Access & Circulation
A primary function of the Yale Film Archive is to provide films and videos for classroom instruction and individual research.
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Viewing Facilities
Clip Capture
The Yale Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning offers a staffed clip-capture service for faculty. Please click here for more information.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS SERVICE IS FOR CLIPS ONLY, AND CANNOT BE USED TO CAPTURE ENTIRE FILMS. THERE IS NO SERVICE FOR THE CAPTURING OF ENTIRE FILMS.
Curricular Support
The Yale Film Archive provides a range of curricular support services to faculty in all departments in the University.
Notable Holdings
The Yale Film Archive has more than 7,000 film prints and negatives in its collection, many of which represent the unique original materials of filmmakers, and some of which have been preserved by the Yale Film Archive. A few of the collections within the larger Film Archive holdings are profiled below.
Screenplay Collection
The Yale Film Archive has more than 150 published screenplays. The collection started in 2014 with over 70 screenplays donated by Yale alumna, screenwriter, and faculty member Camille Thomasson. In creating the first circulating screenplay collection at the Film Archive, Ms. Thomasson hopes to foster a greater understanding of the screenwriter’s role in the history of film and in the filmmaking process. We share that goal and encourage you to explore this immensely valuable collection.
Video Collection
The Yale Film Archive's video collection now includes over 40,000 DVDs, over 5,000 Blu-ray discs, nearly 6,000 VHS tapes, and hundreds of LaserDiscs, with new titles added almost daily. It spans the history of cinema and includes work from over 160 countries. It also includes nearly 3,000 items from the field of television.
Film Collection
About the Yale Film Archive
The Yale Film Archive's mission is to advance film culture and support teaching, learning, and research at Yale through collection, preservation, access, and exhibition.
Film Resources at Yale & Beyond
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