New database on documentary films from the Barents region

15.5.2006 10:00
Arctic Documentary Films at Risk in Barents Region project project has been surveying and ditizing old documentary films in Barents region.

Arctic Documentary Films at Risk in Barents Region project (Afbare) has launched a database on Arctic documentary films. The database contains information on approximately 35 000 documentary films from the Barents region, mainly from Murmansk Oblast, Arkhangelsk region and Finnish Lapland.

Information in database is mainly in English, but Authors and Orignal Titles are mentioned also in Russian and in Finnish accordingly.

Detailed information with scene by scene description and a preview is available from more than 1000 digitised films. Films are from the collections of TV Murman, TV Pomorye Archangelsk and YLE Finland.

The Afbare project has been surveying and digitizing old documentary films in Barents region. Priority is given to films dealing with arctic indigenous people, arctic nature, society, and exploration.

The database can be found from the address: http://arcticcentre.ulapland.fi/afbare/index.asp

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