British Movietone Archive and Associated Press Archive

July 22, 2015 1:51 PM

The British Movietone archive of nearly fifty thousand newsreel films is now on YouTube. Movietone started making newsreels in 1929 and stopped fifty years later. You can find clips about nearly any subject, women's rights, space exploration, and sports. The archive has a number of playlists, including one where archivist Jenny Hammerton presents clips she finds interesting. But, I hear you say, do they have cute cat videos? Yes. Also, a parachuting dog and jokes about Hitler. Also now availabe, the Associated Press Archive of more than 170 thousand video clips. The Guardian has a list of interesting clips from both archives.
posted by Kattullus (5 comments total)

In case anyone missed it last year, British Pathé's newsreels are up too.
posted by Sys Rq at 3:13 PM on July 22, 2015 [2 favorites]

Yesssss. I look forward to diving through these videos like Scrooge in his money pit.
posted by ocherdraco at 4:36 PM on July 22, 2015 [3 favorites]

Wonderful: what a treasure trove! Thanks, Kattullus; Sys Rq, also.
posted by On the Corner at 12:28 AM on July 23, 2015 [1 favorite]

It is fun trying to find those films where the case for lynching the supercilious voiceover guy would seem best justified. I'll suggest Women's Football 1974.
posted by rongorongo at 2:44 AM on July 23, 2015 [1 favorite]

I was so happy that Cairo women's march video I linked above had no voiceover guy. He's just the worst.
posted by Kattullus at 8:01 AM on July 23, 2015