How to find videos
DVD, VHS, streaming & online

Free online videos

Here is a brief listing of some free websites offering access to online videos on a variety of subjects.

• American Memory (Library of Congress)  
• American Rhetoric: The Power of Oratory in the United States
  Database of over 5000 full text, audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons, and lectures.
• Annenberg Learner
  Educational website with free videos designed for teaching various subjects. Look for the 'VoD' icon to view free online videos.
• CBC Digital Archives
  Includes audio and video from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
• Google Videos
  Use the advanced search to limit by file type, domain, language, or film duration.
• Internet Moving Images Archive
  This library contains thousands of digital movies which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to videos of every genre.
• Les Archives de Radio-Canada
  Video and audio archives of Radio-Canada.
• Library and Archives Canada's YouTube playlist on short films
  Stream early Canadian short films.
• Library of Congress Digital Collections
  American Memory provides free and open access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, and still and moving images, which document the American experience.
• Library of Congress YouTube Channel  
• Macaulay Library: Animal Sounds and Video Catalog
  The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology includes online streaming of natural audio and video archive of animal behaviour.