt: His Life and Times on Film
This site contains "104 films which record events in Roosevelt's life from the Spanish-American War in 1898 to his death in 1919." Includes four sound recordings, a biographical timeline, and essay. Searchable, and browsable by title and subject. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/troosevelt_film/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Film: Genres & Themes, Libraries & Archives by Type, Presidents by Name Last updated Oct 9, 2004 U.S. National Film Registry
The National Film Preservation Board was established in 1988 to choose up to 25 "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important films" each year that would "illustrate the vibrant diversity of American film-making." This site contains several lists browsable by title, date entered into registry, performer, or production year. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/film/filmnfr.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Internet, Recreation, Recreation, Web Design and Management Last updated Aug 31, 2004 The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)
Site of the "visual arts center" offering "art and film programs, collections and research resources." Contains searchable databases of images of artworks; essays on selected art exhibitions; critical and historical texts about films shown at PFA; and PFA Library book, film and video, and ephemera collections. Includes a calendar of events, information on exhibits and programs, and a brief history of the center. From the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/ Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Libraries & Archives by Type Last updated Aug 20, 2003 The UCLA Film and Television Archive Collections
This overview of the film, television, news, and audio collections at the University of California, Los Angeles, Film and Television Archive features brief background about topics such as animation, Cecil B. DeMille, Film Noir, the Pre-Code era, Jean Renoir, "soundies" ("considered the precursors to music videos"), television commercials, and Hearst Metrotone newsreels. Also includes a link to a database of the collection. http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/collections/collections.html Topics: Film, Movies, & Video, Libraries & Archives by Type, Television Last updated Mar 15, 2007 |
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