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Vanderbilt Television News Archive

The Vanderbilt Television News Archive began recording broadcasts on August 5, 1968 with the mission to create, preserve and provide access to the news broadcasts from the U.S. national television networks.

Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Archive Title:

Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Link to Archive or Database:

https://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/

About:

The Vanderbilt Television News Archive began recording broadcasts on August 5, 1968 with the mission to create, preserve and provide access to the news broadcasts from the U.S. national television networks.

The core collection of the Archive consists of regularly scheduled newscasts from ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News. Special news reports are recorded in addition to these newscasts, including material from other networks. We record broadcasts as they are televised, provide the widest access allowable within copyright for scholarship and research, and preserve the content for future generations. The database currently includes 1,315,722 records, including abstracts at the story level of regular evening newscasts and catalog records for each special news report.

– taken from the Vanderbilt Television News Archive website

Time Period:

1968-Present

Content Type(s):

Film

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What Are Digital Archives?

A digital archive is a system for storing and preserving digital information, such as historical documents and contracts for long-term access and retrieval. The goal of digital archiving is to ensure the integrity and availability of digital assets by protecting them from loss and degradation.