Audiovisual Heritage: See, Hear and Learn

EUscreen, the project that will make Europe’s tele­vi­sion her­itage avail­able on Euro­peana, has recently launched its por­tal. This was timed for the 5th anniver­sary of the World Day of Audio­vi­sual Her­itage cel­e­brated yes­ter­day, 27 October.

With the rapid age­ing of films, sound record­ings and tele­vi­sion mate­r­ial, these invalu­able resources are fre­quently lost due to neglect, dete­ri­o­ra­tion and out­dated tech­nol­ogy. This is why since 2007, this day pro­moted by UNESCO intends to bring pub­lic aware­ness to the impor­tance of image and audio preservation.

Chantons during the German occupation during the World War II

Cha­tons sous l

This year’s theme is “Audio­vi­sual Her­itage: See, Hear and Learn”.  In line with this theme, we also invite you to see, hear and learn with audio-visual col­lec­tions on Euro­peana that cap­ture his­tor­i­cal moments from the begin­ning of the 20th cen­tury as well as inter­est­ing and unusual sto­ries about ordi­nary peo­ple and their daily lives.

Story about shipwrecks in the north east coast of England

This is a story about a diver and his encoun­ters with ship­wrecks in the north east coast of England

You can also lis­ten to our vast col­lec­tion of sound record­ings. Here is a good exam­ple of French Renais­sance vocal music in a record­ing made in 1952

French Renaissance vocal music

This is the type of music com­posed in the 14th-16th cen­turies in France

That was just a glimpse into our audio­vi­sual col­lec­tions, so see, hear and learn more with Europeana!