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News: Broadcasts, Transcripts, & Photos
Broadcasts & Video
Here are a few resources for finding broadcasts and video. Remember to check for copyright clearance and permission to post. For more information, see the UW Libraries Copyright guide.
- Access World NewsLocal and national broadcast news video
- Link TV"Since its founding in 1999, Link TV has been providing a unique perspective on international news, current events, and diverse cultures, presenting issues not often covered in the US media."
- Meet the Press This link opens in a new windowStreaming video archive of the weekly American television news/interview program, 1947-2003.
- News & Public AffairsLarge collection of moving images including cartoons, news, TV shows, Prelinger Archives, and more.
- Television News Archive This link opens in a new windowNetwork news broadcasts; video of CNN and NBC news
- Universal NewsreelProduced from 1929 to 1967, was released twice a week and shown before feature films and in dedicated newsreel theaters. Watch them now on Youtube or the Internet Archive.
- Westlaw Campus Research This link opens in a new windowPrimarily a legal database, but includes radio and television broadcast news transcripts.
- World Newsreels Online, 1929-66Collection of streaming videos that features full runs of many of the key international newsreels produced during the first half of the twentieth century. The collection is semantically indexed, allowing users to search by subject, year, historical era, historical event, people, and places.
- More Television ResourcesSee more tv broadcast resources listed on the Communication subject guide.
Transcripts
Here are a few resources for finding transcripts.
- Access World NewsFull-text, 1980s-present. Newspapers, transcripts, wire services, broadcasts. Includes the Seattle Times from 1985 to the present and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer from 1986 to the present.
Photograph Collections
Here are a few resources for finding images. Remember to check for copyright clearance and permission to post. For more information, see the Image Guide Ethical Use & Copyright page.
- LIFE Photo ArchiveProvides access to about one million digital images within the collection of the Library of Congress' Prints and Photographs Division. Includes architectural and historical images, 1860s-1970s.
- Google Advanced Image SearchAllows you to limit your search to a region in the world, image type, usage rights, and more.
- Google Books Advanced Books SearchGoogle Books includes a number of historic magazines that published images, such as National Geographic Magazine and Jet.
- Prints & Photographs (Library of Congress)Includes digital copies of the negatives in the George Grantham Bain news photograph collection (nearly 40,000 glass negatives in all). The collection, which represents the archive of one of America's earliest news picture agencies, features an array of personalities, news
events, sports coverage, and sites, particularly in New York City, for the period 1900-1931. - Redux Pictures - NYT ArchiveSearch and view the Redux Pictures photo archive which includes photos from the New York Times.
Photographs in Newspapers
Here are a few resources for finding images in newspapers. Remember to check for copyright clearance and permission to post. For more information, see the Image Guide Ethical Use & Copyright page.
- Atlanta Constitution1868-1984, for 1985-2009 see microfilm A6747
- Seattle Post-IntelligencerDec 1901-1985. April 1882-1900 included in Chronicling America.
For 1876 to 1882 use microfilm A329 - Seattle Times1895-1984 and 2018 to present. For 1886 to current see microfilm A419
- World Newspaper Archive This link opens in a new windowCollection of historical newspapers from around the world.