Sound and Vision

Sound and Vision has one of the largest audiovisual archives in Europe. The institute manages over 70 percent of the Dutch audiovisual heritage. The collection contains more than a million hours of television, radio, music and film from the beginning in 1898 until today. All programs of the Dutch public broadcasters come in digitally every day. Individuals and institutions entrust their collection to Sound and Vision as well. The institute ensures that the material is optimally preserved for (re)use. Broadcasters, producers and editors use the archive for the creation of new programs. The collection is also used to develop products and services for a wide audience, such as exhibitions, iPhone applications, DVD boxes and various websites. The collection of Sound and Vision contains the complete radio and television archives of the Dutch public broadcasters; films of virtually every leading Dutch documentary maker; newsreels; the national music depot; various audiovisual corporate collections; advertising, radio and video material of cultural and social organizations, of scientific institutes and of all kinds of educational institutions. There are also collections of images and articles from the history of Dutch broadcasting itself, like the elaborate collection of historical television sets.

Sound and Vision 拥有欧洲最大的视听档案之一。该机构管理着超过70%的荷兰视听遗产。该收藏包含了从1898年开始直至今天超过百万小时的电视、广播、音乐和电影。荷兰公共广播机构的所有节目每日都以数字化形式存入。个人和机构也将他们的收藏委托给Sound and Vision。该机构确保所有材料得到最佳保存，以供（再次）利用。广播机构、制作人和编辑利用这个档案库创作新的节目。该收藏亦被用于开发面向广大受众的产品和服务，例如展览、iPhone应用程序、DVD套装以及各种网站。Sound and Vision 的收藏涵盖了荷兰公共广播机构的全部广播和电视档案；几乎所有主要荷兰纪录片制作者的影片；新闻短片；国家音乐仓库；各种视听企业收藏；文化和社会组织、科研机构和各类教育机构的广告、广播和视频材料。此外，还包括荷兰广播本身历史的图像和文章收藏，如详尽的电视历史收藏。