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Television, radio and documentary film

Primary sources for historical research

Television archives

Vanderbilt University Television News Archive
Index to the most extensive and complete archive of television news.

C-SPAN Video Library
Includes every C-SPAN program aired since 1987. Particularly valuable for coverage of Congress, including video of congressional hearings.

TV NEWS
The Internet Archive is now collecting TV news broadcasts. Coverage starts in 2009. Clips plus searchable transcripts online, plus a fee-based service for borrowing coverage on DVD.

and see also Audio & video archives online

Television transcripts

Lexis-Nexis Academic -- under Search the News, choose Source Type = Broadcast Transcripts

Search the Main Catalog for keyword=burrelles transcripts for links to transcripts of selected television programs.

American Archive of Public Broadcasting

In the Main Catalog or in Worldcat, search for transcripts along with keywords from the name of a specific program to find transcripts in print and microforms.