LibGuides: History: Videos

Video Database

Alexander Street Press Video Database:
Offers access to hundreds of hours of video on a variety of subjects, including history. You can search by title, field of interest, people, subject, place, producer/publisher, and content types.

American History Videos:
Includes documentaries, commercial & governmental newsreels, public affairs & archival footage, and more. A video from this collection is located below.

World History Videos:
Includes information on early encounters, war & conflict, women's activism, disease & epidemics, revolutions, and migrations, which are available in a variety of formats, including newsreels, archival footage, and documentaries.

Videos Online

Internet Archive: News & Public Affairs
An analysis of news and public affairs independent from traditional corporate media is available from this diverse video library. From Democracy Now's daily news program, to three days of TV news coverage following the 911 attacks, to Mosaic’s timely clips of Middle East newscasts, to UCSF's Tobacco Industry Videos, this video library offers an alternative way to view and interpret current news and public affairs.You can browse by keyword or subject and by sub-collection.
Internet Archive: Universal Newsreels
This resource, also from the Internet Archive, provides access to Universal Newsreels, which were produced from 1929 to 1967 and released twice a week. Each issue contained six or seven short stories, usually one to two minutes in length, covering world events, politics, sports, fashion, and whatever else might entertain the movie audience. These newsreels offer a fascinating and unique view of an era when motion pictures defined our culture and were a primary source of visual news reporting.
Library of Congress Webcasts
This resource from the Library of Congress includes webcasts on a multitude of topics: history, current events, education, literature, and more. The site allows you to browse collections by subject including the National Book Festival collection, see newly added webcasts and the most popular webcasts, and download both web- and podcasts. The LOC also publishes the videos on their YouTube channel.
Open Video Project
The purpose of the Open Video Project is to collect and make available a repository of digitized video content for the digital video, multimedia retrieval, digital library, and other research communities. The resource is sponsored by the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, and it allows you to search by keyword, genre, collection, duration, sound/no sound, black and white or color, and creation date or date range.
PBS Video
The Public Broadcasting Service offers an online repository of PBS programs, available to stream on demand. Popular titles include Frontline, Nature, PBS NewsHour, Nova, Masterpiece, and POV.