LibGuides: History: Film, Audio and Visual Resources

Film, Audio & Visual Resources

Alexander Street Press Video Collection This link opens in a new window
Access to thousands of videos across a wide range of subject areas.
American Film Scripts Online, Volumes I and II This link opens in a new window
The Film Scripts Online Series contains over 1,100 scripts and makes available, for the first time, accurate and authorized versions of copyrighted screenplays.
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) This link opens in a new window
Allows the user to view or listen to over 1 million TV and radio programmes, record from 60+ channels, create clips, search transcripts, compile playlists and more. You will need to select log in via UK Federation, then select University of Sussex from the dropdown list. (New users will need to register their Sussex email address.)
British Museum Images This link opens in a new window
One of the most comprehensive collections of prints and drawings in world culture and history.
Chronicle: BBC Northern Ireland's television news from the 60s and 70s This link opens in a new window
Contains material digitally transferred from the BBC NI news archive between 1963-1975. Notable events or broadcasts missing from this period have either not yet been digitised, are absent from the original film collection, or may not have been recorded. To access this resource, select your institution in the "where are you from" box then login. The first time you access it, you will need to create an account by selecting "new user".
Fortunoff Video Archive This link opens in a new window
The Fortunoff Archive and its affiliates recorded the testimonies of willing individuals with first-hand experience of the Nazi persecutions, including those who were in hiding, survivors, bystanders, resistants, and liberators. Collection holds more than 4,400 testimonies, which are comprised of over 12,000 recorded hours of videotape.
JCB's Archive of Early American Images This link opens in a new window
A collection of 50,000 rare books (printed before c. 1825), manuscripts, and 16,000 reference books and secondary sources (printed after c. 1825) of which 90% is accessible online. Extensive holdings in the literature of European exploration and travel in the Western Hemisphere, from the first Latin edition of the Columbus letter of 1493, through nearly all of the contemporary narratives of Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, and English discovery, exploration, and settlement. These primary materials are supported by a large bibliographical reference collection.
Kanopy (now via Library Search) This link opens in a new window
You can now look for Kanopy films using Library Search. The benefit of this is that it will also search across our other film collections, to make sure that you don't miss out. Simply enter your search terms and select 'Video' from the drop down list at the end of the Library Search bar.
Make Film History This link opens in a new window
Contains a new, sustainable model for the creative reuse of archive material for non-commercial use by filmmakers.
You will need to register to use Make Film History
Make Film History IFI Irish Film Archive This link opens in a new window
Contains an archive of Irish educational films
Requires an additional login to access the full text. Click here for information about logging in.
Screenonline This link opens in a new window
Video clips from the BFI National Film and Television Archive and posters, press books and interviews with film and television personalities.
Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive This link opens in a new window
Contains a fully streaming video collection of more than 55,000 primary source testimonies of survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other crimes against humanity.
Wellcome Images This link opens in a new window
Contains one of the world's richest and most unique collections, with themes ranging from medical and social history to contemporary healthcare and biomedical science.