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AnimeMangaFun
Allows users to watch over 300 anime series and read from over 380 manga series. Must register to view but registration is free.
The Best of Animated Videos
Described as "The very best collection of animated videos on the web."
Internet Archive: Animation & Cartoons
Includes classic cartoons, Brick Films made with building toys, Machinima patched together from videogames, and animations selected for the 2001 SIGGRAPH competition. Many of these videos are also available for free download.
Internet Archive: Video Games
Over 3500 rare or difficult to source video files relating to video games.
Machinima.com
Animation "filmed" in a video game graphics engine.
Origins of American Animation, 1990-1921 Collection of 21 animated films and fragments, spanning the years 1990 to 1921, showing the development of animation.
ETEC Connections Video
Video profiles featuring some of Hawaii's most innovative teachers who are integrating technology into their instruction under all types of conditions.
Hawaii Nisei Story
Provides video clips of interviews with Hawaii Nisei veterans and selected spouses.
Hawaii Surf Session Report
Offers some free episodes, but must pay to view the over 130 archived shows.
HiTech Hawaii
Live call-in show produced by the University of Hawaii that covers high technology activities within the state. Over ten years of monthly programming archives.
Honolulu Advertiser
Provides about 3 videos a day on local news and events. Maintains a file of over 350 short videos.
KHNL
Video files of daily newscasts.
Pacific Network
An internet network of nine channels founded by filmmaker Edgy Lee. This "Native Hawaiian portal to the world" was not yet launched as of November 2007.
Volcano Videos- Movie Clips
Features clips of Kilauea (Hawaii) eruptions.
America at Work / America at Leisure, 1894-1915
Work, school, and leisure activities in the United States from 1894-1915 are featured in this American Memory Collection presentation of 150 motion pictures from the Library of Congress.
Docufest - The Museum of Broadcast Communications
A selection of streamed documentaries that complement core curricular areas such as the Civil Rights Movement, World War II, Vietnam War, and the Performing Arts. Made available by the Museum of Broadcast Communications.
folkstreams.net
National preserve of hard-to-find documentary films about American folk or roots cultures. Films focus on the culture, struggles, and arts of unnoticed Americans from many different regions and communities. Many of the films are linked to significant published research.
History Channel video clips
Video clips related to historical events and people from The History Channel.
JFK Jr. Forum Video and Podcast Archive
A searchable video and podcast archive. The archive features nearly 1,200 Forum events on politics, policy, culture, and academic life.
NARA on Google Video
Pilot projects undertaken by the National Archives and Google features 101 films from the audiovisual collections preserved at the Archives. Includes NASA History of Space Flight Motion Pictures, a representative selection of U.S. government newsreels documenting World War II and motion picture films from the 1930's that document the history and establishment of a nationwide system of national state parks.
Newsfilm Library (University of South Carolina)
Video clips from The Fox Movietone and News Collection films from the Newsfilm Library.
The Open Video Project
Includes, among other collections, videos on African Americans and Southern Culture as well as anthropological information from the Himalayan region.
Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
Online film footage pertaining to the Holocaust and related aspects of World War II. Archived by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Stories and Remembrances
Online films from PBS covering the history of Black farming.
Virginia Center for Digital History
Includes news footage from 1950-1970. The initial installment digitized over 250 clips involving Virginia's Civil Rights Movement.
Theodore Roosevelt on Film
Consists of 104 motion pictures from the Library of Congress's American Memory Collection.
5min Life Videopedia
A place to find short video solutions for practical questions and a place for people to share their knowledge.
Expert Village
Free video clips, how to videos, and video instruction.
Helpfulvideo.com
A video sharing site for knowledge and skills.
VideoJug videos
Every aspect of life explained and illustrated through an ever-growing number of common sense, informative, helpful and entertaining videos.
INTERNET TV AND VLOG DIRECTORIES
FireAnt.tv
A way to discover, watch, and subscribe to Internet TV channels and podcasts. FireAnt has 20,901 channels and 1,242,162 episodes, and is adding more each day.
FreeeTv.com
Over 1,100 links to online TV stations.
Internet TV Station Directory
Internet TV station provides a directory of the best broadband Internet television channels from around the world.
Internet Archive: Vlogs
Serious vloggers are showcased in this video library. Many of theses videos are also available for free download.
List of Internet television series
From Wikipedia.
Comparison of video services
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The following titles compare general and technical information for a number of video hosts. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date.
Live TV Online TV
Portal to hundreds of channels sorted by categories and countries. WARNING: Site contains adult material.
Lunar Broadband
Online directory with direct access to live streamed free internet TV channels.
mefeedia
A web based aggregation for video bloggers that lets you subscribe to video blogs.
01 Vlog.com
Comprehensive Video Blogs directory project.
