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AN OVERVIEW OF TRENDS IN THE COLLECTION AND USE OF MOVING IMAGES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

CLIVE COCHRANE (Information Management Division, School of Finance and Information The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 INN)

Journal of Documentation

ISSN: 0022-0418

Article publication date: 1 March 1993

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Abstract

The National Film Archive (NFA) was established in 1935 to collect and preserve film. In the preceding decades the new medium was beginning to make its impact on society and the NFA was faced with the formidable task of preserving the nation's moving image heritage. With the passage of time more formats were developed and production increased, creating problems for the NFA and the other collections, especially regional and special archives, which had been established. As film, television and video grew in importance demands for greater access to archives and libraries increased as new user groups challenged the status quo. This paper reviews the trends in the collection and use of moving images during the fifty year period between 1935 and 1985, concentrating on non‐fiction material.

Citation

COCHRANE, C. (1993), "AN OVERVIEW OF TRENDS IN THE COLLECTION AND USE OF MOVING IMAGES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM", Journal of Documentation, Vol. 49 No. 3, pp. 278-291. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb026916

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