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  1. British Pathé Film Collection
    Resource Type: Website
    A vast collection of historical events and social activity on film. 85,000 newsreels are searchable and viewable on YouTube, equating to 3,500 hours of filmed history.
  2. Ciné-Archives
    Resource Type: Website
    Ciné-Archives gère le fonds audiovisuel du Parti communiste français - Mouvement ouvrier & démocratique. Elle a pour mission la conservation et la promotion de ces archives.
  3. Labor Film Archive
    Films, videos and film festivals that focus on work, workers and worker’s issues

    Resource Type: Website
    The Labor Film Archive's goal is to present films and documentaries from around the world depicting aspects of work marginalized or absent in most commercial theatres. The Labor Film Database is an excellent resource for searching for union and labor related movies. The site also features a "Streaming Online" category which includes titles like Union Maids, America's Victory: The 1997 UPS Strike, and Real Union Busting. Cost: Free streaming (no registration required). Over 1,700 films and videos are listed here, searchable by title, director, actors and/or keywords.
  4. National Film Board of Canada
    Resource Type: Organization
    The National Film Board of Canada's mandate is to produce and distribute films designed to interpret Canada to Canadians and other nations. Their collection includes documentaries, animations, experimental films, fictional and interactive works. Topics range from the environment, human rights, international conflict, and the arts. Cost: Free streaming (no registration required), download for a small fee (registration required). Subscription available for institutions and schools.
  5. Save the feature before it explodes
    Several films directed by Alfred Hitchcock in the 1920s are being fully restored

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Nine films Hitchcock directed during the 1920s will be restored by archivists at the British Film Institute before the volatile nitrate reels combust. The film archivists' work and the hirstory of the profession are chronicled in this article.


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