Streaming Video Sources
Historical resources
Online History Videos
The following digital video collections offer you thousands of documentaries and other films to enhance your research. You may be amazed at what you will discover here.
- World History in Video This link opens in a new windowSearchable and browsable collection of videos about all historical eras in World History. This growing collection contains approximately 1,000 titles and more than 700 hours of streaming video documentaries from filmmakers worldwide.
- American History in Video (Alexander Street) This link opens in a new window
A searchable and browsable database including approximately 1,000 hours of newsreels from the late 1890s to the 1980s. When complete it is expected to contain more than 2,000 hours of newsreel footage.
- History Channel : Videos by topicLarge collection of videos on eras of history, historical figures, military history, and many other topics.
- Black Studies Center (formerly Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience) (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
This multimedia database contains essays and articles, a timeline, videos, and images of the African experience throughout the Americas. This database is cross-searchable with journals, newspapers, dissertations, and other relevant content including the International Index to Black Periodicals Full-Text, the Black Literature Index, and the Chicago Defender.
- Associated Press (AP) ArchiveAP Archive is the film and video archive of The Associated Press -- the world's largest and oldest news agency. The entire AP Archive collection is now viewable on YouTube
- American Memory ProjectMotion picture collections including historical advertising, presidential inaugurations, and historical theater.