BBC's Programme Catalogue (Audio & Video) and Several Other Places to Find Video Footage Online (Both Fee & Free)
There are many databases out there that don't provide actual audio or video content but do offer text summaries of the material. These rundowns often contain just what you need (without hearing or seeing the actual audio/video) and can also be very useful in placing events in time.
One database that we've yet to mention on ResourceShelf is the BBC Prorgamme Catalogue (Beta)
The Beeb calls this an "experimental" database that contains more than 900,000 entries from over 75 years of radio and tv broadcasts.
From the site:
[The database] is a sub-set of the data from the internal BBC database created and maintained by the BBC’s Information and Archives department. This public version is updated daily as new records are added and updated in the main catalogue. This figure is so high because, for example, each TV news story now has an individual entry in the catalogue. Although not strictly a API, there are enough Feeds, RDF and FOAF data to be wrapped up in a API.
++ Broadcast history
++ Description with Extra Detail
++ Contributors
++ Feeds (For example, RDF)
++ Subject Categories (controlled vocab)
++ Results Pages Offer a Visualization of How Often the Subject Heading Has Been Used Over Time. Here's another example, this time a search for Elton John in the catalogue.
+ Television News Archive
All major U.S. network newscasts and more back to 1968. Lots of excellent metadata. Video can be requested for a fee from the archive. The legendary Marshall Breeding is the leader of this project.
+ Newsfilm Online
UK university project digitising ITN and Reuters content. The "samples" listed by category on the home page are accessible to all users today.
+ Getty Images Video Footage
This database includes the
+ AP Archive
+ Dick Clark Productions
+ Universal Studios
+ Warner Brothers Entertainment
+ WireImage Video
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