User:Tanawat2002/List of international TV footage yet to be found


 * There is almost no footage from the 1930s-1940s, and also little footage of experimental TV.
 * Cambodia (there is almost no footage before the monarchy was restored in 1993, still most footage from the 90s is old TV programs and not IDs)
 * Uganda (no footage before 2000)
 * Central African Republic (no footage before mid-2000s)
 * Liberia (all periods of time, only pre-2000 footage that exists are of a comedy and a station ID)
 * Liechtenstein (1FLTV has not uploaded any archives)
 * Iran (Pahlavi-era TV has very little footage, also not much footage during its war with Iraq)
 * Nigeria (a lot of footage yet to be found, there is no footage during the time when NTA used to be a bunch of local stations. Local TV on the other hand has little footage, same for the other national channels)
 * Rwanda (only traces of pre-2000 footage is a cheap news intro)
 * Republic of the Congo (for a long while there was no footage before 2000, but now a TV ident and news intro from 1966 has been uploaded, which is still the only one)
 * Belize (same as the Republic of Congo, it was believed there were no archives before 2000, but now footage for Channel 5 news exists, but there is still little footage)
 * Bangladesh (some footage exists before 2000, but not a whole lot)
 * Sierra Leone (no footage before 2010s)
 * Madagascar (almost no footage before the 2000s)
 * Burkina Faso (only 2 videos of 90s news footage  is up online, no old footage beyond that, and there is no footage of VoltaVision)
 * Ethiopia (not a lot of footage before 2000, and the only traces of footage before the 1990s are a TV ident and 2 music videos)
 * Libya (Gaddafi era, moreso before the 2000s)
 * Cuba (mainly before the 1980s, but also of the other channels like Tele Rebelde)
 * Myanmar (most footage that was preserved in the 80s are just of music videos and commercials, and there is little footage from the 1990s)
 * Vietnam (not a lot of TV footage before 1990, and very low turnout of local TV footage. South Vietnam has a lot of photo archives but only a few video archives)
 * Indonesia (almost no footage before 1980, and very low turnout of local TV footage)
 * Thailand (not a lot of footage before 1980, and also almost no footage of local TV)
 * Laos (only pre-2000s footage is a cheap news intro. While this news intro is said to be used from late 1990s-early 2000s, the date for the original source is unknown)
 * Brunei (there's a good chunk of 80s TV footage, but there is barely any footage from the 90s)
 * North Korea (somewhat low turnout of footage, there is also no footage in the 1960s-1970s)
 * Equatorial Guinea (only old footage that exists is of a TV DX)
 * Gambia (only footage before the mid-2000s is just a few music videos)
 * Ghana (almost no footage before the 1990s, most footage before the mid-2000s that is online are its old TV shows, there has never been an upload of an old ID)
 * Namibia (almost no footage of TV before the 2000s, both when it just gained independence and when NBC was SWAUK SWABC)
 * Zimbabwe (only footage of pre-2000s TV are 2 videos of Rhodesia-era TV, some news footage from the mid-1980s and TV DX footage from 1991)
 * Lesotho and eSwatini (hardly any footage)
 * Angola (there's a good chunk of old TV footage found, but it would be nice to see a lot more)
 * Morocco (barely any footage before the late 1980s)
 * Senegal (turnout of old TV footage is lower than expected)
 * Tanzania (only ITV Tanzania has footage before 2000. The other TV stations has no footage before the 2000s. The only existing Zanzibar TV footage are some music videos)
 * Gabon (the only old TV footage that exists are some TV DX footage  and a news report from 1982, aside from that, none.)
