Table 2 A matrix of the most frequent metadata entries in the largest openly accessible collections of digitised newsreels.

From: A framework for the analysis of historical newsreels

Variable/collection

Internet Archive

Wikimedia commons

Library of Congress

ID number

x

 

x

Production year

x

x

x

Issue no

i

 

x

Issue date

   

Series title

i

x

x

Textual annotation

x

 

x

Short story contents

  

x

Keywords

x

 

x

Shooting location

   

Shown people

  

x

Duration

x

 

i

Voice over language

x

  

Production company

 

x

 
  1. Label “x” means that the metadata entry exists, and “i” that the entry is implicit in the data.
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