PRIMARY SOURCES GUIDE: Film and Video

Access a massive collection of streaming videos, including documentaries, interviews, performances, newsreels, field recordings, commercials, and raw footage, among others. Most topics are represented in this database. (Alexander Street Press)

Search this streaming video collection of documentaries, educational films, classic Hollywood movies, and world cinema. Note: Not all Kanopy films are immediately available for streaming. For any that are unavailable, please fill out the request form in Kanopy with as much information as possible to convey your teaching or research needs. The library will only unlock videos used for courses and assignments. (OverDrive)

Stream documentaries, performances of various plays, and interviews with directors, designers, writers, and actors. (Alexander Street Press)

Stream a variety of opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. (Alexander Street Press)

Stream full-length opera performances from the New York Metropolitan Opera. This database contains videos of both recent and classic performances (1970s-present), as well as radio broadcasts dating back to 1935. (Metropolitan Opera)

Stream numerous documentary and social issue films from a variety of companies, including Bullfrog Films and Icarus Films. (Docuseek)