Find Digital Video
News
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Associated Press Video
Breaking and developing news videos divided into categories such as U.S., World, Show Biz,
Sci-Tech, Politics, Sports, etc.
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AP Archive
A searchable database of more than 1.7 million moving images clips on everything from news
and entertainment to science and sports. (The footage can be viewed online, though using it in any
kind of edited project requires obtaining licensing permission. But if you're looking for a
specific news clip from a historical event, this might be a good place to start.)
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BBC Video Search
Recent and breaking news from around the world (scroll to "News in Video" halfway down
homepage).
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CNN Video
Recent and breaking news from around the world.
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FORA.tv
Video programs on the people, issues and ideas changing the world (content is offered in
tiers, including free, paid-membership and fee-based video viewing of live events).
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FOX News Video
Recent and breaking news from around the world.
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FRONTLINE
Archival Frontline broadcast documentaries spanning the past few years (search for
programming by date, topic or keyword).
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MSNBC Video
Recent and breaking news from around the world.
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PBS - Public Broadcasting Service
Access to much of PBS' national programming (search by program title or topic).
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Reuters TV
Recent and breaking news from the business and financial sectors.
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WILL TV
Links to PBS NewsHour broadcasts and other programming videos from Urbana-Champaign's public
broadcasting network.
Arts and Humanities
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FolkStreams
Stream documentaries from the 1960s on that focus on American folk and roots culture from
many different regions and communities.
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UbuWeb Films
Hundreds of avant-garde films and videos, plus links to other online art film resources
for non-commercial or educational use.
Documentaries and Education
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Annenberg Learner
Teacher resources and teacher professional development programming across the
curriculum.
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FreeDocumentaries.org
View free, independent documentaries that look at issues outside of the mainstream media's
coverage.
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Moving Image Research Collections (MIRC) at the
University of South Carolina
Thousands of hours of video available online from MIRC's Digital Video Repository, including
local TV news and commercials, home movies, nature films and both fiction and documentaries from
the People's Republic of China.
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SnagFilms
Free access to documentaries from around the world, including award-winning directors to
small independent filmmakers. Films can be viewed onsite, or via platforms such as Apple TV, Roku,
Boxee and smartphone apps.
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UC
Berkeley Free Online courses
Videos of courses offered by UC Berkeley.
Fiction-Shorts and Feature Films
History
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American
Memory Project
Provide by the Library of Congress, this project provides access to historical materials that
document the American experience. To view the video collections, click "Motion Pictures" in the
"Browse Collections Containing" section on the right-hand side.
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Internet Archive
Hosts a large number of moving images from topics ranging from 'Animation & Cartoons' to
'Youth Media.' Bonus: watch some entire feature film classics. Videos are available for streaming
or download.
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Library of Congress on YouTube
Videos from LOC events, lectures, concerts, etc.
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National Video Archives of the United
States
Historical videos covering NASA space flight, the United Newsreel from 1942-1945, and the
Department of the Interior. (Use the
Digital Copies search to find videos that have been digitized
online).
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Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive
400 films (home movies, shorts and full-length features) range from 1911 on and reflect the
vast scope of documentary material collected by the Spielberg Archive.
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Television News of the Civil Rights Era (University of
Virgina)
Streaming video of news broadcasts, speeches, meetings and other events from the Civil Rights
movement between 1950 and 1970, organized by year.
Languages
Science and Technology
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Big Think
A global forum connecting people and ideas, examining the bigger picture of today's most
pressing issues.
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TED
TED Talks offer videos of talks given by experts on a wide variety of topics.
User-Generated
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YouTube
Allows users to view and share a variety of video clips.
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MetaCafe
Allows users to view and share videos with other users.
