AdViews
A digital archive of thousands of vintage television commercials dating from the 1950s to the 1980s from Duke University.
Al Jazeera Video
Al Jazeera’s Creative Commons Repository contains broadcast footage that Al Jazeera has released under various Creative Commons licenses.
American Memory
The American Memory project from the Library of Congress provides access to several hundred early motion pictures
C-SPAN Video Library
Contains all C-SPAN programs since 1987, indexed, abstracted, and cataloged by the C-SPAN Archives staff
Civil Rights Digital Library
Provides access to online films, texts, images, and audio recordings related to the Civil Rights movement in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s.
EVIA
Collaborative endeavor to create a digital archive of ethnographic field video for use by scholars and instructors.
HiBrow
Focuses on the visual and performing arts
Documentaries focused on the culture and arts of Americans from many different kinds of communities.
The Moving Image Archive within the Internet Archive provides access to nearly a quarter million films. Includes advertising, animation, conference presentations, lectures, and digital shows.
The Media Burn Archive is a collection of over 6,000 independent, non-corporate tapes that reflect cultural, political and social reality as seen by independent producers, from 1969 to the present.
TED Talks
Creative Commons license, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International)
Digital Library also includes audio, images, and documents. Most materials are public domain--all are open access.
WGBH Open Vault
Provides online access to unique and historically important content produced by the public television and radio station WGBH.
United Stated Holocaust Memorial Museum
Films in the public domain
Vimeo
Film categories include animation, documentary, comedy, and more. Filter search results by license.
YouTube
Variety of videos that can be limited by license to Creative Commons.