Online Media Resources
A collection of resources that provide access to free online video and multimedia.
Websites
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American Experience
View select films from the PBS series American Experience online in their entirety.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/onlineFilms/ -
American Field Guide
A collection of public broadcast station programing that cover a wide variety of information about the American outdoors.
http://www.pbs.org/americanfieldguide/# -
American Memory: Library of Congress
American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/
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Annenberg Media
Annenberg Media distributes a wide variety of educational films. Many of these film are available to be streamed online through the Annenberg Media website.
http://www.learner.org/
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BBC Video Nation
A collection of short videos created by viewers and listeners of the BBC.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/videonation/ -
British Film Institute (BFI) National Archives: YouTube Channel
A selection of over 200 films from the BFI National Archives.
http://www.youtube.com/user/BFIfilms -
Bill Moyers Journal
Weekly online episodes of the public affairs series Bill Moyers Journal. Free video postcast subscriptions are available for this series.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/archives/archives.php
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Carnegie Oral History Project Video interviews
A collection of audio, video and transcribed interviews with member of the Carnegie Corporation, relating the organizations history and achievements http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/oral_hist/carnegie/video-interviews/
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Civil Rights Digital Library
The Civil Rights Digital Library directs users to online films, texts, images, audio recordings, etc related to the Civil Rights movement in the United States in the 1950's and 1960's.
http://crdl.usg.edu/voci/go/crdl/home -
CNN Video
A selection of online video clips on current news events.
http://www.cnn.com/video/ -
Criterion Collection/ The Auteurs Online Film Festival
Each month, Criterion Collection curates a free online film festival on The Auteurs.
http://www.criterion.com/festival -
Docfera
Large digital archives of Latin American documentaries.
http://www.docfera.com/ -
Europa Film Treasures
A collection of films from various European film archives.
http://www.europafilmtreasures.eu/ -
Folkstream
A collection of documentary films about American folk or roots culture. Site contains full films for download/streaming, transcripts and teaching guides.
http://www.folkstreams.net/ -
Frontline
A large selection of streaming video from the PBS public affairs series, Frontline.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ -
Great Performances
"Great Performances presents a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries."
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/
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Internet Archives: Moving Images
A collection of over 100,000 free videos and films online. Includes a large selection of ephemeral films from the Prelinger Archives.
http://www.archive.org/details/movies -
The Health Library Online Video Collection
The Stanford Health Library provides a collection of online videos covering various health topics, including health and society, cancer support, and women's health.
http://healthlibrary.stanford.edu/resources/videos.html -
Hulu
A large collection of online feature films, television shows, web video and documentaries.
http://www.hulu.com/ -
The Hyde Tube
A curated selection of short films aimed at promoting the creators vision and skills.
http://www.hulu.com/
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JFK Video: The Dallas Tapes
A collection of television interviews from the Dallas news station KDFW related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
http://media.myfoxdfw.com/JFKvideo -
JFK Jr. Forum Video and Podcast Archive
A searchable video archive of public addressed and panel discussion held at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum.
http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Multimedia-Center/By-Program/JFK-Jr.-Forum
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Learners TV
Free online audio & video lectures, along with supporting materials, covering a wide variety of math and science related subjects, including biology, physics, computer science, mathematics, chemistry, medicine and engineering.
http://www.learnerstv.com/ -
Library of Congress on YouTube
A collection of films maintained online by the Library of Congress.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=LibraryOfCongress&view=videos -
Media That Matters Film Festival
The Media That Matters Film Festival showcases short films on the most important topics of the day. Every June, Media That Matters presents a new collection of twelve shorts. The films stream online in their entirety, broadcast nationally and are distributed on DVD to educators and activists.
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/
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The Mike Wallace Interview
65 recorded interviews made in 1957-58 from “The Mike Wallace Interview” show.
http://solstice.ischool.utexas.edu/tmwi/index.php/The_Mike_Wallace_Interview -
National Archives (NARA): Google Video Channel
The National Archives collaborated with Google to put 101 historical videos online. Content includes videos on NASA, the National Parks Service and WWII newsreels.
http://video.google.com/nara.html -
National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films (NCFMF)
A series of films created by Ascher Shapiro in the 1960s, used to teach fluid mechanics.
http://web.mit.edu/fluids/www/Shapiro/ncfmf.html
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National Film Board of Canada
Selected films and excerpts from the National Film Board of Canada's film collection.
Screening Room
http://www.nfb.ca/explore-by/title/
http://www.nfb.ca/duneculturealautre/toutvoir.php
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NOVA: Watch Online
Selected NOVA programs available online. Programs are divided into chapters and closed captioned.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/ -
P.O.V. Video
A variety of full length films, short films and lesson plan based clips from the acclaimed non fiction film series P.O.V.
http://www.pbs.org/pov/videos.html -
Soul!
A small collection of episodes from the sensational 1970's all black variety show, Soul!. Made available by WNET Thirteen.
http://www.thirteen.org/soul/ -
Snag Films
A growing collection of feature and independent documentaries. Entire films are available online with commercials breaks.
http://snagfilms.com/ -
Stanford on iTunes U
Collection of publicly accessible Stanford faculty lectures, courses, music, sports, and other event.
http://itunes.stanford.edu/ -
Sulphur Springs Collection
29 films from the Sulphur Springs Collection of Pre-Nickelodeon Films collection, 1898 - 1906. Includes 7 panaramas taken by Edison cameramen of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/all/cul/ssm/
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TED: Technology, Entertainment, Design
A collection of short speeches presented by a variety of acclaimed individuals at the annual TED conference. Over 150 presentations are now available.
http://www.ted.com/ -
Thirteen
Selected online video from New York public television station WNET/Thirteen. Includes regionally produced programming such as New York Voices, The City Concealed, Sunday Arts and It's the Economy, NY.
http://www.thirteen.org/video/ -
Travel Channel Video
Discovery's Travel Channel provides online access to various episodes of Travel Channels programs as well as travel videos created and submitted by users.
http://www.travelchannel.com/Video_%26_Photos/ -
UC Berkeley Media Resource Center, Online Media Resources
A collection online video and audio recordings of notable lectures, events, and readings held at University of California, Berkeley.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/onlinemediamenu.html
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WGBH Open Vault
Selected video excerpts and transcripts from public television station WGBH's archives.
http://openvault.wgbh.org/ -
Where We Stand: America's Schools in the 21st Century
"WHERE WE STAND: America’s Schools in the 21st Century presents a frank evaluation of our educational system’s strengths and weaknesses. The documentary visits schools throughout Ohio, an important swing state that represents a range of socioeconomic and geographic school districts."
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wherewestand/ -
WITNESS
Witness uses video and online technology to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations.
http://www.witness.org

