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What’s hot – take a look at our top ten digital items from Jisc MediaHub.
Jisc MediaHub provides access to a wealth of digital images, video and audio collections.
We’ve picked out our most highly accessed items from the past 30 days to see what is sparking your interest. The items exemplify the wide variety of content available and also emphasise the strength of interest in historical news footage.
1. International Debt
Channel 4 News, 14 May 1998
As G8 leaders gather in Birmingham for a summit, high on the agenda will be the misery caused by the crippling debt repayments made by some of the world’s poorest countries. Observing proceedings will be Graca Machel – a former Mozambican education minister.
This is from the Channel 4 News collection. This contains regular lunchtime and early evening programmes, as well as scheduled and unscheduled specials.
2/3. Lime butterflies on flowers
These images are from the ARKive collection. ARKive is the Noah's ark of the internet era – a unique global initiative gathering together a digital library of films, photographs and audio recordings of the world's species. Although these images are two of our top ten items, information is still being researched and awaiting authentication by a species expert. If you are able to help please contact: arkive@wildscreen.org.uk.
Learn some practical ways to use digital images in teaching and learning.
4. Bushy Park, Teddington and Hampton, Greater London
The image depicts three red deer stags walking in front of a boating pond in Bushy Park. The photo is from the John Gay collection and was taken in 1964.
This item is from the English Heritage Viewfinder collection, via Culture Grid. Culture Grid is an online service from the Collections Trust, the UK’s independent organisation for collections.
5. Britain’s Effort
Here is a cartoon by Lancelot Speed, which illustrates the contribution made by Britain and the Empire to the war effort. It argues that since 'our' effort in men, munitions and money is greater than 'the Hun's' victory, it must therefore be assured.
The cartoon is from the Imperial War Museum (films) collection. A substantial selection of 50 hours of film for the study of major conflicts in which Britain was involved in the 20th century.
Have a look at our guide to using video in teaching and learning.
6. News at Ten – programme as broadcast, ITV Late Evening News, 3 January, 1996
The night’s headlines include: West Midlands and Bexleyheath stabbings, Northumberland and Scotland water shortages continue, Helen Cousins in Ecstasy coma.
This news coverage is from the ITN Programmes as Broadcast (PAB) collection. A collection of news programmes as they were broadcast on television, selected mainly according to sampling criteria. The only exceptions to this were 9/11 and 7/7 when the project digitised all news coverage to show how news broke on those days and how stories developed.
7. Election speeches – polling, results and election speech by Mr Baldwin, 18 November, 1935
The broadcast includes: Polling, results and election speech by Mr Baldwin, The Rosehill Hurdle Race, at Cheltenham – "Marconi" HM the King's horse unplaced, Motorcycle Grand National at Holcombe Moor. Won by Williams of Gloucestershire.
This broadcast is from the Gaumont British News collection. This is a cinema newsreel that ran from 1934 until 1959. It was released in bi-weekly editions. The newsreel frequently comprised a series of short film stories, with regular short-story compendiums introduced under the title of ‘Our roving camera reports’.
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8. Earl Haig at Bristol, 19 April, 1920
Earl Haig in Bristol on a formal visit, receiving a crowded reception as he passes through the town.
This image is from the Gaumont Graphic collection. A silent cinema newsreel launched in 1910, also available with sound from the late 1920s. The silent newsreel finally ceased production in 1934, giving way to the production company's sound newsreel, Gaumont British News.
9. The lost centuries – 4: a star in the east
This is about the rise of Christianity and is filmed in the Catacombs, Rome – Sancta Sophia, Constantinople.
From the Anglia Television Library collection. The collection contains two series: ‘Who Were the British?’ (1965) and ‘The Lost Centuries’ (1968). The first covers the history and impact of the Romans in Britain. The second relates to the post-Roman rise of Christianity and the later influence of the Islamic Empires through to the Renaissance.
10. Weekend News, programme as broadcast, ITV Late Evening News, 30 September, 2001
The broadcast includes: USA terrorist attacks – main events, British Forces in Gulf – military build up, Prince Edward TV company row continues. This news coverage is from the ITN Programmes as Broadcast (PAB) collection as detailed above.
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Most popular collections from the British Universities Film& Video Council
The British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC), part funded by Jisc, supports education by delivering unique services and advice to promote the production, study and use of moving image and sound across all subject areas in further and higher education. Here are some of their most popular free collections:
Shakespeare on film, television and radio
The Shakespeare resource is often the first port of call for any teaching or research that includes Shakespeare in moving image and sound. This resource is an authoritative online database with an international scope and includes over 7,000 records dating from the 1890s to the present day.
News on screen
This is the world’s most comprehensive multimedia resource on the history of newsfilm. It includes more than 180,000 newsreel and cinemagazine stories linked to moving image content, audio and digitised production documents.
Moving image gateway
This resource searches over 1,300 websites relating to moving image and sound, which were selected for their value to teaching, learning and research. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas to improve your experience when searching.
Find DVDs
This collection covers most academic subjects and includes DVDs, podcasts, CDs and websites. It contains around 28,000 free and commercially available media materials selected by BUFVC staff for their usefulness in higher and further education.
Here is a pick of Jisc Digital Media advice to support you in using multimedia content in teaching, learning and research:
A guide to using video in teaching and learning – this is an introduction into some of the potential benefits you will find and challenges you may face when using video materials for supporting teaching and learning.
Practical ways to use digital images in teaching and learning – this showcases ways in which those new to using images within teaching can maximise their potential.
Using audio in teaching and learning – this handbook includes an introduction with examples on how to use audio resources to support teaching and learning activities.
For a helpful listing that includes the highlighted resources above as well as others, please go to: An overview of Jisc Digital Media materials for those using digital media in teaching and research.