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Television and Radio History: A Resource Bibliography

News & Newspaper Sources

NBC Learn: Television Video Archive

Definitions

A broadcast provides a visual image or audio of the program, often streaming video.

A transcript contains a text of the program and does not include visual images or audio.

Streaming News Content

  • The Paley Center for Media's iCollection
    • Streaming Video of 18,000+ television shows, radio programs & commercials
    • Spanning almost 100 years and 70 countries
    • Find programs by title, airdate, cast, commercials, networks, summary information
    • Create a personalized collection
    • Special Collections
      • The Johnny Carson Collection
      • The 9/11 Collection 
      • She Made It
  • American History in Video
    • Newsreel coverage 1920-1967
    • Over 2,000 hours (5,000 items) of archival and documentary film and newsreel of American historical interest, with searchable transcripts and playlist capabilities
    • Contains archival and recent content from The History Channel, PBS, California Newsreel, Universal, and numerous other documentary and educational media sources
  • NBC Learn
  • SCOLA
    • Penn State access account required
    • 100+ countries
    • 95+ languages
    • News, drama, children’s programming
    • 24/7 SCOLA television programming (channel 29 on the Penn State network)
  • Vanderbilt Television News Archive (1968-present)
    • Streaming content
      • NBC news 1968 - present
      • NBC specials 1968 - present
      • CNN evening news 1995 - present
      • CNN specials 1988 - present
    • Indexed content (streaming not available)
      • ABC  1968 - present
      • CBS  1968 - present
      • Fox  2004 - present
    • Major networks provide a summary of broadcast and length of segment
    • Advertisements included with news programming - search advertisements for products or brands (e.g., Campbell's soup)
    • Presidential speeches & press conferences
    • Some special programming - political conventions, some news programs such as Nightline, events (e.g., Columbine, Watergate hearings, War in Iraq, 9/11/2001)

Databases

  • Access World News (NewsBank) [Text Content; Limited Streaming Video]
    • News programming from The Associated Press, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, local affiliates of ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox, as well as coverage from Canadian Broadcasting, Agence France-Presse and more
    • News Transcripts

US Networks

Databases

  • Federal News Service [Text Content Only]
    • Translations of broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from nations around the world

Websites

 

International

Databases

  • Access World News (NewsBank) [Text Content; Limited Streaming Video]
    • News programming from The Associated Press, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, local affiliates of ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox, as well as coverage from Canadian Broadcasting, Agence France-Presse and more
  • World News Connection [Text Content Only]
    • Non-U.S. media sources
  • FBIS (Foreign Broadcast Information Service) [Text Only Content]
    • First release : Series 2 includes Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) 1974-1980; South Asia (SAS) 1980-1987; Africa (Sub-Sahara) (AFR) 1987-1988; Sub-Saharan Africa (AFR) 1988-1996
  • Federal News Service [Text Content Only]
    • Translations of broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from nations around the world

Websites

  • LinkTV
    • Programs that provide a unique perspective on international news, current events, and diverse cultures, presenting issues not often covered in the U.S. media
  • Voice of America
    • More than 1,000 hours of news, information, educational, and cultural programming every week to an estimated worldwide audience of more than 115 million people

 

Historical

Library Resources

  • Newsreels 1964-67, Steven Schoenherr, (2004)
    • DVD contains a selection of newsreels made by Universal International News

 

For more records, search the CAT for Television broadcasting —  History

Websites

Search Engines & Websites

Search Engines & Websites

  • blinkx
    • Watches TV clips, understands what they are about and can take you straight to the relevant point inside the video
  • AOL Video
    • Millions of free, high quality videos (music videos, news clips, movie trailers, viral videos, and full-length TV shows)
  • ShadowTV
    • Provides all-digital continuous-access to live and archived television content via the Web
  • Ramp
    • Allows users to find audio and video content based on keyword searches
  • Truveo
    • Power websites that reach over 40 million unique visitors every month
  • Google Video
    • Millions of videos indexed and available for viewing
    • Search for and watch an ever-growing collection of TV shows, movie clips, music videos, documentaries, personal productions and more
  • Bing Videos
    • Allows users to search for content from television news sources, including MSNBC, Dateline NBC, NBC Nightly News and the Today Show
  • Yahoo! TV
    • Search engine that allows users to find information about tv shows, news shows and watch videos
  • Yahoo Video Search
    • Allows users to search for video content by limiting to specific domain (.com, .edu, .org) 
  • B Roll Online
    • Supplies information, tips, and discussions on photography, news, and the entire Television Medium