Research Guides: Film Studies : Films & Filmmakers

Stock Footage

Internet Archive | Stock Footage Collection
Internet Archive | Moving Image Archive Stock Footage Collection
Videvo
ree stock video footage and motion graphics for use in any project, commercial or non-commercial, through use of its own license or CC 3.0 license. Includes over 5000 videos.
National Park Service B-Roll Archive
Access to public domain videos from National Park service sites, "including national parks, monuments, battlefields, historic sites and related areas
British Pathe
Footage.net
Stock Footage for Free
requires free login/password to use
AP Archive
Licensing fees may apply
Internet Archive | Prelinger Archives
Collection of "ephemeral" (advertising, educational, instructional, amateur) films
YouTube
Filter search results to include films with Creative Commons licenses.

Vimeo Public Domain Channel
Library of Congress | National Screening Room Collection
Movies with historical, cultural, and/or educational value chosen to reflect attitudes, perspectives and beliefs of different times. Majority of films are free to download in varying formats.
Chicago Film Archive
some films available online, others include the location information

Biography (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window Includes more than 650,000 biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study. Users can search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as by keyword and full text. It offers authoritative reference content alongside, videos, audio selections, images, primary sources, and magazine and journal articles from hundreds of major periodicals and newspapers.