Library Intelligencer » films http://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/libraryintelligencer This blog is to provide information to University of Melbourne Library staff Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:09:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Australian National Film and Sound Archive provides free and worldwide access to over 1,000 film and television titles http://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/libraryintelligencer/2009/04/29/the-australian-national-film-and-sound-archive-provides-free-and-worldwide-access-to-over-1000-film-and-television-titles/ http://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/libraryintelligencer/2009/04/29/the-australian-national-film-and-sound-archive-provides-free-and-worldwide-access-to-over-1000-film-and-television-titles/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:44:59 +0000 shirley http://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/libraryintelligencer/?p=1895 nbsp;http://www.openculture.com/2009/04/the_a…

“The Australian National Film and Sound Archive provides free and worldwide access to over 1,000 film and television titles – a treasury of down-under video 100 years in the making. In a partnership with the major networks and other learning organizations, the Archive has commissioned expert curators to annotate the holdings, which provides for a rich and contextualized experience—whether one is watching unique home movies of Ballets Russes stars from the 1930s or Australian films about the savagery of World War I. Carve out a good chunk of time and enjoy exploring this free resource.”

source: Open Cutlure blog

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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.”

source: LII

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