Film Archives & Stock Footage

A few collections have not yet been migrated to the above list. You will find them here.

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.

- Over 25,000 films gathered "from school auctions, thrift stores, closets and dumpsters", featuring civil defense & public service films shot by the government in the 40′s & 50′s

- Digital format collection of movies, films and videos: fiction, documentaries, news, TV programs, etc.

- Collection of "ephemeral" (advertising, educational, instructional, amateur) films

- Over 1,600 video clips, designed to be used in other videos

- Short, stylized, loopable video loops, typically used by VJ’s, all contributed by Archive users

- Offers a range of rights-cleared video solutions tailored for education, from clip licensing to fully produced short form video segments

- Images, audio and video recordings related to space flight, astronomy and aeronautics created by NASA, most of which are not copyrighted

- Repository of digital video content for the digital video, multimedia retrieval, digital library, and other research communities

- Full length movies in the Public Domain which can be downloaded, modified and remixed into your own projects

- Available on DVD or online, via Alexander Street Press

- Free database of HD stock footage, motion graphics, music, sound effects

- Video, audio, images, searchable transcripts, and resource management tools available for individual and classroom learning