Streamick.com
A portal of streaming TV shows. The front page breaks videos into categories such as News, Music, Business, Entertainment, etc.
World TV and RADIO Tuner
Provides free access to thousands of internet radio stations and online TV channels. Includes 1250 television channels from 100 countries.
Vodstock
A selection of video podcast and vlog directories.
YourGlobalTV
Free internet TV online: 8500++ live channels, updated daily.
About.com: Web Search
Lists the best web sites for free movie downloads, including sites that feature classics, trailers, independent films, documentaries, and more.
Comparison of video services
From Wikipedia.
Digital Librarian: Audio, Video, Multimedia
A lengthy list of links to online audio and video sites.
List Dump
Community generated list of video sharing sites. WARNING: Site contains adult material.
List of video sharing websites
From Wikipedia.
Video Toolbox: 150+ Online Video Tools and Resources
A useful list for online video makers.
The Ultimate Online Video List
Lists over 200 online video sites in alphabetical order. No annotations. Limited to sites that allow you to watch video online without downloading any kind of software.
Apple - Movie Trailers
A streamlined showcase for trailers for films dating from 1998.
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)T
Includes a complete alphabetical list of titles for which IMDb has movie trailer links on file.
Movie-List
Movie-List offers movie trailers.
TCM Classic Movie Trailers
A virtual library of retro trailers from the '30s to the '90s.
TheMovieBox.Net
A one-stop shop of links to the most popular trailer sites.
Videodetective.com
A trailers-only site, searchable by release date, popularity and alphabetical order.
Yahoo! Movies
Trailers you can browse by film title.
AME Info
Provides video clips focused on the Middle East.
Business Week videos
Investment advice, market views, technology news, career analysis and more on video. Look at sub menus listed under each menu category to find more videos.
CBS News Video
Top stories and video news clips from CBS. As stories for the evening newscast are finished during the day, they become available on CBSNews.com.
CNN Video
On-demand video news taken from CNN Headline News. Features Larry King Live, Crossfire, Talk Asia, along with other CNN programming.
Columbia News Video Brief Archive
Lists news videos chronologically beginning in 1999.
Financial Times videos
Business, finance, economic and political news, comment and analysis from FT.com.
Forbes videos
Offers video coverage featuring commentary and concise analysis.
FOX News Video
Includes list of top videos.
Guerrilla News Network
Progressive news site.
MSNBC
Video news coverage.
New York Times Video
Provides excellent video reports
The Pentagon Channel
Broadcasts military news and information for the 2.6 million members of the U.S. Armed Forces.
USA Today Videos
News video, sports, business and travel coverage.
Wall Street Journal videos
Business, financial and political video coverage. look for videos under Multimedia and Online Extras in main menu.
Washington Post videos
Video news coverage. Videos are scattered throughout the site. Use the search function to find a fuller listing.
Yahoo! News
Top stories from Reuters.
ACLU.tv
ACLU Freedom Files use the power of visual media to show a broad audience how civil liberties in America today are under siege and to generate discussion and debate of these issues in communities across the country.
Alive in Baghdad on blip.tv
Shows the occupation through the voices of Iraqis, including testimonials, footage of daily life and short news segments form Iraq.
Asian America Videos
Weekly 30-minute leading public television program syndicated nationally by PBS. All programs are available by year.
BRAVENEW FLIMS
Robert Greenwald's site for progressive videos.
Broadband C-SPAN.org
C-SPAN is a private, non-profit company, created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a public service. It's mission is to provide public access to the political process. "Allows noncommercial copying, sharing and posting" on the Internet of it's coverage of events sponsored by Congress or any federal agency. Applies to video in the network's archives from the late 1970s as well as what appears today.
I Support this Message
One can view political messages and then support, oppose and/or comment on them. The next generation political advocacy tool for political campaigns of all levels as well as issue-based campaigns.
Internet Archive: News and Public Affairs
Over 4800 videos of news and public affairs independent from traditional corporate media, including Democracy Now's daily news program; three days of TV news coverage following the 911 attacks; Mosaic's timely clips of Middle East newscasts; UCSF's Tobacco Industry Videos; speeches concerning the 2008 election; Deep Dish TV; The Open Mind; Election 2004; Free Speech TV broadcasts; Congressional hearings; and Universal Newsreels. These collections offer an alternative way to view and interpret current news and public affairs. Many of these videos are also available for free download.
Media That Matters Film Festival
Short films that inspire action. Watch the newest collection or view the festival archives.
Viewpoints
Founded by Al Gore, Viewpoints is a virtual town hall where one can share opinions on video about the issues that matter in the 2008 election.
Washington Week Video
Offers a fully searchable video database. One can watch the most recent Washington Week broadcast or search the database using keywords, categories, and/or panelist names.
American Field Guide
Over 1400 video clips that enable you to experience America's wilderness firsthand.
