UCLA Film & Television Archive Research Links

At UCLA

Resources in Los Angeles

Other links . . .

Resources at UCLA

UCLA Libraries
General information

Arts Library
Book collections and periodicals

Arts Library/Special Collections
Primary research materials such as film and television scripts; still photographs; personal papers; posters; studio records.

Department of Special Collections
Another resource for personal papers, business records, photographs and miscellaneous material of film, radio and television personalities.

Music Library
Musical scores from films and television programs donated by composers, networks, etc. Scores and other musical documents from Henry Mancini, CBS, General Music Corporation, Richard Rodgers. The Capital Theater Collection includes sheet music used for silent films from 1910-1930.

Archive of Popular American Music
310-206-8895; by appointment only.
Large collection of sheet music including songs from motion pictures.

Resources In Los Angeles

Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS)
Screenplays; production files; biography files; subject files; Academy History Collection; special collections-scripts, production notes, sketches, music scores, business correspondence; photographs; books-in English and foreign; periodicals-over 1,000.

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS)

Directors Guild of America

American Film Institute (AFI)
Film and television books; scripts; audio tapes of AFI seminars; clippings files.

Los Angeles Central Library
Videotapes-entertainment and documentaries; books; periodicals.

Screen Actors Guild

University of Southern California
Cinema-Television Library and Archives of Performing Arts
Clippings files; stills/photographs; pressbooks; personal papers; studio resources; film journals (including foreign) dating back to the 30's; film and television reference books; scripts from MGM, 20th Century Fox, Universal, Warner Bros.

Writers Guild of America

Other Links . . .

ACMI, Australian Centre for the Moving Image

ANSI, American National Standards Institute

AMIA, Association of Moving Image Archivists

Black Film Center/Archive--Indiana University

British Film Institute

CinemaSpace, UC Berkeley

George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Films

IFFA/FIAF, International Federation of Film Archives

IFTA/FIAT, International Federation of Television Archive

IMDB, Internet Movie Database

Kodak, Film Care

Library of Congress

• U.S. Copyright Office
• Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
• National Film Preservation Board

Museum of Modern Art

NARA, National Archives and Records Administration

NAMID, National Moving Image Database

NYU Bobst Library, Cinema Studies

Pacific Film Archive, UC Berkley

"Preservation without Access is Pointless"

SAA, Society of American Archivists

SMPTE, Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers

University of Exeter--Bill Douglas Centre
A spectacular collection of 19th century, pre-cinema optical devices

Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards (broadcasting/TV) Collection
Peabody Awards Collection includes examples of television and radio news reporting, documentaries, drama, music and dance performances, children's programming, situation comedies, and more. Over 40,000 titles.

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