Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1977-1987 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
0.5 A box (1 folder, 36 items)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Visnews (fl 1950-1985) was an international film and television news agency, operating from the 1950s until it was taken over by Reuters in 1985. It was later re-named Reuters Television.
Repository
Archival history
GB 106 8VNS 1977-1987 fonds 0.5 A box (1 folder, 36 items) Visnews
Visnews (fl 1950-1985) was an international film and television news agency, operating from the 1950s until it was taken over by Reuters in 1985. It was later re-named Reuters Television.
Exact provenance unknown - Fawcett Accession Registers to be checked.
The archive consists of a bundle of [Reuters] telexes, visual news-service production sheets from the News Research Unit of Visnews News Services and other papers, including press releases. All relate in some way to women's status, rights, actions and issues in different countries of the world, including France, Zimbabwe, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), United States of America (USA), South Africa, Italy, Ethiopia and Libya.
Visnews News Services.
This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.
English
Collection level description available on-line on the Women's Library website
Material relating to Visnews is held by ITN Archives. Reuters Ltd also maintains its own archive.
Finding aid created by export from CALM v7.2.14 Archives Hub EAD2002. Edited for AIM25 by Sarah Drewery.
In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
07/03/2008 Italy Southern Africa South Africa Europe Western Europe France Visnews Television Women Health Health policy Maternal and child health Rights of special groups Womens rights Womens status Zimbabwe Pakistan South Asia Sri Lanka India Bangladesh USA North America Ethiopia East Africa Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya USSR Soviet Union Broadcasting Sex North Africa Eastern Europe Sex distribution
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Exact provenance unknown - Fawcett Accession Registers to be checked.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The archive consists of a bundle of [Reuters] telexes, visual news-service production sheets from the News Research Unit of Visnews News Services and other papers, including press releases. All relate in some way to women's status, rights, actions and issues in different countries of the world, including France, Zimbabwe, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), United States of America (USA), South Africa, Italy, Ethiopia and Libya.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Visnews News Services.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Material relating to Visnews is held by ITN Archives. Reuters Ltd also maintains its own archive.
Finding aids
Collection level description available on-line on the Women's Library website
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Publication note
Notes area
Note
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Subject access points
- Broadcasting » Television
- Sex distribution » Sex » Women
- Health
- Health » Health policy
- Health » Health policy » Maternal and child health
- Rights of special groups
- Rights of special groups » Womens rights
- Rights of special groups » Womens rights » Womens status
- Broadcasting
- Sex distribution » Sex
- Sex distribution
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Rules and/or conventions used
In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English