Figure 1
Photographic documentation of the Antenna 3 archives, housed in the former production centre in Legnano (near Varese, in the Lombardy region). Note the condition of the materials, which are not always arranged according to formal archival standards. Photographs taken by Luca Barra, Matteo Marinello and Emiliano Rossi on January 11, 2022.
Figure 2
Landing page of the ATLas collection on AMS Historica, showing the structure of the ‘albero archivistico’ (‘archival tree’) (screenshot by the authors, with permission from AlmaDL).
Figure 3
An excerpt from the founding document of the television channel Sardegna 1, obtained by the Cagliari research team from the local Chamber of Commerce (digitised by Myriam Mereu, reproduced in accordance with current copyright regulations).
Figure 4
An excerpt from the L’Unione Sarda page dedicated to television schedules: among the 19 listed broadcasters, space is also given to Sardegna 1 (page published on January 6th, 1987, digitised by Myriam Mereu).
Figure 5
Detail from the beta version of the repository, featuring a sample selection related to TeleSanterno channel. Note (highlighted in green) the typological variety of the inventoried sources, including video clips, audio interview segments, images, and documents (screenshot by the authors, with permission from AlmaDL).
Figure 6
Numerical and textual tables used during the metadata process for the ATLas sample; the descriptors reflect the predefined standards of the Historica platform (screenshot by the authors, with permission from AlmaDL).
Figure 7
Detail from the entry “‘Ed è subito sabato’, Foto di scena e di backstage”, available on the ATLas database (link). The item consists of a collage of production stills from the programme Ed è subito sabato (lit. And suddenly it’s Saturday), taken in 1982 by photographer Bernardo Ricci (reproduced with the author’s permission).
Figure 8
Metadata associated with the item “‘Ed è subito sabato’, Foto di scena e di backstage” (link). Among the visible tags are temporal information, authorship data, format and preservation status, type of IP licence, as well as internal links to other items within the collection (screenshot by the authors, with permission from AlmaDL).
Figure 9
The graphic interface used on the ATLas repository to feature the interview with Domenico Berti, founder of TeleSanterno (link). The interviews with witnesses and other informants were conducted in audio format only, without video support (screenshot by the authors, with permission from AlmaDL).
Figure 10
Screenshot from the entry “Serata di inaugurazione delle trasmissioni, Il saluto di Renzo Villa ed Enzo Tortora”, available on ATLas database (link). Here, Renzo Villa inaugurates the broadcasts of Antenna 3 from outside the station’s studios, greeting the home audience with a theatrical gesture (November 1977; screenshot by the authors, with permission from AlmaDL).