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Discover our collection of over 2 million global news and entertainment video stories dating back to 1895. Our archive features rare and previously unseen footage in high definition, including the entire collection from British Movietone.
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Search more than 2 million actualities, correspondent reports, reporter Q&As and natural sounds to give listeners the sounds of history.
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