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JAMS 380: Documentary, Analysis, and Production

JAMS 380 students can use this guide to search, review, and request available archival news footage from the UWM Archives.

Understanding Segment Details

A-Summary section of the record provides a brief description of a segment on a reel of film. This is the only descriptive information available for each segment, and, in some cases, the description might be a single word.

B-The date field shows the day the footage aired/was intended to air.

C-Start and stop times provide the time signature of the beginning and end of a particular segment on a digital footage file.

D-All digitized files have been converted to positive.

E-Access copy shows the file name of the digital file available through the UWM Archives. This is the information you have provide to Archives staff when requesting footage. IMPORTANT: If a segment record does not list an access copy, the footage has not been digitized.

Is This Footage Digital?

Record for a Digitized Segment

Record for a Segment that IS NOT Available Digitally