Remembering September 11, 2001
I was watching the BBC’s coverage of the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in the United States an hour ago when they replayed the start of the “10 O’Clock News” in Britain, which of course led with footage of the Twin Towers collapsing.
I realised how difficult it was (for me at least) to revisit the early horror and shock of what had just unfolded on live television at that time. But it also reminded me of this excellent online archive of some of that early news footage - “Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive”. This site, run by a non-profit organisation, has collected 3000 hours of television from 20 channels over seven days from September 11.
There’s also some good discussion on the website about how 9/11 was and is being covered, and how that tells us more about ourselves and our cultures and politics.
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