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British Pathe Archive Free high resolution news clips to download in Hertfordshire schools
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Introduction	What is The British Pathe Archive?	Copyright & Consent Issues	Access
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Introduction

The 10 RBCs have negotiated a licence for all schools, teachers, pupils and students to be able to download high-resolution files from the British Pathe Archive website for FREE.

Anyone can download low-resolution files (128Kbs) for free from their website, but high-resolution files (518Kbs) will normally cost either £25 - £500 each depending on your intended use.

The film clips (3,500 hours) and the stills (2,000,000 to choose from) are for educational use and can be edited for use in ‘Powerpoint’ type presentations, used with data projectors and whiteboards and placed into school intranets or LEA/RBC networks. They must not, however, be used on websites, published over the WWW or be made available beyond the school environment or be used for any commercial purpose.

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What is it The British Pathe Archive?

Experience 75 years of history through 3,500 hours of digitised newsreel and documentary film at:

• www.britishpathe.com
• A complete Archive: Pathe provides you with a complete archive and the experience of using an archive – newsreels galore; documentaries; compilations; out-takes; additional and reformed materials – it’s the whole asset - lock, stock and smoking film can.
• A fully digitised national resource: the whole archive is digitised; over 80,000 items; 3,500 hours of film and 12 million stills in two file types WMV and QT.
• Providing international, national and regional coverage: 1890s through to 1970 - local, regional, national and international coverage of events and issues – from death of Victoria to the birth of space travel. From global conflict to local flower show. From the summit of Everest to the foothills of the Andes. From international summit meetings to "summit’s up in our town". From dogs in outer space to cats in the Isle of Dogs.
• Offers creative and effective use: pupils and teachers can use digital tools to edit and re-purpose the resources for teaching and learning.
• It is broadband enhanced: available to schools over the secure broadband connections of the National Education Network doing away with the need for passwords, avoiding the vagaries of the WWW and increasing Internet safety for children, and opening up the opportunities for collaboration and the use of the best in ICT.
• Provides curriculum support: curriculum materials are shared and there is an open policy to linkage with other online archive materials/organisations.
• It is free to schools: there are no charges to schools.

How can I use it?

• It is a three-year Licence running from 2004 until 2007.
• There are no charges to schools or their partners such as RBC and LEAs.
• It provides access to high-resolution versions of the media files and the stills
• Schools (pupils and teachers) have opportunity to edit the files and create their own resources – video essays; documentaries; presentations and creative productions.
• The media files may be stored on schools intranets and used in presentation s/ware such as ‘Powerpoint’ and Whiteboards.
• Schools and partners may exchange work with others schools across their secure LEA/RBC/NEN networks.
• Schools and partners may not redistribute resources in any media or publish resources on the WWW.
• Schools and Partners may not use the resources for any commercial purpose or for publishing beyond the NEN.
• The Terms and Conditions of the Schools Licence requires schools and users to adhere to these conditions.
• RBCs, schools and partners are provided with guidance on copyright, IPR and the terms and conditions of use.

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Copyright & Consent Issues

What is Copyright?

Copyright is one of a collection of tools that fall under the heading of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) that can be used to: protect an author or developers rights; stop others abusing those rights; buy and sell rights; licence others to use your rights or obtain a licence from others to use their rights.

1. The Resources in the British Pathe Archive can be used in the classroom - but the copyright remains with British Pathe.
2. The watermarks on the resources are a reminder of copyright issues and responsibilities.
3. Please note that some copyrights may reside with other persons or companies other than British Pathe - a point that is recognised in the Terms and Conditions. Copyright is multilayered and an individual item may have a number of rights holders associated with it - one rights holder saying “yes” does not necessarily cover other rights holder's interests.
4. Should RBCs, LEAs, Partners or schools wish to use resources for commercial purposes or for publication beyond the Schools Licence or on the WWW they should apply to British Pathe for a commercial Licence.

More about Copyright

• Word97, 122kb/3 pages, 07/07/2004, E2BN_pathe_copyright.doc

Parent Consent Form

In some instances, schools may wish to add video clips and images of present day pupils. Although the risks are minimal, schools have a duty of care towards pupils, which means that pupils should remain unidentifiable and as such uncontactable when using images of pupils on web sites and in digital video. This is especially relevant for pupils under 16.

• Word97, 53kb/1 pages, 07/07/2004, E2BN_pathe_parent_consent.doc

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Access

Access from School

Important note: you must be connected to the E2BN RBC to download files; in a school, a teachers’ centre, a CLC or any other institution physically connected to the E2BN broadband.

All Hertfordshire Schools will be able to download high-resolution files for free from school.

Important note: Teachers and school managers are advised to read the Terms and Conditions before using these resources with students and pupils. See Copyright

Access from Home

You can download low-resolution files (128Kbs) for free from home, but high-resolution files (518Kbs) cost either £25 - £500 each depending on your intended use.

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Start Using The British Pathe Archive

Use this link from within a Hertfordshire School:

• www.britishpathe.com
  Download video archives from here...

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How to Download Video Clips

This Helpsheet gives detailed instructions on how to download high-resolution clips from The British Pathe web site:

• Acrobat pdf, 69kb/2pages, 26/10/2005, 102_howto_pathe.pdf

Important note: Teachers and school managers are advised to read the Terms and Conditions before using these resources with students and pupils. See Copyright

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More Help

The following web site provides lots more support for the British Pathe Archive. You do have to login from within a Hertfordshire School using the following username and password.

• www.shapesoftime.net/pathe
  Username = Pschool6
  Password = E2BN1234

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