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Open Access Images & Videos

This guide lists collections with images in the public domain and are available for re-use. Some collections may still have restrictions so check for any limitations in use.

Video Examples

Procession of Floats by Thomas Edison from The Library of Congress


 

Video from Vimeo after filtering search results to Creative Commons-Share Alike license


 

Video from YouTube after filtering results to Creative Commons

Open Access Video Resources

AdViews

A digital archive of thousands of vintage television commercials dating from the 1950s to the 1980s from Duke University.

Al Jazeera Video

American Memory

C-SPAN Video Library

Civil Rights Digital Library

EVIA

Films in the public domain

Vimeo

Variety of videos that can be limited by license to Creative Commons.