 * Seychelles (very little footage found before mid 2000s)
 * Mauritius (only some footage before 2000)
 * Democratic Republic of the Congo (a lot of footage yet to be found. The only footage before 1980 is some concerts and there is hardly any footage of TV during the Congo Wars. There is also almost no TV footage from the private channels such as Antenne A and Canal Kin TV)
 * Burundi (no footage before mid-2000s)
 * Comoros (barely any footage found)
 * Mauritania (the only pre-2000 footage that's online is a news intro and a national anthem video)
 * Guinea-Bissau (almost no footage before the 2010s)
 * Togo and Benin (little pre-2000 TV footage found)
 * Guinea (the only pre-2000 footage is a news intro)
 * Zambia (some TV footage before the 2000s was found, but it should be looked into more)
 * Malawi (was probably never looked into, only a limited number of footage exists and there is no footage of a sign-on or closedown)
 * Mozambique (almost no footage in the communist era, also not much footage before 2000)
 * Eritrea (probably was a local station before independence. Only a limited number of footage exists, no footage of a sign on or closedown)
 * Small Caribbean Islands (there is way more footage out there than found. The Lesser Antilles have no old TV footage whatsoever besides Barbados and A&B)
 * Small Oceania Islands (a lot of missing stuff, with a few stuff being found. Worth noting that Guam had TV months before Australia)
 * Lebanon (due to civil war that ended in 1990, only a small amount of TV footage is found before then and there is no footage before 1980)
 * Yemen (both the north and south, which hardly have footage)
 * Oman (besides its funky news intros, the turnout of old TV footage is low, mainly before the 90s)
 * Syria (while some footage has been found, there's still more out there, mainly during the 20th century)
 * Greece (low turnout of footage before the 80s, also not so much footage of local channels)
 * Venezuela (ditto)
 * Colombia (ditto)
 * Austria (ditto)
 * Belarus and Ukraine (little amount of TV footage found before the 1990s, also local stations)
 * Moldova (not so much old TV footage is out there, moreso of the USSR era)
 * Central Asia (Kazakhstan has a lot of old TV footage found, but there's not so much before the 90s. The other 4 barely have footage before the 1990s)
 * Caucasia (while there is a lot of old footage found, the turnout is rather low for other channels. There is also not so much footage before the 1990s and almost no footage from the unrecognized states)
 * Baltic countries (a lot of missing footage before the 2000s, including in Latvia where finding an ID is difficult)
 * Bolivia (1969-1980s)
 * Guyana (only a compilation of commercials exists as pre-2000 footage)
 * Suriname (almost no footage exists before 2000)
 * Romania (not much footage of Cold War era and local TV exists)
 * Nepal (not a lot of footage before the 2000s)
 * Pakistan (1964-early 1980s, as well as other channels like STN)
 * Afghanistan (before and during war with the USSR, also of the Northern Alliance TV)
 * United States (across, mainly of rural areas TV as well as low powered stations and public access stations. Nearly all footage of NET-era public TV is programs, not sign-ons and closedowns)
 * Canada (ditto)
 * Australia (ditto)
 * Brazil (ditto to a lesser extent, also has not so much footage in the 1950s and early 1960s)
 * Japan (ditto to an even lesser extent)
 * Mexico (very low turnout of educational and local TV footage, also obscure cable channels)
 * Russia (across, rural areas TV as every town has at least one TV station and it has the most TV stations in the world at 5,000. Also footage of national TV before the mid 70s)
 * China (across, mostly rural areas TV as there are over 4,000 local city stations. Also barely any footage before 1980)
 * India (also has little footage before 1980, and a lot of missing footage for local TV stations. This may be because Doordarshan did not broadcast nationwide until 1982)
 * Philippines (almost no footage before the Marcos era, and most footage during the Marcos era are just commercials. Local TV has low turnout of footage)
 * Taiwan (not so much TV footage found, specifically of China Television and mostly before the 1990s)
 * Malaysia and Singapore (low turnout of footage before the 1980s)
 * South Korea (ditto)
 * Saudi Arabia (ditto)
 * Switzerland (ditto, also not a lot of Romansh-speaking TV footage found)
 * Maldives (very little footage found)
 * Mongolia (nearly all pre-2000 footage is documentaries from the MNB archives. Other channels like TV5 have little old footage)
 * United Kingdom (aside from ITV, local TV before the 2000s wasn't so successful. Also the less known cable channels)
 * France (mainly obscure TV channels)
 * Poland (not too much footage before the mid-1980s, and there is also little footage local TV before the mid-1990s)
