Digital Video Collections Guide: Open Video Collections

Online lectures/courses in a wide variety of subjects from Harvard, MIT, Stanford, and more.

Thousands of historic commercials (1950s-1980s)

Al Jazeera's Creative Commons Repository.

Thousands of hours of public broadcast material.

Over 250 films dedicated to topics in American history.

Over 450 films (1922-2011) documenting American Indian lifeways, focusing on peoples in the American Southwest.

Several hundred early motion pictures.

Over 5,000 historic American speeches.

Collection of educational videos provided by Annenberg/CPB.

More than 1.7 million stories from The Associated Press covering a myriad of topics back to 1895.

Over 800 interviews with icons of television.

A visual record of life on Earth, connecting people with the natural world.

Art in the 21st century - digital media + more.

Though it is no longer being updated, users can view BBC radio and TV content back to the 1930s.

Human history through 100 created objects.

Newsreels from 1895-1986.

Over 11 million historical and government documents from the UK.

Over 80,000 international videos capturing the 20th century.

Health, safety, and preparedness videos from the Center for Disease Control.

Official videos from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

A digital archive of news footage of the Civil Rights Movement plus connections to nationwide related digital collections and more.

Videos and information about 12 landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases.

All C-SPAN programs back to 1987,

Breaking military news.

The National Library of Medicine's free online resource of biomedical books and still and moving images.

News videos about what's happening on the ERAU Prescott campus.

Selection of videos regarding the aviation industry, celebrations, news, plain language, and public information.

Official FBI videos.

Official videos from the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

Safety and recent history related to the FAA.

United States Government videos covering a variety of topics from various departments and agencies.

Watch selected episodes of the award winning investigative documentary series from PBS.

Search through millions of videos accessible through Google.

A -part series detailing the worst economic crisis in U.S. history to date.

Watch full episodes and videos of History Channel programs.

Official videos from the Department of Homeland Security.

Contains content from IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers). Some of the content is free, while other content is available only to IEEE members.

More than 200,000 free historical/academic videos.

Offers access to K-through-college material for free after registering for an account. Great review!

Offers video lectures in the arts & sciences (including but not limited to: engineering, computer science, astronomy, math, physics, biology, history, literature, economics, and more!). Also includes science animations, lecture notes, and free online magazine in a variety of subject areas.

Revealing interviews by journalistic icon Mike Wallace. From the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

For instruction or maintaining the historical record.

Web-based publication of MIT course content, freely available.

Space-related videos from NASA.

This National American History Museum's presence on YouTube explores the complexities of American history through video.

Videos from the National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films (NCFMF).

Access to episodes that connect the viewer to the natural world.

The official YouTube channel of The New York Times.

The National Marine Sanctuaries Media Library is an online vault where a comprehensive collection of public domain photographs and short video clips from all 14 marine protected areas that NOAA manages and NOAA Ocean Exploration and Research are stored and available for searchable access and download.

Access to many episodes of the award winning PBS series in many subject areas.

Free cultural and educational web content.

Select PBS episodes from series such as Masterpiece, FRONTLINE, American Experience, Secrets of the Dead, Austin City Limits, Need To Know, NOVA, NATURE, and Independent Lens.

Select full-length films from this acclaimed PBS documentary film series.

Video files produced by the DOE National Laboratories, other DOE research facilities, and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).

More than 2,500 hours of footage focusing on historical US public policy, the American presidency, and more.

Quality aviation and aerospace videos from the world-renowned Smithsonian.

Thousands of short talks (usually 20 minutes or less) by leading thinkers of the 21st century.

Quality-tested scientific videos from the German National Library of Science and Technology.

Over 12,000 hours of historical records, propaganda films, oral history, and more.

Online video platform.