Assignment Earth
Features compelling video reports from the front lines of major environmental new stories across the globe.
Discovery.com
Offers the ability to watch full episodes as well as numerous clips of Discovery channel programs.
The Health Library - Online Health Videos
Most titles are about 30-60 minutes long and address common health topics.
Internet Archive: Computers & Technology
Features two television programs popular in the 1980's and 1990's: Computer Chronicles and Net Café. Collection topics include BBS, the Open Source movement, and Internet governance. Many of these movies are also available for free download.
Lemelson Center
Offers videos that document, interpret, and disseminate information about invention and innovation.
nano2hybrids
Uses weekly video dairies on its website as its main form of outreach. Includes an introductory documentary about the project.
Natural Heroes
A series of independent films on the environment.
Nature Video Database
Video clips from the NATURE archives.
NOVA - scienceNOW
12 - 14 minute segments of Nova programs that are free of rights restrictions.
Photoshop User TV
Inspiration and technologies for Photoshop users.
ResearchChannel
Provides programs via a live web stream and an extensive video-on-demand library (3000 full-length programs). More than 70 leading research and academic institution provide programs of remarkable speakers, researchers and professors presenting revolutionary thought and discoveries.
Space Videos
Directory of free, public domain videos related to space exploration and science.
SYS-CON.TV
Live technology news and video web casts.
WebMD Health Video
Provides large library of health videos.
Washington State University: Extension Communications and Educational Support
Videos from the University of Washington Agricultural Extension service. Includes a video series on the digital divide.
lonelyplanet.tv
Includes user generated travel videos along with videos prepared by the Lonely Planet staff.
Travel Channel Videos
User generated and Discovery Travel Channel videos.
Travelistic
Offers free online travel videos from travel destinations all around the globe. Includes over 70 on Hawaii (over 20 on Honolulu).
YouTube - Travel and Places
Youtube includes thousands of user generated travel videos.
alltheweb Livesearch
Livesearch is a product that analyzes your search in real-time and instantly provides Web results with alternate search queries. The suggested queries are based on what other people have searched for.
AOL Video
Allows you to locate video content on the AOL service and throughout the Web. Incorporated the earlier Singingfish search engine.
blinkx
The New York Times stated that, as of February 2007, Blinkx was the leading video search engine. It uses advanced speech recognition technology and corroborates search results with information from trusted online sources such as Wikipedia and IMDB.com. Claims to deliver more content from a broader range of sources than either Google or Yahoo.
Google Video
Its video searching capacity is currently (8/07) being surpassed by other search engines (e.g. Blinkx). But this situation could change any day.
Scoopvid
Enables you to either search for videos or browse through channels and categories.
searchforvideo
A video search engine which also offers video clips from thousands of websites you can browse using user-friendly categories.
Truveo
Search engine and directory created by AOL. Users can also search within specific video channels like MySpace and YouTube.
VeZoom
Describes itself as the fastest and most comprehensive online video search engine. MyVeZoom continuously monitors over 18 million hour of online video for videos of relevance, providing new content for the user based on their selected channels. Combines the speed of feed-based search and accuracy of crawl-based search to deliver the most pertinent results.
Webmunism Video Search
A meta search engine that combines picture, videos, albums, and knowledge, all united into self-organizing categories. Each category is called a 'webmune' and is composed of all of the media that the site's automatic categorization engine places into the webmune. Uses photos from Flickr, videos from Youtube, music data from last.fm, book details from Amazon, and subject headings and brief descriptions from Wikipedia.
Yahoo! Video
Video search engine that gathers videos from Yahoo! directory and other online sources. One can also search within specific domains or sites.
Columbia - CNMTL
Center for New Media Teaching and Learning Media Archive. Videos of lectures, interviews and events at Columbia, including the acclaimed Reuters Forum, the University Seminars in New Media Teaching and Learning and the annual Columbia University Commencement exercises.
MIT World
Provides on-demand video of significant public events at MIT.
Online Media Resources
UC Berkeley Resources and some resources beyond UCB.
UCTV - University of California Television
Contains an extensive database of programs generated by the UC campuses.
YaleGlobal Online Magazine
Video clips from the Yale Center for The Study of Globalization.
Annenberg Media
A collection of videos covering a wide variety of disciplines intended to help teachers increase their expertise in their fields and assist them in improving their teaching methods. Many programs are also intended for students in the classroom and viewers at home. All Annenberg Media videos exemplify excellent teaching.
BBC - Video Nation
A film archive on a broad range of topics.
Commonwealth Secretariat
Short films help to illustrate some of the key events and work of the Commonwealth Secretariat, the main intergovernmental agency of the Commonwealth.
FRONTLINE/World Rough Cut
Regular PBS series of online video reports from around the globe. The series is an outlet for emerging documentary talent and a testing ground for future broadcast stories.