 * Turkey (almost no footage before the mid-1970s, and also local TV. There is only 1 TV ident before the 1980s)
 * Belgium (German-speaking TV has no footage before the mid-2000s, also not a lot of footage in the 1950s-1960s)
 * Ireland (a suprising low amount of footage of the other TV channels before 2000)
 * Denmark (also lower than expected turnout of old TV footage but only in some fields)
 * Czechia and Slovakia (mostly Czechoslovakian TV before the 1980s)
 * Vatican City (could use more footage archiving)
 * Argentina (low footage turnout before the 80s, also the more rural local TV)
 * Peru (ditto)
 * Chile (ditto)
 * Ecuador (somewhat low turnout of old TV footage found)
 * Paraguay (ditto to a greater extent)
 * Dominican Republic (ditto, especially before the 1990s)
 * Central America (other than the aforementioned Belize, there is a lot of missing footage before the 1990s)
 * former Yugoslavia (there are a lot of archives up, but on some fields there's not much. There is not a lot of footage befofe the 1970s)
 * Iceland (almost no footage before the mid-1980s)
 * Bulgaria (more TV footage is out there than what is found, particularly before 2000)
 * United Arab Emirates (could use some more old TV archiving, also low turnout of footage from the other emirates)
 * Uruguay (a lot of problems with TV archiving; there is almost no footage before the 1990s and very low turnout of local TV footage. Some TV channels even have no footage)
 * Spain (not too much local TV footage)
 * Italy (ditto)
 * Netherlands (ditto)
 * South Africa (only TV1 and MNET have a substantial amount of footage during the apartheid era. The other channels don't have much footage during the aforementioned period)
 * Germany (not much footage before the 1960s, and aside from ARD, local TV has very little footage)
 * Hungary (only a few videos of pre-1980 footage are up online, and there is a very low turnout of local TV footage)
 * Sweden (missing a lot of footage before the late 1970s, also public access TV)
 * Norway (there is a lot of archived footage up, but unfortunately nearly all pre-1980 footage is just TV programs)
 * Finland (not too much footage before the 1970s)
 * Sudan (almost no footage before 1980)
 * Côte d'Ivoire (only some footage before 2000. Worth mentioning that there is even a TV ident from 1963)
 * Egypt (low turnout of footage before the mid-1980s)
 * Albania (little footage before 1990)
 * Luxembourg (more pre-80s footage would be nice)
 * Kenya (1962-1980s)
 * Portugal (there is a lot of pre-1980 footage up, but there is still more to be found)
 * Hong Kong (almost no footage before the mid-1970s)
 * Algeria (more pre-80s footage would be nice, also almost no footage of colonial-era TV)
 * New Zealand (not too much footage of NZBC is found, also local TV stations)
 * Sri Lanka (not too much footage before and during its civil war)
 * Israel (not so much footage before the 1980s)
 * Tunisia (almost no footage before the mid-1980s)
 * Iraq (ditto, also low turnout of footage of the other TV channels)
 * Jordan (1968-1980s)
 * Cyprus (very low turnout of footage before the 90s beside some news intros)
 * Qatar (ditto)
 * Kuwait (ditto)
 * Bahrain (ditto)
 * Monaco (more footage is out there than what is found, especially before 1980)
 * Malta (ditto, only footage before 1980 is a TV ident from the 60s)
 * Chad (almost no footage before mid-2000s)
 * Djibouti (ditto)
 * Cameroon (ditto)
 * Mali (ditto to a lesser extent)
 * Somalia (hardly any footage before its civil war in 1991)
 * Papua New Guinea (barely any footage before the 2010s)
 * Botswana (very little footage found)
 * Haiti (all periods of time, especially before the 2010s. There is no footage or even screenshots of Télé Haïti)
 * São Tome and Princípe (barely any footage found, especially before the 2010s)
 * Andorra (somewhat low turnout of footage)
 * Bhutan (not a lot of footage found)
 * Cabo Verde (hardly any footage before the late-2010s, still even a lot of TV programs from the late-2000s to present have been removed online)
 * Macau (could use more TV archiving)
 * San Marino (only pre-2000 footage is a TV program and news footage)
 * Timor-Leste (almost no footage before the late 2010s, both before and after independence. There is also no footage of TVRI Dili)
 * Niger (only old footage is two TV-DX videos, aside from that, none)
 * South Sudan (due to ongoing civil war, there is almost no footage available except for some SSBC videos)
 * Palestine (not too much TV footage found)
 * Western Sahara (no footage prior to the start of regular television broadcasts in 2009)
 * Northern Cyprus (very little footage found. Worth noting that many Turkish TV channels broadcast here)
 * Transnistria (almost no footage found, and there is no footage of the 2 local TV stations)
 * Somaliland (there is no footage before the 2010s)
 * Abkhazia (see Caucasia)
 * American Samoa (see United States and Small Oceania Islands)
