Streaming Video Resources
- Films on Demand This link opens in a new windowFilms On Demand is a comprehensive, curriculum-focused video subscription providing unlimited access to thousands of videos in 30+ subjects, including the humanities, science, business, literature, health, and more. Professors can stimulate and reinforce their lectures, and students can find inspiration and materials for their research. New content is added regularly.
- Academic Video Online This link opens in a new windowAcademic Video Online is a comprehensive video subscription that provides video titles spanning a wide range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.
- Dance in Video This link opens in a new windowDance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Covers ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance.
- Nursing Education in Video This link opens in a new windowNursing Education in Video is a unique online collection of videos created specifically for the education and training of nurses, nursing assistants, and other healthcare workers. All of the videos in the collection have been created with the guidance of the Medcom-Trainex advisory board, and are regularly reviewed for accuracy, currency, and compliance with US Federal regulations from agencies such as OSHA and CMS.
- Theatre in Video This link opens in a new windowTheatre in Video: Volume I contains hundreds of videos, including documentaries and definitive performances of the world’s most important plays. From celebrated productions of Shakespeare to rare, in-depth footage of the work of Samuel Beckett, the collection covers a wide range of 20th century theatre history. Interviews with directors, designers, writers, and actors, along with excerpts of live performances deliver an authentic, behind-the-scenes look at hundreds of productions.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new windowNote: Kanopy videos that have not yet been licensed must now be accessed through a request process. Titles with purchased licenses can be viewed instantly. More info on Brockport Today.
Kanopy is a streaming video resource with a broard collection of over 26,000 films on every subject imaginable and from leading producers such as Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, New Day Films, HBO California Newsreel, and more.
Free Online Documentary Collections
- PBS VideoHundreds of documentaries and show episodes. Programs covered include: Frontline, American Experience, Nature, Nova, Great Performances... Browse by program, topic, or collection, or Search.
- National Film Board of CanadaWatch thousands of documentaries, animations, alternative dramas, and interactive productions.
- Moving Image Archive at Internet ArchiveThousands of advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur films, many available for free.
- National Geographic VideoIncludes episodes from several series: Alaska State Troopers, Border Wars, Dog Whisperer, Explorer, Fight Science, Hard Time, Locked Up Abroad, Mysteries of the Bible, Naked Science, Remembering 9/11, Shark Men, Ultimate Factories, World's Toughest Fixes, and more.
- Vanderbilt Television News ArchiveSearchable archive of abstracts of news broadcasts from 1968 to present (ABC, CBS, NBC), 1995 to present (CNN), selected content from PBS and FOX News. The world's most extensive and complete archive of television news: recording, preserving and providing access to television news broadcasts of the national networks since August 5, 1968.
- Documentary Educational ResourcesFree previews of most of their over 400 film and video titles which include some of the most historically important resources of ethnographic film in the world today, with series on the Kalahari Bushman, the Yanomamo, and Alaskan natives, among others. Some titles can be streamed for free (i.e.: Abstinence in Albuquerque), but these are not identified until you click on the title.
- FedFlixFedFlix features the best movies produced by the United States Government, from training films to history, from our national parks to the U.S. Fire Academy and the Postal Inspectors, all of these fine flix are available for reuse without any restrictions whatsoever.
Freely Available Online Documentaries
- Documentary StormDocumentaryStorm is, "the leading source for 100% free documentary films. We curate the best documentary films available online for educational purposes as well as personal enjoyment."
- Top Documentary FilmsMore than 3,000 documentaries published on TDF (most of them are full length docs), organized in 25 different categories, searchable by keywords, sortable by rating, comments, and titles and most importantly open for discussion.
- Documentary HeavenDocumentary Heaven aggregates thousands of documentaries from around the web. Searchable, or browse by topic.
- Watch DocumentariesIncludes documentaries in Spanish, French, as well as closed captioned. Searchable, or browse by topic.
- Documentary24.com: Free Documentaries OnlineSearchable, or browse by topic.
Free Online Classic Movies
- Movies and Films: The Internet ArchiveBrowse by subject, keywords, language, or sub-collections, or Search.
Free Online Documentaries -- Clips Only
- History Channel VideosShort (1-4 min.) clips from their shows and documentaries.
- Discovery Channel VideosSearchable, or browse by topic or show. Mostly clips, but a very few full episodes.
- A & E TV10-15 full episodes of many series, including: Case Case Files ; Crime 360 ; The First 48 ; Fugitive Chronicles ; Heavy ; Intervention ; Jacked: Auto Theft Task Force ; Runaway Squad.
- Biography (A&E)Hundreds of short clips, plus 50 full episodes.
Last Updated: Oct 2, 2023 10:22 AM
URL: https://library.brockport.edu/digital-collections
URL: https://library.brockport.edu/digital-collections