One of the 10 largest archives of its type in the nation, Moving Image Research Collections makes the world come alive.
The University of South Carolina's Moving Image Research Collections (MIRC) preserves films and videos produced outside the American feature film industry to make them available to present and future audiences. There are many ways to access or license our materials. Please contact us for assistance.
COVID-19 and Moving Image Research Collections
To respect social distancing measures and to ensure the health of the campus community, MIRC is currently closed. MIRC faculty and staff continue to serve our clients and patrons remotely by providing:
For licensing and commercial requests, email mircproduction@mailbox.sc.edu. For all other inquiries, please contact us at mirc@mailbox.sc.edu.
Thousands of videos and other materials from our collections are accessible online in the University Libraries' Digital Collections repository. Content previously found in our former Digital Video Repository (DVR) will now be accessible through this portal.
Search this catalog for detailed records of Fox Movietone News and Chinese Film Collections.
Our ArchivesSpace finding aid repository contains information about individual collections. Search or browse to find primary sources, or learn more about our holdings at the collection level.
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), MIRC is suspending all in-person visits, classroom activities, and tours. For assistance, please contact mirc@mailbox.sc.edu.
We are currently changing our online platform and will be moving away from our Digital Video Repository and into the University Libraries' Digital Collections repository in CONTENTdm. MIRC materials can be viewed on our digital collections homepage. Materials are selected for the repository based, in part, on patrons’ requests. Feel free to contact us at mirc@sc.edu or call 803-777-6841 about viewing or obtaining specific footage.
The general public, as well as students, faculty, and staff may view material online free of charge.
The university owns the rights to most of the material held by MIRC and relies in part on licensing revenues to offset the expense of caring for archival film materials. Licensing fees and agreements vary based upon the duration of footage licensed, the nature of the work in which they will be included, and the size of the audience the work is expected to reach.
Search records from the entire Movietone News Collection in the library catalog.
To license material for use in film, television, books, or other projects, please email mircproduction@mailbox.sc.edu or mirc@mailbox.sc.edu.
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), MIRC will be suspending all in-person classroom activities, tours, and student internships. Faculty and instructors who wish to develop a distance education option for their courses to have digital access to our special collections material are encouraged to contact: mirc@mailbox.sc.edu.
Our curatorial team is also happy to assist patrons with reference requests. Specific
areas of responsibility for curatorial staff are as follows:
Newsfilm and Military Films Collections
Including the Fox Movietone News Collection and the United States Marine Corps Film
Repository
Greg Wilsbacher, gregw@mailbox.sc.edu
Regional Film Collections and the Chinese Film Collection
Including home movie collections
Lydia Pappas, pappasl@mailbox.sc.edu
Local TV News Collections and Science and Nature Films
Including the WIS-TV, WLTX-TV and WBTW-TV News Collections
Amy Meaney, meaneya@mailbox.sc.edu