AP Images: Over 3.5 million news photographs from the 1840s through today. Also includes maps, timelines, logos and graphs.
** This interface will be discontinued. Access to the AP Newsroom platform continues unchanged. **
An index of U.S. television news broadcasts beginning in 1968. NBC broadcasts from 1968 and CNN broadcasts from 1995 are available for viewing online. ABC and CBS broadcasts from 1968 and Fox News broadcasts from 2004 are available through video loan, for which Vanderbilt University charges a fee to recover costs. There are no transcripts or captioning provided.
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In support of the University's budget mitigation efforts, AU Library had to make cuts to our collection and cancel some resources. Unfortunately, access to Vanderbilt Television News Archive ended June 30, 2025.
We recommend this resource as an alternative:
Nexis Uni
For more information about the library’s cancellation process, please see the Scholarly Resource Cancellations Subject Guide.
A collection of more than 5,700 documentaries and newsreels on American history, each accompanied by a transcript. There are film clippings from as early as 1898. Includes newsreels from United News (1942 to 1946) and Universal (1929 to 1967). Transcripts of all programs provided.
Captures full runs of many of the key international newsreels produced during the early twentieth century. These films, produced from 1929 right through to the early post-war period, provide a unique - and until now largely neglected - resource that will give scholars a real insight into how people learned about, and lived through the events that occurred during this period of history.
Spanning many genres and historical periods, this collection contains over 69,000 tracks from over 4,000 albums.
Streaming audio access to more than 3,700 albums' worth of recordings, spanning all genres. Includes liner notes and essays from independent record labels and sound archives.