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You can request its publication via the «Request for availability», link that appears in the description of the material. Please note that items such as encyclopedias, full audio CDs, etc., can only be consulted in our Reading Rooms.

There are several reasons for this. The first one is that the material is too long to be published entirely (i.e. 40+ minutes); therefore, we publish a sample for you to have a general idea. If you want to see the full movie you can request a Video on Demand (VOD) session and we will make it available for you. Click on the link "Request for VOD" that appears on the page of the film you are interested in to organize this.

Another reason is that in some cases copyright or ownership restrictions prevent us from publishing the full content online. In such cases we offer you a sample to help you decide if you want to see the full content (see VOD above).

Finally, the material could have also be marked as "Restricted" (see below).

An item is marked restricted when it is available for consultation in our Reading Rooms only.
Please note that other type of restrictions may also apply.

To buy UNESCO audiovisual material, visit the Online Bookshop

To acquire a copy of an AV content available here, you may address your request to the producers or copyright owners directly. That information is available in the description of the audio-visual item.

If the information about either the copyright owners or the producers of the content is not available, you can contact us and we'll try our best to help. Please note, however, that we cannot provide copies of our material without prior authorization of the rights owner.

UNESCO audiovisual material may be embedded on a website for educational, non-commercial purposes, provided that it is accompanied by an acknowledgement of UNESCO as the source — © UNESCO. It would be greatly appreciated if UNESCO could be informed of the use made of its programmes.

To obtain the corresponding embed code, click on the link "Request for embed code" that appears in the description of the item that interest you. Please include the URL of the website of your institution in your request

For that matter, you may wish to contact the rights holders directly.

If the rights holder is UNESCO, send your request about licensing to the UNESCO Media Services, Multimedia and Audiovisual unit. You will find contact details via the following link: Media Contacts