RTÉ Libraries and Archives

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RTÉ Libraries and Archives
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RTÉ Archives logo 2015
Region served
Ireland
Official language
English/Irish
Websitewww.rte.ie/archives/

The RTÉ Archives and Libraries are a collection of photographs, sounds recordings, video footage and written records (of articles such as scripts) in various formats across a wide range of topics pertaining to Irish life and society.[1]

The collection is derived from the material used by Raidió Teilifís Éireann in their activities as national broadcaster for Ireland. As RTÉ is part funded by a licence fee from Irish householders with televisions, it has a responsibility to maintain and update this collection and make it available to the general public.

In common with most broadcasters, much of RTÉ's early material was never recorded, with tapes wiped for re-use or simply dumped. The remaining footage largely consists of random extracts, rather than complete series. However, they provide insightful examples of historical programming.

As from Christmas 2021 much more footage of clips, news, sports and programmes will be added to mark 60 years of television.

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The RTÉ Archives logo incorporates RTÉ current corporate logo with a take on the 1967 corporate logo for the word archive. There are two versions of the logo, generally the first letter of the word Archive is used (as see in description box) but also where the full word is used.

See also[]

  • Reeling in the Years
  • TV50

References[]

  1. ^ "RTÉ Libraries and Archives". Libraries and Archives. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
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