Research Guides
Southeast Asian Studies: AudioVisual/Maps
A guide to resources and research on Southeast Asia
Historical Films
- Actualités, archives du jour de la radio et de la télévisionFrench national audiovisual archives. Includes historical footage from Indochina
- AP ArchiveIncludes British Movietone from 1930s
- Gaumont Pathé ArchivesContains early films on Indochina. Site allows for searching and viewing, but registration is required.
- Internet Archive: VietnamFootage from the US National Archives
- Public Moving Image Archives and Research CentersNational Film Preservation Board, Library of Congress
- The Vietnam War: Popular Protest Comes of AgeIncludes historical films made by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
- WPA Film LibraryIncludes footage of Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia Center, University of Hawaii, Presentation Podcasts
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Visual Materials
- AP imagesAccess to this resource will end on December 31 2020.
- Artstor This link opens in a new window
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Search over one million digital images in the fields of the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences.
As of August 1st, 2024, ARTstor is available exclusively at JSTOR.
- Albert Kahn MuseumHistorical photographs of Asia
- Archives nationales d’outre-merPhoto collections on Indochina from French National Archives
- British Library Digitised ManuscriptsIncludes manuscripts from Thailand, Burma
- British Library Online Gallery: BurmaOld photographs of Burma.
- British PathéNewsreel archive
- Claire Holt Indonesian Art Collection1,780 slides of Indonesia, which were created for the Cornell Indonesian Arts Project. Subjects include art, architecture, ceremonies, landscapes, painting, people, sculpture, textiles, and theater.
- Guerre d'IndochineTrilingual website of text resources and images on the First Indochina War.
- Les Fondsphoto de la photothèque de l'EFEOFrom the Ecole Francaise d'Extreme Orient photo collections on Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand
- Philippine Photographs Digital ArchiveSpecial Collections Library, University of Michigan
- Pierre Dieulefils: Photographe de l'IndochineCambodia, Annam and Tonking
- The Southeast Asia Movie Theater ProjectPhotographs of movie theaters in the region.
- Southeast Asian Archaeology Research and DatabaseImages from the University of Pennsylvania Museum
- Southeast Asian Images & Texts (SEAiT)University of Wisconsin Libraries site
- Southeast Asia Visions CollectionCornell University Library collection of historical travel accounts
- Sully, François, 1927-1971: Papers and photographs, 1958-1983From the collection in the Healy Library, U Mass, Boston
- USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive: Cambodian GenodideIn collaboration with the Documentation Center of Cambodia. Login to view collections
- UW Digital Collections: International CollectionsUW Libraries Special Collections
- Virtual Collection of MasterpiecesIncludes museum descriptions and pictures of artifacts from museums in Viet Nam, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Maps
- Indochina Ethnolinguistic GroupsHistorical map from 1970
- Global Forest WatchInteractive map of Indonesia
- Asia Maps - Univerity of Texas Library OnlineIncludes maps of SE Asia
- Historical Maps of Southeast AsiaUniversity of Alabama
- Old World Trade Routes (OWTRAD) ProjectProvides a public-access electronic archive of geo/chrono-referenced data on land, river and maritime trade routes of Eurasia and Africa during the period 4,000 BCE - circa 1820 CE.
- Historical Maps of SingaporeDepartment of Geography, National University of Singapore
- Historical Maps of AsiaUniversity of Texas
Historical Photos
- AGSL Digital Photo Archive: Asia and Middle EastAmerican Geographical Society Library
- Muc luc cac hinh anh cua Viet NamHistorical photos fo Viet Nam
- The Dutch East Indies in photographs, 1860-1940Collections: the Memory of the Netherlands (het Geheugen van Nederland) from various Dutch institutions.
- Indonesia independent Photographs 1947-1953Collections the Memory of the Netherlands (het Geheugen van Nederland)
- Online Gallery: BurmaHistorical photos of Burma from the British Library
- KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies. Digital CollectionsThe KITLV image collection holds photographs, prints and drawings that were acquired by The Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV). Housed at Leiden University Libraries since 2014, as part of the KITLV library collection.
- Australian War MemorialHistorical photo collections including Australian participation in the Viet Nam conflict and the Cambodian UNTAC operations
- Old Bangkok New BangkokComparative photographs of Bangkok.
Film
- Ethnographic video onlineIncludes SE Asia ethnographic and feature films
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Collection of films available to UW community online. Individual film appear in the catalog.
- Asian Film OnlineA selection of over 1,000 narrative feature films, documentaries and shorts, including many titles from Southeast Asia
- Bophana Audiovisual Resource CenterInterviews and short films about Cambodia
- EngageMediaSocial justice and environmental video from the Asia Pacific
- Hanoi DOCLABLaboratory for Documentary Filmmaking and Video Art. Includes links to short films with English subtitles. Search catalog with term Atelier Varan to see UW holdings of additional short films.
- Yangon Film SchoolStudent documentaries about life in Myanmar. Subtitled
Southeast Asia Films
- Uncle BoonmeeAward-winning Thai film
Films can be searched in the Libraries catalog, using country name as a keyword, and terms such as: Documentary films, Nonfiction films, Biographical films, Feature films. Below is just a selection of Southeast Asia feature films and documentaries available for checkout at the Odegaard Media Center.
- The Killing FieldsAmerican film about the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia
- TiradorAward-winning film from the Philippines
- Objective Burma1945 American war film about Burma
- The scent of green papayaVietnamese film set in 1950s and 1960s Saigon
- IndochineFrench film about colonial Vietnam, set in the 1930s
- Hearts and MindsAmerican documentary about the Vietnam War from the 1970s
- Squatterpunk2007 documentary shows the squalid life of poor children in the slums of Manila
- Burma VJdocumentary about citizen protest and clandestine video recording in Burma, published in 2009
- The Most Secret Place on Earthdocumentary about the CIA's covert war in Laos
- The Last Communistdocumentary inspired by the early life and legacy of Chin Peng (Ong Boon Hua), exiled leader of the banned Communist Party of Malaysia
- Ram Thaiart documentary about the dance art of Thailand
- Cowboys in Paradisedocumentary about the sex tourism trade in Bali
- Forest mountain voicesdocumentary film made by indigenous peoples depicting the social and economic issues of indigenous peoples in Cambodia
- Globalization in the Philippinestwo short documentaries about agricultural practices in the Philippines related to sugar and pineapple crops
Audio
- Music of BurmaCollection of digitized 78 records.