BLC Library of Foreign Language Film Clips

What is the LFLFC?

LFLFC stands for the BLC (Berke­ley Lan­guage Cen­ter Library of For­eign Lan­guage Film Clips (LFLFC). It is a tagged, struc­tured col­lec­tion of clips from for­eign lan­guage films.

Prince­ton Uni­ver­sity is one of the insti­tu­tions that has access to data­base and clips. These  clips are intended for the sole use of instruc­tors so that they can use them as part of their for­eign lan­guage course cur­ricu­lum. These clips can be used only within the Fair Use Guide­lines of U.S. Copy­right Law. Cur­rently the data­base is acces­si­ble only to fac­ulty and grad­u­ate stu­dent instruc­tors at par­tic­i­pat­ing insti­tu­tions like Prince­ton Uni­ver­sity. The way it works is that you can search LFLFC  for cer­tain clips. Tags and sum­maries (and even com­ments from the com­mu­nity) are attached to the already cre­ated clips. LFLFC  allows us, since we are a par­tic­i­pat­ing insti­tu­tion, the abil­ity to use these clips for 2 week peri­ods in courses. Cur­rently you can only request the clips that are already dig­i­tized by LFC. It is a great data­base and the pro­fes­sional cat­a­loging of the films in their native lan­guage is stun­ning in itself.

If you are a fac­ulty mem­ber at Prince­ton, we encour­age you to check out this great resource and cre­ate an account: http://blcvideoclips.berkeley.edu/