Library & Cultural Services: Modern Languages: Film. Documentary. Audio-Visual

Library Databases

Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
Box of Broadcasts is an archive of radio and TV broadcasts, going back to c.2007 for key UK radio & TV channels (but includes selected older programmes). Includes news programmes, investigative journalism & documentaries. Transcripts of broadcasts are searchable.

Institutional login
Kanopy
Kanopy is a film & documentary streaming service, the Library has access to some content & can acquire additional content on request. Browse and search options available, search can be limited by language or subject. You are not required to create an account on the Kanopy website (click "skip" at this stage), though it is required to make clips and build a playlist

Access through your institution

Note: the complete BBC Archive of tv and radio broadcasts since 1922 is searchable here - https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/

Please get in touch with your liaison (subject) librarian if you need a programme or broadcast from the BBC archive that isn't available on Box of Broadcasts (see above)

The Library has a loanable collection of DVDs and Blu-Rays on floor 5, these are all listed in Library Search. More information on the Modern Languages subject guide

Websites

There is a great deal of free audio-visual content available on the Web. A small selection of some useful sources are listed on the following guides:

Politics

Sociology

Film Studies

Relevant sections of the subject guides will also include audio-visual resources pertaining to that specific field