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NIST Digital Video 1 - NIST Special Database 26

Metadata Updated: September 30, 2025

NIST Digital Video 1 is a public-domain collection of digital video created to encourage more researchers to address real-world problems and support the scientific comparison of solutions of digital video search, retrieval, and display. This collection consists of eight videos, totaling over two hours in length, selected from NIST's public domain archive of marketing, technical, and educational material. The characteristics of these videos include, but are not limited to, different levels of motion (static to fast moving objects), close-up figures (talking heads, moving arms, and moving hands), outdoor shots (laboratory, auditorium, and conference room environments), and various levels and quality of audio. In addition to the base data (titles below), pre- or post-production transcripts are included as reference data.It is our intent to gather feedback on the use of this collection, the need for additional base data, and further requirements for reference data (or "truth"). Please send email to dvr-info@nist.gov with questions, comments, or suggestions. Or, visit the Digital Video Retrieval web site at http://www.itl.nist.gov/iaui/894.02/projects/dv .Below is the title of each video included as base data on "Digital Video 1".NIST in 5 Minutes and 41 SecondsInformational tour of the agency and its efforts to promote economic growth by working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards.Enhanced Aerial Lift ControllerDescribes how the controller may provide solutions to many jobs that cannot be addressed with existing commercial aerial lifts.Portsmouth Flexible Manufacturing WorkstationDescribes the Portsmouth Fastener Workstation, which makes accurate threaded fasteners for Navy ships.You Don't Have To Be There... Telepresence MicroscopyThe program shows how telepresence can provide the potential for remote, instantaneous, around-the-clock access to critical metrology services using the Internet (1998).A Decade of Business Excellence for AmericaHighlights the decade of excellence as seen through the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.A Uniquely Rewarding ExperienceDescribes the advantages of becoming a Baldrige Quality Award examiner.Aircraft Hangar Fires: Fire Protection ImprovementsDescribes how NIST and the U.S. Navy conducted tests on sprinkler and heat detection systems in high bay aircraft hangars in Iceland and Hawaii.Engineer in SpacePublic lecture which describes a NIST engineer's adventure and research on two missions aboard the space shuttle Columbia.System Requirements: DVD-ROM drive for accessing the digitized video collection and a compatible MPEG decoder is needed to view the collection. Note: Not for use in set-top boxes. Reference data is best viewed using a browser which supports HTML 1.0.

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Restricted: This dataset can only be accessed or used under certain conditions. License: See this page for license information.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
Data Update Frequency irregular

Metadata Source

Harvested from Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
Publisher National Institute of Standards and Technology
Maintainer
Identifier FF429BC178678B3EE0431A570681E858214
Language en
Data Last Modified 2000-01-01 00:00:00
Rights NIST Digital Video Volume 1 is available for a fee. For more information visit http://www.nist.gov/srd/nistsd26.cfm.
Category Video analytics, Information retrieval
Public Access Level restricted public
Data Update Frequency irregular
Bureau Code 006:55
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Harvest Source Id bce99b55-29c1-47be-b214-b8e71e9180b1
Harvest Source Title Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source
Homepage URL https://data.nist.gov/od/id/FF429BC178678B3EE0431A570681E858214
License https://www.nist.gov/open/license
Program Code 006:052
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 5a2d5178785c48a26dbec8aed2cd60bde06b865d7a3d1e6ceebd2b6183d81c4e
Source Schema Version 1.1

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