Video Search: Keyword Search the First Presidential Debate
The C-SPAN Video Library, a free resource that’s home to more than 225,000 hours of keyword searchable video (just about everything that has ever been broadcast by C-SPAN), allows users to keyword search the complete transcript of the First Presidential Debate (September 26, 2016) and then view video of the keyword(s) being spoken.
The text transcript being searched uses the closed-captioning (aka it’s not perfect).
Direct links to specific questions are also available as well as searchable video from past debates.
Debate Search
Look for the Search Box at Bottom of C-SPAN Page Seen Below
Example: Keyword Search For “Iran”
Click Arrows to View Video For Each Result
Direct to C-SPAN 2016 Presidential Debates Resource (Including Search Interface)
Note Second Interface to Debate Video: Here, the C-SPAN Video Library permits registered users (free) to create “custom clips” of the video by simply moving a couple of levers to start and end points. The clip is hosted on the C-SPAN server with a direct url to the clip provided.
See Also: Text Transcript of Debate (via WaPo)
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.