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Free (to UK universities) streaming of post-war British art films and documentaries, from University of Westminster. Includes a complete database and access to over 450 films made by the Arts Council England between 1953 and 2003.
A collection of hundreds of films relating to the British colonial era, intended to "allow both colonizers and colonized to understand better the truths of Empire."
Hundreds of thousands of film historical documents from European film archives and cinémathèques: rare feature and documentary films, newsreels, ephemera and other materials.
A project by the US Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, aiming to make movies from the Library's extensive holdings freely available.
A nonprofit based in Chicago with a social justice focus that collects, produces, and distributes documentary video created by artists, activists, and community groups.
The British Film Institute on the South Bank has a specialist Library and archive of books, journals, film reels, ephemera and more, relating to British film, TV and performing arts.
A collection of over 20,000 films in early cinema, classics, world cinema, documentaries, experimental films, video art and independent films, plus books and digital resources.
Based at Goldsmiths, University of London, LCVA preserves, archives and shares community videos made in the 1970s and 1980s in London and the South East.
Founded in 2011, albert supports the global Film and TV industry to reduce the environmental impacts of production and to create content that supports a vision for a sustainable future.
Run by Tongues on Fire, UKAFF aims to celebrate, award and reward great films, filmmakers and artists from South Asia, and includes: feature films, documentaries, short films, panel discussions, and educational and community screenings.
Over 33,000 sound clips available for personal, educational or research purposes. Global content from the last 100 years, including TV and radio special effects, BBC Natural History Unit and Radiophonic Workshop recordings. You can create your own mixes and soundscapes using the ‘mixer mode’ function.
Access thousands of the British Library's global recordings, including music, drama and literature, oral history, languages and dialects, wildlife, and birdsong.