# The Internet Archive of News!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-archive-of-news/635238>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 20, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-archive-of-news/635238 "2012-09-20T04:25:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-archive-of-news/635238/1 "2012-09-20T04:25:29Z")

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Just found this:

The invaluable Internet Archive has just added [an archive of TV news content](http://archive.org/details/tv). So far it only goes back to 2009, but hopefully they will add older content. From the page:

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> Inspired by Vanderbilt University’s Television News Archive project, the Internet Archive collects and preserves television news. Like library collections of books and newspapers, this accessible archive of TV news enables anyone to reference and compare statements from this influential medium.
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> The collection now contains 350,000 news programs collected over 3 years from national U.S. networks and stations in San Francisco and Washington D.C. The archive is updated with new broadcasts 24 hours after they are aired. Older materials are also being added.
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> Use the index of searchable text and short, streamed clips to find programs to borrow on DVD-ROM or view at the Internet Archive’s library in San Francisco.

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**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-archive-of-news/635238/2 "2012-09-20T18:55:44Z")

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This site is new to me, and I am very happy you have shared it, thank you!  
If nobody hears from me within a month, send in the troops. 😛

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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-archive-of-news/635238/3 "2012-09-21T04:38:06Z")

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> [@Taomist](#):
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> This site is new to me, and I am very happy you have shared it, thank you!  
> If nobody hears from me within a month, send in the troops. 😛

Pack a lunch, and make sure you have fresh batteries for your flashlight.

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-archive-of-news/635238/4 "2012-09-21T05:04:04Z")

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> [@Taomist](#):
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> This site is new to me, and I am very happy you have shared it, thank you!  
> If nobody hears from me within a month, send in the troops. 😛

I have to say, if the Internet Archive _as a whole_ is new to you, you’re gonna be in there a while. The public domain feature film collection _alone_ is massive, not to mention all the hours of Grateful Dead concerts, Prelinger Archive ephemera, old-fashioned pornography, ebooks, etc. etc. etc. And that doesn’t even touch anything the Wayback Machine has to offer.

[Here’s the main page to the whole Internet Archive.](http://archive.org/index.php)