LibGuides: Film & Media Studies: Newspapers/Newsreels

U.S. Newspapers Online at UCSB Library

Chicago Defender - Current (1999-present) This link opens in a new window
African American Newspaper

Date Coverage: Nov 22, 1999 - present; Citation/Abstract coverage:
Jan 3, 1989 - present, some exceptions
Materials Indexed: Newspaper Articles
Chicago Defender - Historical (1909-1975) This link opens in a new window
African American Newspaper

Date Coverage: Chicago Defender: 1910-1975; Daily Defender: 1956/1957
Materials Indexed: Newspaper Articles
Chicago Tribune - Current (1985-present) This link opens in a new window
Date Coverage: 1985 - present
Materials Indexed: Newspaper Articles
Chicago Tribune - Historical (1849-1987) This link opens in a new window
Date Coverage: 1849 - 1987
Materials Indexed: Newspaper Articles
Los Angeles Sentinel - Historical (1934-2005) This link opens in a new window
African American Newspaper

Date Coverage: 1934-2005
Materials Indexed: Newspaper Articles
Los Angeles Times - Current (1985-present) This link opens in a new window
Date Coverage: 1985 - present
Materials Indexed: Newspaper Articles
Los Angeles Times - Historical (1881-1995) This link opens in a new window
Date Coverage: 1881 - 1995
Materials Indexed: Newspaper Articles
New York Times - Current (1980-present) This link opens in a new window
Date Coverage: 1980 - present
Materials Indexed: Newspaper Articles
New York Times - Historical (1851-2008) This link opens in a new window
Date Coverage: 1851 - 2008
Materials Indexed: Newspaper Articles
San Francisco Chronicle - Historical (1865-1922) This link opens in a new window
Date Coverage: 1865 - 1922
Materials Indexed: Newspaper Articles
Wall Street Journal - Current (1984-present) This link opens in a new window
Date Coverage: 1984 - present
Materials Indexed: Newspaper Articles
Wall Street Journal - Historical (1889-2002) This link opens in a new window
Date Coverage: 1889 to 2002
Materials Indexed: Newspaper Articles
Washington Post - Current (1987-present) This link opens in a new window
Date Coverage: 1987 - present
Materials Indexed: Newspaper Articles
Washington Post - Historical (1877-2002) This link opens in a new window
Date Coverage: 1877 to 1995
Materials Indexed: Newspaper Articles

U.S. Alternative Press Online

Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Materials Indexed: Newspaper Articles, Book Reviews
GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
Date Coverage: 1970's to present
Materials Indexed: Book Reviews, Conference Proceedings; Government Documents; Journal Articles; Magazine Articles; Newspaper Articles; Pamphlets; Reports

Independent Voices (1960s-1980s)
Open Access collection of Alternative Press

Mainstream News Aggregators

Access World News This link opens in a new window
global news, 1990s+
primarily in English

Materials Indexed: Newspaper Articles

Google News/Newspaper Archive

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
contemporary popular news, late 1970s+
U.S. and some international

Materials Indexed: Biographical Information; Business Data; Charts & Graphs; Economic Data; Financial Data; Government Documents; Journal Articles; Legal Literature; Magazine Articles; Newspaper Articles
Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
newspapers, plus transcripts for tv and radio news shows, including CBS news, CNN, Fox news, NPR and more. (1997+)

Materials Indexed: Newspaper Articles

International Newspapers Online

Times (London) Digital Archive - Historical (1785-2013) This link opens in a new window
Date Coverage: 1785 - 2013
Materials Indexed: Newspaper Articles
Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Report This link opens in a new window
This product contains English-language transcriptions of Radio Broadcasts from foreign governments, official news services, and clandestine broadcasts from occupied territories gathered by FBIS agents and sent back to the US. Dates: 1941-1996.

Date Coverage: 1941-1996
Materials Indexed: Radio Broadcasts

Guide to Foreign Language Newspapers

News & Newsreel Archives

AP Archive
(streaming) YouTube channel
British Movietone
(streaming) YouTube channel
British Pathe - Newsreels
(streaming) 1890-1980
Fox Movietone News Reels at University of South Carolina
(some streaming)
Hearst Metrotone News Collection at UCLA Film & Television Archive
(visit in person) "UCLA's Hearst Metrotone News Collection is one of the largest newsreel collections in the world. It contains over 27 million feet of distributed newsreels, unreleased stories and outtakes."
NewsreelArchive.com
(streaming) connects to newsreels on youtube
Prelinger Archives - News Reels
(streaming) "Prelinger Archives was founded in 1983 by Rick Prelinger in New York City. Over the next twenty years, it grew into a collection of over 60,000 "ephemeral" (advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur) films. In 2002, the film collection was acquired by the Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division." Videos available via Internet Archive.
TelevisionArchive.org
(streaming) 2009-present
Universal Newsreels
(streaming) produced from 1929 to 1967 - 600+ videos available via Internet Archive
Vanderbilt Television News Archive, Nashville TN
(visit in person) "The Vanderbilt Television News Archive is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. We have been recording, preserving and providing access to television news broadcasts of the national networks since August 5, 1968."