声像档案是随着科学技术的进步而产生的一种信息记录,是利用现代科学技术将声音、图像记录在感光材料、磁性材料或其它合成材料等非纸质材料上形成的档案。它客观、形象的反映政治、经济、外交、文化、教育、科学研究、军事、艺术、新闻等各个领域的活动,产生了与纸质文字档案并存、载体形式特殊的声像档案。 Sound and video archives are records of information that follow the progress of science and technology and are files formed by recording the sound and image on non-paper materials such as light-sensitive materials, magnetic materials or other synthetic materials using modern science and technology. It objectively and vividly reflects the activities in various fields such as politics, economy, diplomacy, culture, education, scientific research, military affairs, art and journalism, resulting in the audiovisual archives that coexist with paper text files and forms of bearer.