Internet Archive: Ephemeral Films
Non-fiction films usually made for educational, industrial, or promotional purposes. Includes films from the Media Burn Independent Media Archive, drive-in movie intermission ads, and videos documenting the history of San Francisco from 1906 to the early 21st Century. Many of these films are available for download.
Internet Archive: Movies
Diverse library containing feature films, classic shorts, world culture documentaries, World War II propaganda, movie trailers, and films created in just ten hours.
Journeyman Pictures
Library of full length documentaries on international current affairs going back to 1974.
Prelinger Archives
View nearly 2,000 films from the Prelinger Archives (Also available for download). Films produced by and for many hundreds of important US corporations, nonprofit organizations, trade associations, community and interest groups, and educational institutions.
Spike.com
Vintage educational films. Powered by iflim.
TeacherTube
Provides an online community for sharing instructional videos. Is a site where teachers can post videos designed for students to view in order to learn a concept or skill.
AOL Video
Has millions of free, user-generated videos including music videos, news clips, movie trailers, viral videos, and full-length TV shows. Recently overhauled its search technology to better search through "contextual" data, (text on the page where a video is embedded) and to translate a video's audio into easily searchable text.
AtomFilms: Short Films, animation, Web shows, music videos & more
Since 1998, AtomFilms has evolved from on online video pioneer into one of the world's leading brands for independent entertainment. For independent creators, AtomFilms is a pipeline to the big time. They license and develop content, pay real money, and distribute to huge audiences on the Internet, television, and mobile phones. Partners include Comedy Central, Spike TV, Verizon, and BellSouth
blip.tv
Video sharing service designed for creators of user-generated content. Provides content creators with free hosting, support for a variety of video formats and distribution using technologies. Focuses on "episodic content" or "shows" rather than viral video. Videos uploaded to blip.tv can be automatically syndicated to other platforms. For example, blip.tv can automatically upload videos to the Internet Archive for users who have both blip.tv accounts and Internet Archive accounts.
Break.com
A leading proponent of the democratization and monetization of content. Break.com (formerly Big-Boys.com) is a leading online entertainment destination.
Crackle
Formerly known as Grouper. No longer considers itself a UGV business. Produces content in house (Sony Pictures Entertainment.) Also pays for professional-quality amateur video submitted by outsiders and filtered through an experienced 15 person staff. Features episodes that are less than ten minutes long.
Current TV // Google Current
Filtered, user generated 3 to 7 minute documentaries that have aired on Current TV, the 24-hour network based on viewer-created content.
Dailymotion
A site based in Paris. Well known for its superior video quality in comparison with other flash-enabled video hosting websites. Video limit is 20 minutes (compared to YouTube's 10 minutes) Upon the request of entertainment industry copyright holders, Dailymotion has launched a tool which allows the identification of copyrighted content thus preventing its publication.
FourDocs
A joint effort between the UK's Channel Four and Magic Lantern Productions, the website is part online doc film festival, part film school, and offers a collection of curated documentaries. Anyone can upload pieces of less than 5 minutes as long as they pass Four Docs' legal standard. Longer pieces must be approved by the website. Serves as an unofficial farm team for channel 4.
GodTube.com
The Christian answer to YouTube.
JewTube.com
Jewish version of YouTube.
LiveLeak
Based in the UK, a website, similar to YouTube, that lets users post and share videos. Emphasizes reality-based footage such as war scenes from various parts of the world, grisly accidents, executions, and crimes.
Metacafe
Pays uploaders if their video is viewed over a specific number of times.
Revver
A viral video network that pays uploaders based on ad clicks.
Undergroundfilm
Wired magazine called this site the place on "the web for serious filmmakers." WARNING: Stie contains adult materials.
Veoh
Unlike other video distribution networks such as YouTube, the company distributes video clip content in its original format, rather than transcoding to a lower bandwidth and lower quality version. Also distributes content from media companies including Billboard, TNT Networks, New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures, US Weekly, TV Guide, and others.
Vidipedia
The first wiki to feature unlimited, streaming video as a media option. Users can edit any page or video they like, creating an organized archive of digital media. Also describes and indexes digital video content.
Yahoo! Video
Users can search and watch a variety of clips, along with some commercial content from partners. They also can upload their own content and give it tags to help others sort through it. Any video on Yahoo Video can be embedded elsewhere on blogs, web sites, and social-networking profiles.
YouTube
A video sharing site where users can easily upload, view, and share videoclips. Displays a wide variety of video content, including movie clips, TV clips, and music videos, as well as amateur content. A survey in July 2007 showed that 100 million video clips are viewed daily on YouTube, with an additional 65,000 new videos uploaded every 24 hours. The site is about speedy universal access. Length of clips is limited to 10 minutes.
Complied by Video Librarian, Linda Engelberg