Reference Museums Arts and Entertainment Film and Media Film Archives

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Archive - Describes the collections and services offered by the Academy's motion picture archives and library.
Agrasanchez Film Archives - Archives and sells copies of historic Mexican films and posters.
American Film Institute - Silver Theatre and Louis B Mayer Library. Free admission to library, with booking advised for specific research.
Anthology Film Archives - Preserves and exhibits motion pictures. It collects literature and documents, and promotes understanding of cinema for students, scholars, the public.
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.
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.
BBC Learning Studies - Video resources from the world's largest educational TV archive, incorporating a full licence to use in education and training.
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive - Centre for study and education with museum, gallery and film archive. Located in Berkeley, California. Entrance charge.
British Film Institute: Collections and Archives - Largest collection of television and film titles in Europe. Offers access to titles on several video formats.
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.
Cinemedia - Supports the growth and diversification of screen culture in Australia. Search for titles in the Cinemedia collection.
The Film Reference Library - Located in Toronto, Ontario, collects and preserves materials for film education, research and production. Entrance charge.
Filmmakers Library - Collects, distributes, sells and leases documentary films and videos primarily for educational use. Subjects include psychology, sociology, anthropology and multicultural issues.
Footage.net - Stock, archival, and news footage network. Instantly search the footage trade's best databases.
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. Housed at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
George Eastman House: Motion Picture Collections - Collects and interprets images, films, and equipment in the disciplines of photography and motion pciture.
Harvard Film Archive - Collects and screens fine foreign, art, historical, and other films.
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.
Media Archive for Central England - The moving image archive for the English Midlands. News, contact details, and a map of the region represented.
National Archive of Film Shorts - A free depository for film and video shorts lasting 30 minutes or less produced by UK based independent film makers.
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.
The National Film Archive of Thailand - Collection of television newsreels, documentary and feature films, as well as film ephemera related to Thailand.
National Film Preservation Board - A public-private partnership to benefit the film preservation efforts of American film archives, historical societies and similar institutions.
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.
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.
Out Of Sight International Film and Television Archive Festival - Past festival details with film synopses and genres, as well as a newsletter.
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.
The Ransom Center - Film Collection - Located in Austin, Texas at the University of Texas. Various collections and reading rooms.
San Francisco Media Archive - Collection of historically important films. General information including donation guidelines.
ScreenSound Australia - Seeks to collect, preserve and share Australia's audio visual heritage.
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.

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