Sound and Vision: Film, TV, Images, Music
Film, TV, Sounds, Images
The University provides staff and students with access to a wide range of film, television, audio and visual art resources. As well as the legacy AV Collection of DVDs and music CDs (with viewing and listening facilities) on the 3rd floor of the Library, there are free streaming services you can access online with your Roehampton login.
DVDs and some eVideos can be found via UR Library Search, but a lot of streaming content can only be found by going direct to the platform - see links below. You can also go to the A-Z List of Databases and filter by Type: Video (or Image or Music).
Some of our key online film resources, licensed for educational use, are:
- ROB (Roehampton Online Broadcasts) This link opens in a new window
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Record and stream freeview TV and radio programmes for educational use, create clips and playlists, and access the archive of recorded programmes including BBC and Shakespeare Archives. ROB is managed by AVR, for assistance contact: avr@roehampton.ac.uk.
Staff can find more information on how to request content for ROB, and create your personal media library, on the staff portal.
- BFI Player for Higher Education This link opens in a new window
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Selected British and European independent cinema, updated monthly. Access Note: log in with your Roehampton email address, then create a personal account. Licensed for personal or class viewing, but not for public screenings.
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Streams thousands of films, documentaries and training videos across a wide range of subjects. Note: Click 'Log in to Roehampton' on the left side of the screen to gain access. Please note: BBC programmes may be available via Roehampton Online Broadcasts (ROB).
Please note that Kanopy does not allow screenshots, nor screen sharing via videoconferencing software such as MS Teams.
More specialised video resources are also available:
- Dance Online: Dance in Video This link opens in a new window
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Watch the most influential 20th century choreographers, companies and dancers. Incudes ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, and experimental; from Cunningham to Limon, Dance Theatre of Harlem to DV8 Physical Theatre.
- Drama Online This link opens in a new window
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Plays and criticisms from a range of publishers (e.g. Aurora Metro Books, Faber & Faber and Bloomsbury). Also includes Globe on Screen and Early Modern video from V&A Museum's archives. Note: For access select “University of Roehampton”.
- BBC Shakespeare Archive (Open Access Resource) This link opens in a new window
All the BBC's Shakespeare output: plays, poems, documentaries, interviews, images. Licensed only for streamed playback. Register here with your Roehampton email address.
- Theatre Performance and Design Collection This link opens in a new window
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A comprehensive collection of performance videos, audio recordings, and production designs (from sound and lights to sets and costumes).
- Counseling and Therapy in Video This link opens in a new window
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Current film content in the fields of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and counselling.
- Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination This link opens in a new window
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Video version of Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, with 230 videos, plus clinical reasoning content.
- Visible Body This link opens in a new window
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3D human anatomy visualisation tool containing: Human Anatomy Atlas, Physiology & Pathology and Muscle Premium. Available both as a desktop version and an App. First time users will need to set up a personal account (free).
All the above sources are Roehampton subscriptions, licensed for educational use.
For a list of good quality, legitimate open access film sources see the Watch section of the Film subject guide.
Sounds and music:
- British Library Sounds (Open Access Resource) This link opens in a new window
The BL's global recordings archive, including music, drama, literature, oral history, languages and dialects, wildlife, and birdsong.
- Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
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A music database containing over 2 million tracks, from classical and opera to jazz, blues, film scores and world music. All available straight to your phone via the NML app. Spotlight on Naxos blog post.
Images:
- ARTSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Over 2 million high quality images, rights-cleared for use in education and research, in 300 curated collections.
- Europeana (Open Access Resource) This link opens in a new window
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Access to digitised books, music, and artworks from Europe's museums, libraries, and archives.
- John Johnson Collection This link opens in a new window
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Archive of printed ephemera covering everyday life in Britain in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- RIBA pix (Open Access Resource) This link opens in a new window
The UK's largest collection of architecture images and drawings, covering various styles, periods and themes.
- VADS (Visual Arts Data Service)Over 140,000 images from over 300 art collections, free for educational use.