US News Visual Archives

*FasTV    Track keywords used in TV reports. Mainly American. You can also browse for News and  Business

*Vanderbilt TV News         One visual archivist calls this website is a dream come true for all in the business. You can search the major networks by date, subject, text, reporter.

*CNN - Video Vault      An extensive list going back two years of U.S., International, Sports and Entertainment news clips

 

* CNN Image Search     Search the database

* FOOTAGE.NET     ABC NEWS VideoSource, Archive Films, CNN ImageSource, Grinberg Film Library, Associated Press Television, and the National Geographic society Film Library are available. A simple key word query will search dozens of smaller stockshot film companies.

* Public Motion Picture Research Centers and Film Archives     A gold mine of information prepared by Steve Leggett of the National Film Preservation Board

* APTN Library    AP and WTN merge to give you a stunning visual database

*1991 Gulf War Over 400 field and master tapes

 

* Association of Moving Image Archivists     Film and Video Resources on the Internet, one of the AMIA pages, gives much information on a wide variety of visual resources.  AMIA (Association of Moving Image Archivists) Mailing List    Send an email to listserv@lsv.uky.edu To subscribe to AMIA-L the command is: SUBSCRIBE AMIA-L firstname lastname

 

* Library of Congress                 The Library of Congress NUCMC provides information about US archival holdings which can be searched and lead you directly to which archives have the material in which you are interested.

 

*WebSeer                 An image search engine developed at the University of Chicago, using words describing the contents of the image or by specifying characteristics of the image.The current database contains over three million images and is growing continuously.

 

*Besser's Image Archives         A treasure trove of online photos and graphics Very useful for the person at your station in charge of hunting down those pics

 

* Global Photographers Search         Keyword Searchable Database of Professional Photographers, Photo Labs, Photo Industry Suppliers, still photos

*Ready, 'Net, Go!       A "meta-index" archival indexes of the major lists, and databases of archival resources.

*The Motion Picture Information Service        Research on thousands of films, television programs,songs, books, etc. Most searches are completed within 72 hours, often sooner. The fee is $75 per hour, with a one hour minimum charge. Generally, a simple search of three movie titles or songs will take about one hour and be a few pages in length.

*Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago   With an excellent  reference department

*History Channel        Malcolm X, FDR, Spiro Agnew, Babe Ruth and more, from the History Channel

*International Historic Films       IHF stocks rare military history titles, German, Polish, Russian and other foreign classics and documentaries and documentaries on German cinematographers and propaganda

World War II Poster Collection        The Government Publications Department of the Northwestern University Library provides this browsable and searchable image base of over 200 posters related to World War II.
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Plus these video databanks :

Excalibur
Magnifi
ISLIP Media Key
Oracle Video Server
Virage Incorporated
IBM Digital Library
MediaBank
Cumulus Internet Media Server
WebFORCE Mediabase
Universal Server / Video Datablade
Cinebase Software
MediaWay
Budget Film Stock Footage