Classic Television

The Archive’s patrons, along with our excellent volunteer curator, twainbough, have been helping us build up a nifty collection of Classic Television episodes, and we think it’s time to unveil it!

Here are a few choice morsels for you to peruse:

• Jackie Gleason on Cavalcade of Stars doing a sketch of the Honeymooners (before it became a show)
• A 1965 episode of The Jack Benny Hour with Bob Hope, the Beach Boys, Elke Summer and Walt Disney
• Rosemary Clooney singing “I Dont Know Why I Just Do” on The Edsel Hour
• 6 episodes of Sherlock Holmes
• 39 episodes of Diver Dan
• The Night America Trembled (1957) with Ed Asner, James Coburn, and a very young Warren Beatty
• A 1956 episode of the Dinah Shore Show - she opens with an excellent rendition of “Honeysuckle Rose”

– Alexis

Celebrate One Web Day Sept. 22, 2007

One Web Day is like Earth Day for the Internet. The goal of the annual event is to celebrate the web and the difference it makes in our lives; and to take time to reflect on what the web could mean for the world and human kind in the future.

While it is easy to take the Web for granted, there are substantial threats to the free flow of online information all around the world. The supporters of One Web Day hope to create a global constituency that thinks of itself as responsible for the future of the Internet, so that when negative things happen (such as censorship, restricted access, or heavy-handed law enforcement control) people will act.

The second annual One Web Day is happening this September 22. The Internet Archive has created a special One Web Day Collection where anyone may upload a video to celebrate One Web Day. You may also want to upload your One Web Day video to the collections on blipTV, YouTube, and Dotsub.com with the tag “onewebday2007″.

To upload to the Archive collection, start here and select “One Web Day (Sept 22, 2007)” from the drop-down menu titled “—Pick A Collection—” before you click “Upload Files”.

September 11 Television Archive Returns

 

 

From October 11, 2001 through 2003 the non-profit Television Archive provided access to streaming footage of news coverage from events surrounding the September 11 terrorist attacks. The Internet Archive brings back this historically significant collection presenting news coverage from six networks for the first three days following the first attack. It is made available for non-commercial research purposes only.

– Renata

VJ Loops and Performances

This new collection includes video clips and loops intended for use in VJ performances. Some of the clips I found interesting:

• Mannequin Factory
• fondo abstracto
• decosntruccion natural
• vidsigmachine vj loops
• Space Skiiers
• Tango Ghosts

This collection also includes clips from live VJ performances.

– Alexis

Stock Footage Collection

The Internet Archive is a great source of stock footage. We have thousands of public domain films (especially the movies in the Prelinger Archive) that can be used for any purpose, including cutting them up and just using the portions that will help your story line. You can also search the archive for video footage with other licenses that allow slightly more limited use, but may still be helpful (see this search tip FAQ about searching by license type).

We’ve noticed that several users have started uploading video that is specifically meant to be used as stock footage. These are generally short clips, often without sound, that include things like scenery, animals, time lapse videos, etc. Since stock footage is so useful to filmmakers (professionals and amateurs), we’ve made a Stock Footage Collection where these specific types of clips can be found.

– Alexis

New Ephemeral Film Collection

We borrowed this entertaining collection of British public information ephemeral films from our friends at the European Archive. Among other critical topics covered here, you will find (thankfully!) instruction in the proper use of handkerchiefs.

– Renata