Brewster Kahle launches Internet Archive 1996
Channel: The InternetKing
Date: 2021-07-26

Brewster Kahle launches Internet Archive 1996
by Wendy Hanamura

Publication date 2021-07-17
Topics Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive, Wayback Machine, crawl, web archiving, digital library
Language English
In 1996, a young computer scientist named Brewster Kahle set out to build a “Library of Everything” for the digital age. A library containing all the published works of humankind, free to the public, and structured as a nonprofit to last the ages. He named this digital library the Internet Archive.  Its mission: to provide everyone with “Universal Access to All Knowledge.”



Using archival footage shot on October 29, 1996 by Marc Weber for the Web History Project, this short documentary features Internet Archive's founder, Brewster Kahle during the first Wayback Machine crawl and 25 years later, in 2021, as the Internet's Library turns 25.



Archival footage courtesy of Marc Weber and the Web History Project, all rights reserved.


Produced by: Wendy Hanamura

VIdeographer: Brad Shirakawa

Editor: Kristin Tieche



Credits
Produced by: Wendy Hanamura

VIdeographer: Brad Shirakawa

Editor: Kristin Tieche

Archival video courtesy of Marc Weber & the Web History Project, all rights reserved.

Addeddate 2021-07-17 22:46:19
Color color
Identifier 1996-launch
Rights Archival Footage is courtesy of Marc Weber and the Web History Project, all rgihts reserved. The short doc may be used in-tact for non-commercial purposes.
Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4
Sound sound
Year 2021