One million minutes of historical footage

[abarbarian]

Thanks to Urmas for finding this.

 

 

AP makes one million minutes of historical footage available on YouTube

 

 

LONDON — The Associated Press and British Movietone, one of the world's most comprehensive newsreel archives, are together bringing more than 1 million minutes of digitized film footage to YouTube. Showcasing the moments, people and events that shape the world, it will be the largest upload of historical news content on the video-sharing platform to date.

 

http://www.aparchive.com/#advsearchbutton

 

https://www.youtube.com/c/britishmovietone

 

https://www.youtube.com/c/aparchive

 

So if you are curious about the brits then these are for you.

 

[securitybreach]

Where is Mr. Urmas?

[abarbarian]

Where is Mr. Urmas?

 

Well he did pop in at the other place and then he went again. He is a bit like the Scarlet Pimpernel.

 

Here are some interesting snippets from the year I was born. Apparently my birth was not news worthy or they lost the footage.

 

 

 

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Where did you find your birthyear?

[abarbarian]

Where did you find your birthyear?

 

On my birth certificate

 

I found the videos by putting my birth year in the search at the sites.

Edited July 26, 2015 by abarbarian

[securitybreach]

Ah ok