This handbook is a comprehensive reference to international film and video libraries, archives and collections. It should enable researchers to select footage sources by subject and location in North and South America, Asia, Australasia and Africa. Features of this work include: a guide to the perils and pitfalls of footage research; information on fees, rights, copyright legislation and contracts; a glossary of key terms in film research and over 200 sources listed alphabetically both by country and by subject. Each entry gives details of opening hours, contact information, subjects and format of material held and research procedure.