History

"allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and their presentation over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries."

"Asian Film Online offers a view of Asian culture as seen through the lens of the independent Asian filmmaker. Through a selection of over 1,000 narrative feature films, documentaries and shorts curated by film scholars and critics, the collection offers highly relevant perspectives and insights onto themes relevant across Asia, including modernity, globalization, female agency, social and political unrest, and cultural and sexual identity. Such themes are central to any meaningful discussion of contemporary Asian culture and society."

"Caribbean Studies in Video presents more than 1,000 hours of edited and unedited footage from the Banyan Production company, the first Caribbean enterprise to produce original TV content in the 1970s. Available for the first time in streaming format, their programs are filled with interviews of key personalities across disciplines; theater, music and dance performances; documentaries on rituals and cultural practices; political events and much more. This first release includes 150 hours of fully-indexed content and the reminder of the content will be indexed as well in subsequent updates."

"brings together a wide range of streaming video, written ethnographies, field notes, seminal texts, memoirs, and contemporary studies, covering human behavior the world over. Essential for study in the areas of politics, economics, history, psychology, environmental studies, religion, area studies, linguistics, and geography"

"provides award-winning documentaries with relevance across the curriculum—race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, the environment, bioethics, health, political science and current events, psychology, arts, literature, and more."

"Latin America in Video offers quality original language documentaries from some of the most important producers and independent filmmakers in Latin America. The films were produced in Latin America, by Latin Americans, about Latin American issues, such as cultural identity, political history, human rights, popular culture, agribusiness, education, religion, and much more."

"a cinematic survey of the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people as well as the cultural and political evolution of the LGBT community. This first-of-its-kind collection features award-winning documentaries, interviews, archival footage, and select feature films exploring LGBT history, gay culture and subcultures, civil rights, marriage equality, LGBT families, AIDS, transgender issues, religious perspectives on homosexuality, global comparative experiences, and other topics. One of our primary partners for this collection is Frameline, a nonprofit media organization that produces the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, the oldest film festival devoted to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender programming currently in existence."

A collection of documentaries that allow students and researchers to explore human history from the earliest civilizations to the late twentieth century

Streaming educational videos and documentaries.

Video Collection -- a selection of moving images, including news, political footage, promotional films, interviews, sports coverage, & films produced by various state agencies

Educational films viewable online.
Faculty: Contact your subject librarian to verify duration of availability for use with courses.

includes short video segments about Abraham Lincoln, Christopher Columbus, Ancient Rome, Renaissance & Reformation, Industrialization, Jamestown, Machu Picchu, Mesopotamia, Rosa Parks, Space Race, Space Shuttle History, Stone Age, U.S. Civil War, etc.

"The RICHES Mosaic Interface™ (RICHES MI), is the interactive website and database of Central Florida's history. The RICHES Mosaic Interface™ (RICHES MI), serves four audiences, general users interested in the region; scholars conducting research in cultural, social, diversity, economic, political, and environmental history; urban planners seeking to understand regional development and; K-20 students studying a variety of topics ranging from art to economics and history."

Digital Campus is a collection of theatrical films and television programs available to embed in Webcourses. The University can license semester-long access to films selected for use in web-based (W), video-streaming (V), or video-streaming reduced seat time (RV) courses. Over 300 films are currently licensed.