Pathé Newsreel Archive Launched Online

URLwire for Tuesday, November 19, 2002

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Pathé Newsreel Archive Launched Online
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Hundreds of hours of historic newsreel footage can be viewed free of charge on the internet after Pathé put its archive online.
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Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell "National lottery good cause funding has enabled British Pathé to bring about this world first, both in terms of technical achievement and in bringing 20th Century newsreel to the small screen of Internet users of all ages."
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Over 3,500 hours of historic newsreel footage can be viewed free of charge on the web at http://www.britishpathe.com. British Pathe, one of the oldest media companies in the world, has placed its archive online. The bi-weekly news bulletins, which played in cinemas from 1910 to 1970, are now available via the Pathé web site as a direct result of a £1 million grant from the National Lottery. The site offers a free preview for the general public. Professionals wanting footage for re-broadcasting need to request a licence.

Specialists at Pathé spent over 50,000 hours transferring their 35mm film archive to digital video. The film had been stored in a special warehouse that required 30,000 square feet. By comparison, the digital version takes up five square feet on a single Pathé computer drive. The files have been streamlined to be downloaded quickly over an a 56K connection, though the quality remains good enough to view at a reasonable size on your monitor/screen.

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