NP web resource: digitized movies, Africa,

[Doug Millison]

The Scout Report
 March 8, 2002
 Volume 8, Number 8
 Internet Scout Project
University of Wisconsin
 Department of Computer Sciences

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3.  Internet Archive: Movie Collection [RealPlayer]
http://www.archive.org/movies/index.html

In addition to its Wayback Machine (last mentioned in the November 2, 2001
_Scout Report_, the Internet Archive offers the Internet Moving Images
Archive, an extensive collection of digitized films from the Prelinger
Archives. Not Hollywood movies, these films should provide researchers and
scholars unique insight into certain aspects of 20th-century culture,
industry, and institutions. Being able to select from titles like Care of
Hair and Nails (1951), The Kingdom of Plastics (1955), and This is Coffee
(1961), other users should easily find something interesting in the 956-film
archive. Each film tends to have multiple file formats; RealPlayer, MPEG-2,
and MPEG-4 are the most frequently employed. Because many of the files are
over 100MB, users with low bandwidth should be wary. [TS]

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10. The American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition 1909-1915
http://diglib1.amnh.org/

In 1909, scientists Herbert Lang and James P. Chapin, as well as numerous
assistants, set out into the remote Central African Congo River basin to
explore and catalog the many extraordinary plant and animal species found
within. This fabulous new Web site from the American Museum of Natural
History details the six-year expedition that resulted in the first
comprehensive study of the Congo basin. This online exhibit includes field
notes, photographs, illustrations, interactive maps, and films of early 20th
century Congo biological and cultural features. There is also a searchable
collection of scientific publications, many of which were authored by Lang,
Chapin, and their contemporaries. This is a rich resource that is likely to
appeal to many. This site is also reviewed in the March 8, 2002 _NSDL Life
Sciences Report_.[AL]