National Archives and Google have launched a pilot project to digitize and offer Historic Films Online for free. This agreement will enable researchers and the general public to access historic movies, documentaries and other films from the National Archives via Google Video as well as the National Archives website.


National Archives and Google have launched a pilot project to digitize and offer Historic Films Online for free. This agreement will enable researchers and the general public to access historic movies, documentaries and other films from the National Archives via Google Video as well as the National Archives website.

Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein, said: “Our new strategic plan emphasizes the importance of providing access to records anytime, anywhere. This is one of many initiatives that we are launching to make our goal a reality. For the first time, the public will be able to view this collection of rare and unusual films on the Internet”. [source]

Co-Founder and President of Technology Sergey Brin, said: “Today, we’ve begun to make the extraordinary historic films of the National Archives available to the world for the first time online. Students and researchers whether in San Francisco or Bangladesh can watch remarkable video such as World War II newsreels and the story of Apollo 11 – the historic first landing on the Moon”. [source]

Highlights of the pilot project include:

“Carmencita – Spanish Dance,” featuring the famous Spanish Gypsy dancer,1894

World War II, 1941-45 documentary films.

Nasa documentary films on the history of the spaceflight program.

Motion picture films, primarily from the 1930s.

“The National Archives and Google are exploring the possibilities of expanding the on-line film collection and making the Archives extensive textual holdings available via the Internet”. [source]

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