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- 1983 - 2007 (Creation)
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661 audio recordings
14 reels : full coat magnetic soundtrack ; 16mm
10 reels : optical sound ; 16mm
9 reels : full coat magnetic soundtrack ; 35mm
6 reels : optical soundtrack ; 35mm
318 open reels : audio ; 1/4 in. (ca. 6 hours)
6 open reels : audio ; 1/2 in.
147 audio cassettes (ca. 137 hours)
113 audio cassettes : DAT (ca. 114 hrs.)
1 audio cassette : DA88 (ca. 2 hours)
4 audio cassettes : micro (ca. 4 hours)
27 optical discs : CD ; audio (ca. 29 hrs.)
7562 video recordings
65 open reels : 1in.magnetic tapes (ca.36 hrs.)
161 video cassettes : ¾ in. U-matic (ca. 95 hrs.)
437 video cassettes : ½ in. Betacam (ca. 206 hrs.)
3081 video cassettes : 1/2 in. BetacamSP (ca.4571 hrs.)
455 video cassettes : Digital Betacam (ca. 455 hrs.)
110 video cassettes : XD Cam (ca. 82.5 hrs)
69 video cassettes : DV Cam (ca. 97.75 hrs)
44 video cassettes : Hi8 (ca.59 hrs.)
235 video cassettes : MiniDV (ca.234.5 hrs.)
1 video cassette: SVHS (ca.1 hr.)
2859 video cassette : VHS (ca. 2087 hrs.)
2602 cinefilms
75 reels : print ; Super8mm
1 reel : print ; 8mm
512 reels : print ; Super16mm
118 reels : print ; 16mm
1818 reels : negative ; 16mm
15 reels : interpositive ; 16mm
47 reels : negative ; 35mm
17 reels : print ; 35mm
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Received from Associated Producers Ltd.
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This fonds is divided into 2 series, divided by format. These are: Audio Materials and Film/Video Materials.
The first series, Audio Material, includes sound elements and research material.
The second series, Video Material, comprises raw footage, edits, masters and viewing copies of completed productions. Of particular interest is the footage shot for Hollywoodism, which includes interviews with several Hollywood directors and producers who are now dead. Cinefilms, includes raw footage and elements. Some personal films on Super 8 are also included.
This fonds includes audiovisual material relating to a number of productions, including:
• Falasha: Exile of the Black Jews (Film, 1983)
• AIDS in Africa (Television, 1990)
• Burden on the Land (Television, 1990)
• Deadly Currents (Television, 1991)
• A Child’s Grief (Television, 1995)
• Expulsion and Memory (Television, 1996)
• The Plague Fighters (Television, 1996)
• Selling of Innocents (Television, 1996)
• The Dancing Game (Television, 1997)
• A Mother’s Grief (Television, 1997)
• Hollywoodism (Television, 1997)
• Quest for the Lost Tribes (Television, 1999)
• Scandal! Then and Now (Television, 1999)
• Drag Kings (Television, 2000)
• The Struma (Television, 2000)
• James Brother of Jesus (Television, 2003)
• Betrayal! (Television, 2004)
• Impact of Terror (Film, 2004)
• Tell It Like It Is (Television, ca. 2004)
• The Naked Archaeologist (Television, 2005)
• Yummy Mummy (Television, 2005)
• Sex Slaves (Television, 2005)
• The Exodus Decoded (Television, 2006)
• Charging the Rhino (Film, 2007)
• Lost Tomb of Jesus (Film, 2007)
• Unfinished Exodus: Anatomy of an Airlift (Television, n.d.)
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- English
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Created April 27, 2015
Language(s)
- English