Glossary

Database field

Advanced search
Multi-criteria search in all Television and/or Radio collections. Certain criteria are common to both Television and Radio. Others are specific to one of them.
Broadcast date
Date at which the programme was broadcast for the first time. For Radio, this field is not always informed.
Carrier
Equipment on to which a programme is recorded. One programme can be recorded on to several items of the same type of equipment when the programme is long, and on to several different types of equipment (BVU, Beta SP, etc.), when Ina possesses a recording of the entire programme broadcast (so-called Parallel TV cassette or KP) and/or a version containing only edited news reports without studio output or inlaid logos (so-called edited cassette or KM).
Clip
An extract of a complete programme described by Ina archivists in a documentary note.
Collection
Programmes produced by the same company. For example: France 2, AFP, TF1.
Content description
Description of the different subjects covered in a magazine or news programme.
Credits and authors
A field comprising the role (director, presenter, participant, etc), the family name and first name of the people behind the programme, and other participants.
Descriptor
A term used in archive databases, meaning a word or group of words contained in a thesaurus, chosen from a number of similar terms to represent an idea with no possible ambiguity. For example: “British” covers “English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh”.
Documentary note
A number of fields of information and description of a programme, a clip from a programme, or a news report.
Field
An area that structures information in a documentary note. Examples: Title, Genre, Broadcast date.
Indexing information
Ina archivists add certain descriptors to what is known as indexing information. For example: for the descriptor “volcano”, the indexing information could be “Vesuvius”. This would be written as follows: “Volcano (Vesuvius).
Isolated note
Describes an isolated programme, not attached to a collection.
Link to original programme
For news reports, the link takes the user to a summary note; for parts of a videogram to a videogram note.
Links to news reports
Take the user – via note numbers – to notes on the news reports featured in news bulletins and programmes.
Modification date
Date of the latest modification made to a documentary note.
News report
Item of a magazine programme or television news programme.
News report note
Describes a news report.
Notes (only for Radio)
Various information on content (interruptions in a soundtrack, interference, etc.).
Notes (only for Radio)
Various information on content (interruptions in a soundtrack, interference, etc.).
Origin
Specifies the geographic origin of Ina's regional and overseas territories collections. Examples: Ajaccio, Grenoble, Marseille, RFO Martinique, RFO Reunion Island.
Parent note
If the number of a note on a news broadcast is entered, all the news reports broadcast during that news programmes will be displayed.
Partner collection
A collection for which Ina has signed a contract with a partner to manage the rights. Examples: Roland Garros, TF1 Actu (since 08/2002), AFP Vidéo, Thierry Ardisson.
Personal note
A note written by the user on a documentary note, a User extract or a search file. Personal notes on documentary notes and user extracts are represented by a pictogram in lists of search files, shopping basket and time-coded file downloads.
Phonetic search
You may use this criterion in Advanced search when you are not sure of the spelling of a word. For example, if you do a search for “Mitterran” without further specification, you will obtain 18 TV results. If you do a phonetic search for the same term, you will obtain 42,850 TV results.
Producer information (for Radio only)
Various information communicated by the programme producers.
Producers
A field that mentions the name and company acronym of the producer, the place and year of production, and the role of the producer.
Programme
A programming unit. Examples: the 8pm News on France 2 (Journal de 20 heures), Apostrophe.
Programme title
Title of the programme broadcast. For example: Sept sur sept is the title of the weekly programme presented by Anne Sinclair, broadcast by TF1 from 12 September 1981 to 29 June 1997.
Recording date (only for Radio)
Date at which the programme was recorded.
Request history
A page that displays the history of shopping baskets, and Time-coded file downloads and search requests sent to Ina.
Search request
A form that allows the user to ask Ina archivists to conduct a search that is invoiced.
Sequences (TV)
Description of the main visual sequences, notably in the case of magazine programmes, documentaries and television news programmes.
Simple search
A direct search in all words and all Television and Radio collections.
Square brackets operator [ ]
When you key in a search by keyword, for example, cats, the automatic translation system translates this word into French. To indicate to the search engine that it should not translate the words or the expression you are searching for, put them into square brackets [cats].
Summary
Describes the programme sequence and content.
Summary note
Describes a complete programme.
Television or radio company
Acronym of broadcaster. Examples: ORTF, A2, France 2.
Theme-based collection
Synonymous with “theme-based file”. A number of complete programmes, news reports or extracts selected by Ina archivists on a theme or personality.
Theme-based file
Synonymous with “theme-based collection”. A number of complete programmes, news reports or extracts selected by Ina archivists on a theme or personality.
Thesaurus
Standard vocabulary used in archive databases. This is a list of terms associated with an area of knowledge, linked together because they are synonymous, or related by hierarchy or association.
Time-slot title
Title covering several programmes in one particular time-slot. For example: the Dimanche Martin time-slot included L’Ecole des fans, Entrez les artistes, etc.
Title
Is applied to the particular programme, to the news report or the extract/clip. For example: “Robert Badinter and Richard Berry” is the title of that week's Sept sur sept programme broadcast on 1 Octobre 1995.
Title of original programme
For theme-based documents, distinguishes between the title of the extract/clip and the document it came from.
Truncation
An archive search process. Several letters that form the root of a word are entered, preceded and/or followed by an asterisk. The engine will search through all the words made up from this root. For example: asked to search for “pol” *, the engine will search through the documentary notes for the words “policy”, “politics”, “politician”.
It is the same as using the operator “Search for all terms beginning with” or Search for all terms ending” in advanced search.
Type of archive
Specifies whether the archive is theme-based, i.e. integrated into a theme-based file.
Type of note
Specifies whether it is a summary note, a news report note, an isolated note or an episode note.
Type of production
Specifies the programme's legal status. Examples: own production, co-production, rights purchased.
Type of programme (Radio)
Specifies whether it is a news programme, a production or a rediffusion of a musical or theatrical work or a radio drama.
Type of programme (TV)
Specifies whether it is a news programme or a production.
User extract
An extract created by an user from a complete programme, news report or Ina clip.
Videogram
A programme made up of several parts, which must be broadcast in a given order. For example: a series or a serial.
Works (Radio)
Field that mentions the title, the composers and the duration of the works performed and the performers.
Works (TV)
field that mentions the title, the language and the nature of the works performed, the title of the original work and an indication of a solo performance or duet.
“Quotes” operator
Enables the user to search for an exact expression. It is exactly like using “Search for exact expression” that exists in advanced search criteria.

