video archive

Stored recording collection

A video archive is a collection of video recordings preserved for future access, typically organized and cataloged for reference or research.

Libraries, news organizations, and studios maintain video archives of historical footage, broadcasts, or productions.

The term also applies to personal collections: I've been digitizing my family's video archive of old home movies.

Related

collection · vault · tapes · lost tapes · reels · film reel · storage · database · catalog · broadcast · recordings · playback · streaming · preservation · time capsule · digitized · documentary · newsreel

Categories
Opposites
temporal immediacy

video archivelive streaming

Real-time online broadcast

live broadcast · live feed · live television · simulcast · live coverage

preservation status

video archivedeleted footage

Removed recorded material

lost media · bit rot

media format

video archivephoto archive

Preserved image collection

written records · sound library · manuscript collection

Family

video, archive, videos, videoed, videoing, videotape, videotaping, videographer, videography

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G