Associated Press (AP), one of the premiere news suppliers throughout the years for newspapers, radio and television, and British Movietone, are dumping their archives—photos and stories and newsreels onto Google’s YouTube. AP news dates back to 1895. Read Variety’s story.
Footage includes events, such as 1906 earthquake, Pearl Harbor, terrorist attack on US as well as celebrity segments.
Variety says the goal is “to provide high-profile, searchable repositories that let documentary filmmakers, historians and others find news footage, and to promote licensing deals for rights to use the video.”
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