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Art & culture
Economy
History
Media
Policy & Geopolitics
Sciences & Environment
Society
Sports
Emissions
Personalities

ATHLETICS
CYCLING
FOOTBALL
HANDISPORT
MOTOR SPORTS
OTHER SPORTS
RUGBY
SAILING
SPORT AND SOCIETY
TEAM SPORTS
TENNIS
THE SUMMER OLYMPICS
THE WINTER OLYMPICS

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1948: THE LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES

The 1948 Summer Olympics in London were the first to be organised since well before the war in 1936. London still bore the scars of the severe bombing by the Germans.The athletes were housed in schools and had to contribute to finding their own supplies.

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1952: THE HELSINKI OLYMPIC GAMES

The Helsinki Summer Olympics in 1952 in the middle of the Cold War marked the return of the Soviet Union to the Games. The Olympic Village was divided in two, with the western democracies on one side and the Soviet bloc countries on the other. The hero of these Games was the Czechoslovak Emil Zatopek, who took three gold medals in athletics.

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1956: THE MELBOURNE OLYMPIC GAMES

The Melbourne Summer Olympics in 1956 were the first to be boycotted by several nations as a result of political events around the world. The water polo final between the Soviet Union and Hungary sufficed to illustrate the heavy political atmosphere. On the sports front, the Frenchman, Alain Mimoun, won the marathon.

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1960: THE ROME OLYMPIC GAMES

The Rome Summer Olympics in 1960 welcomed athletes from 63 different countries.The Games were marked by the victory of the Ethiopian, Abebe Bikila, who won the marathon running barefoot and the Black American sprinter Wilma Rudolph, who tool three gold medals.

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1964: THE TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES

As many as 94 nations took part in the Tokyo Summer Olympics, the first attended by Asian countries.The American sprinter Bob Hayes hit the headlines when he ran 100 metres in under ten seconds, while the Dutch judoka Anton Geesink beat the Japanese Akio Kaminaga, an event that was greeted in Japan by a period of quasi-national mourning.

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1968: THE MEXICO OLYMPIC GAMES

The Mexico Summer Olympics opened just ten days after the Tlatelolco massacre, which cost 300 lives among the demonstrators. The Games were marked by Bob Beamon's record-setting 8.9 metre long-jump and the controversy triggered by the raised fists of the Black American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos.

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1972: THE MUNICH OLYMPIC GAMES

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1976: THE MONTREAL OLYMPIC GAMES

The Montreal Summer Olympics were marked by the boycott of several African countries, foreshadowing the future boycotts for political reasons at the Moscow Games in 1980. The Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci hit the headlines when she was awarded marks of 10/10 several times.

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1980: THE MOSCOW OLYMPIC GAMES

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1984: THE LOS ANGELES SUMMER OLYMPICS

The Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the 23rd Games, were boycotted by 15 Communist countries. Nonetheless, 6,829 athletes took part in 221 competitions in 21 different sports. The American sprinter Carl Lewis was one of the heroes of the day, winning four gold medals.

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1988: THE SEOUL OLYMPIC GAMES

The Seoul Summer Olympics in 1988 were marked by the drug scandal linked to the Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson just two days after he won the 100 metres race. Meanwhile, the American swimmer Matt Biondi won seven medals, including five gold, and the American sprinter Florence Griffith-Jones took three gold medals.

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1992: THE BARCELONA OLYMPIC GAMES

At the Barcelona Olympics, basketball was opened to professionals and the United States sent a "dream team" led by Michael Jordan. The gymnast Vitaly Scherbo won a record number of six gold medals. Meanwhile, the Ethiopian Derartu Tulu won the 10,000 metres, becoming the first Black African woman Olympic champion.

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1996: THE ATLANTA OLYMPIC GAMES

Chosen over Athens to host the centenary of the first Olympic Games in 1896, the city of Atlanta did its utmost to make the Games a success. The 1996 heroes included athletes Michael Johnson and Marie-José Perec and swimmers Smith and Popov. These Games were also marked by the explosion of a bomb in the Centenary park.

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2000: THE SYDNEY OLYMPIC GAMES

The 27th Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 were the biggest in history, with 10,651 athletes competing in 300 events. These Games produced some great champions such as the young swimmer Ian Thorpe.

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2004: THE ATHENS SUMMER OLYMPICS

In 2004, the first Olympic Games of the new millennium were staged in Greece, with a record number of 301 events. The American swimmer Michael Phelps took six gold medals, setting a record for a total of eight medals during the same Olympics. Considerable progress was made during these Olympics in the fight against doping.

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2008: THE BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES

The 2008 Olympic Games, held in Beijing, were marked by the performances of two athletes: the Jamaican Usain Bolt and the US swimmer Michael Phelps. Usain Bolt won three gold medals and set three world records for the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 x 100 metre relay, while Phelps took eight gold medals.

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FRENCH OLYMPISM

Athletes and gold medalists, sports, flag bearers and organization: this collection dedicated to French Olympism offers you a selection of the best contents with a view to the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (work in progress).

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