WMAR-TV News
Dublin Core
Title
WMAR-TV News
Description
This collection provides a sampling of television news clips from WMAR-TV in Baltimore, Maryland. WMAR-TV was the first television station in Baltimore and the eleventh in the United States. Its first broadcast aired on October 30, 1947.
The complete WMAR-TV News collection consists of over six million feet of 16 mm film and videotape created between 1948 and 1987. The collection was donated to the University of Baltimore in 1984 by Abell Communications, Inc.
While the majority of the WMAR-TV News footage currently exists in analog form only, content indices are available in the collection database. Through the support of The John Ben Snow Foundation, Inc. and the University's Baltimore Renaissance Seed Scholarship Fund, selected footage has been converted into digital format.
The complete WMAR-TV News collection consists of over six million feet of 16 mm film and videotape created between 1948 and 1987. The collection was donated to the University of Baltimore in 1984 by Abell Communications, Inc.
While the majority of the WMAR-TV News footage currently exists in analog form only, content indices are available in the collection database. Through the support of The John Ben Snow Foundation, Inc. and the University's Baltimore Renaissance Seed Scholarship Fund, selected footage has been converted into digital format.
Creator
WMAR-TV (Television Station : Baltimore, Md.)
Source
Date
1952-1974
Contributor
Digitization of material in this collection was made possible through the support of the The John Ben Snow Foundation, Inc. and the University of Baltimore's Baltimore Renaissance Seed Scholarship Fund.
Rights
All rights are held by the E.W. Scripps Company. Online, stream-only, nonsublicenseable access has been granted by Scripps. Requests for copies or usage of footage should be directed to University of Baltimore Special Collections & Archives.
Format
video/h264
Type
Moving Image
Identifier
R0130-WMAR