Videotape/DVD Collections: Video Clips
Watch
and listen to an elderly man discuss his life in a concentration camp
in WWII, analyze a chemistry
animation, or review a shuttle mission. These are just a few of the
learning experiences you can have with video clips. Besides serious
uses of video, you can also watch the preview for the latest Harry
Potter movie, catch clips of your favorite Star Trek episode,
or check out a music video.
Many video clips are available through the Internet. Rather than full programs, these materials are short, easy to manage digital video files. Some files are only few second, while others may run for an hour or longer.
Clips may be downloaded or streamed. Downloaded clips such as Quicktime movies are copied from the web server onto your hard drive. You can then view them as many times as you'd like. You can even place them in a presentation. Streamed clips are downloaded as they are viewed. Windows Media Player, QuickTime Players, or Real Player are needed to watch these movies.
For information about downloading the plug-ins and player, check our Multimedia Seeds: Tools, Drivers, and Plugins page.
Search Engines
If you're looking for video clips using search engines such as Google, try adding the words real player, Quicktime, or video clip to your search. Or try using these video search engines:
Websites with Video Clips
Education / Learning
- Educational Videos from McKay School of Education, Brigham Young University, UT
- Edutopia - click on Video Library
- iMovie Examples from Springfield Public School District, IL
- Learn and Live Video from Edutopia
English / Language Arts
- American Writers: Video Archives from C-Span
History
- American
Memory Film Collections from Library of Congress - also,
try the LC
Collection Finder.
- American Memory Collection from LC Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
- American Presidents Resources from C-Span in the Clasroom
- Ease History - video clips from historical events and campaign ads
- Fortunoff Video Holocaust Archive from Yale University Library
- Holocaust Movie Clips - QuickTime from the University of South Florida
- MBC Flashbacks from the Museum of Broadcast Communications
- Moving Image Archive from Internet Archive
- POTUS: Presidents of the United States - information, audio, & video (President Eisenhower and followers)
- Presidential
Libraries
- Media Archives On-Demand at LB Johnson Presidential Library
- Screen Gems Collection from The Truman Presidential Museum & Library
- Principles of Government Video Clips from C-Span Classroom
- Video Lounge from Swinging through Time (Drummer Roy Brooks) at Internet Public Library
- War Stories Interviews from Newseum - video interviews
- Yale Democracy Series
Movie and Video Previews
- IFILM
- Moviefone
- Movies at Hollywood.com
- QuickTime Movie Trailers from Apple Computer, Inc.
- Schlessinger Media
- Sundance Shorts
Music Videos
- Find Videos
- Hip Clips Video Jukebox from Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
- Video's That Rock from Radio Disney
- Yahoo Music Videos
News, Speeches & Interviews
- American Rhetoric - text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches and other recorded events
- CNN Video
- C-SPAN
- Democracy in the U.S from C-Span
- C-SPAN Classroom from C-SPAN
- Meet the Writers - video interviews from Barnes and Noble
- Modern TV
- Online Audio and Video Recordings: UC Berkeley Lectures and Events
- Recent News.com Video from CNET
- Video Oral History Gallery from New York Public Library
Science
- American Field Guide - recasting outdoors programming content from PBS stations
- Chemistry-Based
- Entomology Image Gallery from Iowa State University - some video
- Interesting High-speed (super slow motion) Video Clips from D.G. Alciatore, Colorado State University
- NASA Earth Science Educator Video Clips
- Physics Classroom, The
- Video Clips from Discovery Channel
Stories
Other Topics
- Ad Gallery:Television from National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
- Advertisement Ave
- PSA Central - great public service announcements from The Ad Council (students are invited to register)
- Sights and Sounds from the US Government Printing Office (MPEG)
Native American.
- VisionMaker Video from AIROS (American Indian Radio on Satellite)
Virtual Field Trips
- Holocaust Movies (QuickTime) - from "A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust", University of South Florida
Good Use of Videos
- America's Library - from the Library of Congress
- Conversations with History - interviews on political, economic, military, legal, cultural, and social issues (RealMedia) from University of California Television
- Edutopia
- Savage Seas
- Uncle Tom's Cabin & American Culture from University of Virginia
- US Holocaust Museum - go to the Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive or search for video
- Westmark School Video Clips (Encino, CA)
Explore the project, Your Genes, Your Health. Within each section, a person discusses what it's like to live with the disorder. Notice how video, audio, and animation are integrated into the projects above.
- Discuss how you might use this in an educational or entertainment setting.
- Use a video in a presentation.
- Evaluate the way video is used at the website