The FIAT/IFTA Most Wanted List may be a new initiative of FIAT/IFTA. The aim is to create a central hub of Most Wanted Lists, provided by broadcast and audiovisual archives worldwide.
On these lists we would put those programmes, media fragments, excerpts or even complete series that archives are desperately looking for. Via a contact button, other archives could put themselves in contact with the archive that has published its list, in order to to signal a possible trouvaille.
All further explanations and a link to a survey to measure the interest are in this presentation.
19. contact
MOST WANTED LIST
1. The Big Bear Show – episode 1 (16 October 1962)
2. Studio images from the TV news (1953-1968)
3. Radio drama from before WW II
4. Popquiz (any episode, 1971-1977)
5. Any images featuring sports journalist Joe Smith
6. Live images from the National Song Contest (1977-1981)
7. Any episode of ‘Professor Why’ (1966-1969)
8. Radio news of 7 April 1982 in which the death of the president is announced
9. Interstitials featuring the first logo of ‘Broadcaster’ (1952-1963)
10. Channel closing graphics – fifties to seventies
IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THESE, PLEASE GET IN TOUCH VIA THE BUTTON ABOVE.
21. A FEW TERMS AND CONDITIONS
• FIAT/IFTA: connector only, no role in copyright,
handling fees etc.
• Communication campaign in collaboration with
archives involved.
• Participants are free to add their own domestic
campaign.
• FIAT/IFTA is the hub for all most wanted lists.
• If gems are found, FIAT/IFTA will echo this via its
own channels.
23. 1. Who has gaps in their archive?
2. Who would like to see them filled?
3. Who has taken similar initiatives in the past?
• Would you be available for a chat about your lessons learned?
4. Who would be willing to submit a list to FIAT/IFTA (non-
committal)
5. Who would like to collaborate on such an initiative?
YOUR REACTIONS
bit.ly/mostwantedlist
We don’t know it? What is it? It’s something new
It’s something new that we as FIAT/IFTA might be launching, but first we’d like to pitch the idea with you and hear your comments.
So first I’ll explain the concept and the idea behind it and then we’ll ask for reactions through a short survey.
Each archive has striking gaps, things missing, that have been lost over the years. Things that would make you really happy if it could be recovered.
Certainly in Europe there has been a lot of exchange of programs over the years.
Broadcasters from the same language area or beyond have broadcasts copied, sent over, … through all kinds of collaborations. In addition, sometimes home recordings have also happened: people have recorded things and saved the recording, sometimes without being aware of its value.
In addition, sometimes home recordings have also happened: people have recorded things and saved the recording, sometimes without being aware of its value.
Now that the digitization projects are at full speed and sometimes have already come to an end, each of our members gets a much better view of what is actually in their collections… and sometimes it turns out to be material that has not been internally produced. Some archives consider not to keep these documents, because they do not belong to them, because they can do little with them, etc. But in fact, unaware, these documents can be of great value to foreign colleagues ... in that case very valuable exchanges may be possible ...
FIAT/IFTA gives each of the members the opportunity to publish a "most wanted" list on the FIAT/IFTA website, with up to 10 (number to be determined) noticeable gaps in the archive (radio, tv). These can be missing episodes, but also more general categories, such as "radio programs from the 1950s." See also the NFSA list for some examples: https://www.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa-most-wanted
A general contact address is also published with each list, through which fellow archives and / or private individuals can contact the relevant archive if they have anything from the list.