 * Antigua and Barbuda (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * Armenia (see Caucasia)
 * Artsakh (see Caucasia)
 * Aruba (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * Anguilla (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * Azerbaijan (see Caucasia)
 * Bahamas (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * Barbados (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * Bonaire (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * Bosnia and Herzegovina (see former Yugoslavia)
 * British Virgin Islands (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * Cook Islands (see Small Oceania Islands)
 * Costa Rica (see Central America)
 * Croatia (see former Yugoslavia)
 * Curaçao (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * Dominica (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * El Salvador (see Central America)
 * Estonia (see Baltic countries)
 * Fiji (see Small Oceania Islands)
 * French Polynesia (see Small Oceania Islands)
 * Grenada (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * Guadeloupe (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * Guam (see United States and Small Oceania Islands)
 * Guatemala (see Central America)
 * Honduras (see Central America)
 * Jamaica (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * Kazakhstan (see Central Asia)
 * Kiribati (see Small Oceania Islands)
 * Kosovo (see former Yugoslavia)
 * Kyrgyzstan (see Central Asia)
 * Latvia (see Baltic countries)
 * Lithuania (see Baltic countries)
 * Marshall Islands (see Small Oceania Islands)
 * Martinique (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * Micronesia (see Small Oceania Islands)
 * Montenegro (see former Yugoslavia)
 * Montserrat (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * Nauru (see Small Oceania Islands)
 * New Caledonia (see Small Oceania Islands)
 * Nicaragua (see Central America)
 * Niue (see Small Oceania Islands)
 * Northern Mariana Islands (see United States and Small Oceania Islands)
 * Palau (see Small Oceania Islands)
 * Panama (see Central America)
 * Puerto Rico (see United States)
 * Saba (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * Saint Barthélemy (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * Saint Kitts and Nevis (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * Saint Lucia (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * Saint Martin (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * Samoa (see Small Oceania Islands)
 * Serbia (see former Yugoslavia)
 * Sint Maarten (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * Slovenia (see former Yugoslavia)
 * Solomon Islands (see Small Oceania Islands)
 * South Ossetia (see Caucasia)
 * Tajikistan (see Central Asia)
 * Tonga (see Small Oceania Islands)
 * Trinidad and Tobago (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * Turkmenistan (see Central Asia)
 * US Virgin Islands (see Small Caribbean Islands)
 * Uzbekistan (see Central Asia)
 * Vanuatu (see Small Oceania Islands)
 * Tokelau and Tuvalu (no domestic television service)

What factors into TV footage being missing?

 * Lack of broadcast preservation: There is almost no footage of TV from the 1930s-1940s because of the lack of recording technology available. Kinescopes were invented in 1947 but they weren't used often.
 * Size of country: Usually, smaller countries have less TV footage than larger ones, such as the small Caribbean and Oceania islands. Even some highly developed European countries have little footage before 2000, in this case Liechtenstein has no footage before 2000 and the only pre-2000 footage from San Marino is a news intro (the same is true for Mauritania, Guinea, and Rwanda, which are far less developed). Notable exceptions include Singapore (there is a substantial amount of footage from 1980), Democratic Republic of Congo (there is no footage between when its current name was formed in 1997 to 2005), and Sudan (only some footage before 2000).
 * Development: Less developed countries usually have fewer means of TV recordingy . For example, most of Africa has little footage before at least 2000, while the United Kingdom has a substantial amount of footage from the 1950s (save for non-ITV local TV and obscure cable channels).
 * Obscurity: Measuring which countries are obscure are highly subjective, but more obscure countries usually have a lower turnout of TV footage, such as several small island countries, Bhutan, and Malawi.
 * Armed conflict: Armed conflict makes it more dangerous to stay in a certain country and record TV footage. For example, Sri Lanka has a somewhat low turnout of footage before and during its civil war, Lebanon has little footage before its civil war ended in 1990 and no footage before it began, and South Sudan has almost no footage that is available except for several SSBC videos.

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