[ecrea] News release: watch thousands of TV clips from across Europe

News release

6.2.2012

*Watch thousands of TV clips from across Europe *

Over 14,000 items of archived TV footage from 17 European countries are 
now available via the EUscreen online portal for teaching, research and 
general interest.

EUscreen – the result of a collaboration between 36 partners across 
Europe – provides a rich insight into Europe’s television heritage with 
content dating from the 1920s to the present day.

The portal includes rare footage and commentary on key events in 
history, including a 1962 interview with Martin Luther King about racial 
discrimination in the US.

John Ellis, Professor of Media Arts at Royal Holloway and principal 
investigator on the EUscreen project, said: “This is a valuable resource 
for anyone interested in social history or indeed TV history, as it 
brings together tens of thousands of clips from across Europe. The 
portal is available to anyone (not only academics) and it is very easy 
to get absorbed and spend hours browsing all of the footage.”

The expansive footage has also proved popular as a learning aid for 
foreign language students, with clips available in 14 languages.

The British Universities Film & Video Council which is partly funded by 
JISC, and Royal Holloway, University of London, are the two UK partners 
in the project.

The three year EUscreen project began in October 2009 and is funded by 
the European Commission. The project aims to standardise and provide a 
framework for the diverse collections held throughout Europe and 
encourage exploration of Europe’s rich and diverse history.

By the end of September 2012, there will be around 30,000 items of 
digital content freely available on the portal as the European providers 
continue to add carefully selected material.

Explore the EUscreen footage http://www.euscreen.eu/