Rabat- The Associated Press and British Movietone uploaded over 1 million minutes of historically-significant digitized film on Wednesday, referring to it as the “the largest upload of historical news content on YouTube to date.”
Rabat- The Associated Press and British Movietone uploaded over 1 million minutes of historically-significant digitized film on Wednesday, referring to it as the “the largest upload of historical news content on YouTube to date.”
The video clips bring life to iconic moments in history that, until now, most people have only heard or read about. The two YouTube channels will act as an on-demand visual encyclopedia, available for all to use and explore.
Across both British Movietone and AP Archive there are now over 500,000 video stories from 1895 to the present day, which will serve as an important historical resource for schools as well as the global public.
Stephen Nuttall, the director of YouTube in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, said: “Making this content available on YouTube is a wonderful initiative from AP and British Movietone that will breathe new life into their footage and no doubt delight our global community. It’s an historical treasure trove that will give YouTube users around the world a moving window into the past.”
