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Home / Reference / Museums / Arts and Entertainment / Film and Media / Film Archives
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- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Archive - Describes the collections and services offered by the Academy's motion picture archives and library.
www.oscars.org/filmarchive/index.html
- Agrasanchez Film Archives - Archives and sells copies of historic Mexican films and posters.
www.agrasfilms.com
- American Film Institute - Silver Theatre and Louis B Mayer Library. Free admission to library, with booking advised for specific research.
www.AFI.com
- Anthology Film Archives - Preserves and exhibits motion pictures. It collects literature and documents, and promotes understanding of cinema for students, scholars, the public.
www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/index2.html
- Association of Cinema and Video Laboratories - Organization comprised of motion picture laboratories, post production facilities and support companies, that is dedicated to the open exchange of technical information affecting filmmakers.
www.acvl.org
- Association of Moving Image Archivists - Organization devoted to advancing the field of moving image archiving. Includes information on membership, conferences, publications, awards, and interest groups.
www.amianet.org
- Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive - Centre for study and education with museum, gallery and film archive. Located in Berkeley, California. Entrance charge.
www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/main.html
- British Film Institute: Collections and Archives - Largest collection of television and film titles in Europe. Offers access to titles on several video formats.
www.bfi.org.uk/collections/index.html
- Center for Motion Picture Study - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - the Oscars - film archive and Margaret Herrick Library. Located in Los Angeles. Free admission.
www.oscars.org/cmps
- Cinemedia - Supports the growth and diversification of screen culture in Australia. Search for titles in the Cinemedia collection.
www.cinemedia.net
- Filmmakers Library - Collects, distributes, sells and leases documentary films and videos primarily for educational use. Subjects include psychology, sociology, anthropology and multicultural issues.
www.filmakers.com
- Footage.net - Stock, archival, and news footage network. Instantly search the footage trade's best databases.
www.footage.net
- Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies - A collection of over 3,800 videotaped interviews with witnesses and survivors of the Holocaust. Admission by appointment during term time.
www.library.yale.edu/testimonies/homepage.html
- George Eastman House: Motion Picture Collections - Collects and interprets images, films, and equipment in the disciplines of photography and motion pciture.
www.eastman.org/10_colmp/10_index.html
- Harvard Film Archive - Collects and screens fine foreign, art, historical, and other films.
www.harvardfilmarchive.org
- Internet Moving Images Archive - From the Prelinger Archive, thousands of digitalized industrial, educational, travel, propaganda and other short films from 1903 to the 1970s available for free, online.
webdev.archive.org/movies/movies.php
- Media Archive for Central England - The moving image archive for the English Midlands. News, contact details, and a map of the region represented.
www.nottingham.ac.uk/film/mace
- National Center for Jewish Film - Dedicated to preserving and sharing Jewish heritage. The collection includes features, documentaries, shorts, newsreels, and home movies. Distributes restored versions of rare Yiddish-language features.
www.brandeis.edu/jewishfilm
- National Film Preservation Board - A public-private partnership to benefit the film preservation efforts of American film archives, historical societies and similar institutions.
lcweb.loc.gov/film
- Northern Ireland Digital Film Archive - Collection contains 55 hours of moving images about Northern Ireland from 1897-2000, including drama, animation, documentaries, news, newsreels, and amateur films.
www.digitalfilmarchive.net
- Out Of Sight International Film and Television Archive Festival - Past festival details with film synopses and genres, as well as a newsletter.
www.outofsight.org.uk
- Prelinger Archives - Collection of advertising, amateur, educational and industrial films that date from 1903 to 1990. Site includes historical and bibliographical resources on these genres.
www.prelinger.com
- San Francisco Media Archive - Collection of historically important films. General information including donation guidelines.
www.sfm.org
- ScreenSound Australia - Seeks to collect, preserve and share Australia's audio visual heritage.
www.screensound.gov.au
- The Film Reference Library - Located in Toronto, Ontario, collects and preserves materials for film education, research and production. Entrance charge.
www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/cinematheque/library.htm
- The New Zealand Film Archive - The Archive collects, protects and projects New Zealand's film and television history. Hosts nation-wide and online exhibitions, screenings and education programmes. Has research libraries in Auckland and Wellington.
www.filmarchive.org.nz
- The Ransom Center - Film Collection - Located in Austin, Texas at the University of Texas. Various collections and reading rooms.
www.hrc.utexas.edu/collections/film
- UCLA Film and Television Archive - California-based museum, containing over 220,000 films and television programs and newsreel footage. Items are available to the public via screenings, research facilities, and licensing as stock footage.
www.cinema.ucla.edu
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