33 Digitized Historic Audio and Video Recordings Added to Online Archive of California and Calisphere

From a California Digital Library Announcement:

CDL is pleased to announce the recent addition of 33 digitized sound and video recordings to the Online Archive of California (OAC) and Calisphere, as part of a pilot project to investigate hosting and providing access to A/V media.
These recordings were digitized by the California AudioVisual Preservation Project (CAVPP), which has been rescuing important A/V materials in need of preservation and developing best practices for continued progress in this area. Recordings generally are some of the most at-risk historical materials in archives, because they are threatened by fragile physical condition, obsolescence, and a lack of playback equipment.
The recordings now on OAC and Calisphere span various topics and capture various events, people, and places in California history. They include oral histories and interviews with notable public figures, recorded speeches, marketing videos, and home movies. Some interesting examples include:

• A demo of “Lisa,” an early personal computer developed by Apple
• Film footage of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915
• A 1963 interview with Malcolm X

Browse the recordings on Calisphere: video | audio

Filed under: Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Interviews, Libraries, Preservation, Profiles, Resources, Video Recordings