Streaming Video Resources
Don't forget, if you subscribe personally to a streaming service such as Amazon Prime or Hulu, you can look to see if movies you've been asked to watch for class are available there as well!
- Academic Video OnlineAcademic 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Writers Forum Videos in DigitalCommons @ Brockport This link opens in a new windowAccess the audio archives of the Writers Forum and other class-related materials.
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 on the web, on your personalized home page, or on your iPhone.
- Moving Image Archive at Internet ArchiveThousands of advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur films, many available for free. Browse by topics (sub-collections), or Search.
- Snag FilmsMore than 2500 award-winning independent titles from some of the greatest names in film, free and on-demand. "We are honored to share so many artists’ films with you, because we believe good films deserve the widest-possible audience. And we’re proud to share our advertising revenue with these filmmakers, and give you in-depth information, including interviews, about the filmmakers and their films." Searchable, or browse by topic.
- National Geographic VideoClick on "Nat Geo TV/Full episodes" in left-hand column. Includes 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.
- 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.
- FedFlixFeatures the best movies of the United States Government. Sample topics include: training films to historical films, from our national parks to the U.S. Fire Academy and the Postal Inspectors. Great 'camp' value!
Free Online Classic Movies
- Movies and Films in The Moving Image 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.
- National Geographic VideoHundreds of short clips (most under 5 min.), plus a handful of longer videos.
- Discovery Channel VideosSearchable, or browse by topic or show. Mostly clips, but a very few full episodes (designated by an FE icon).
- 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: Jul 19, 2024 12:28 AM
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URL: https://library.brockport.edu/find