Stock Footage

Archive Films

Historical stock footage and film clips including newsreels, Hollywood features, silent films, classic documentaries, TV programs and performances.

CNN Image Sources

A wide selection of video is available from CNN ImageSource -- ranging from actual news events to generic b-roll of "people, places and things."

Footage.net

Source for the best footage available including ad, film and tv. Search the footage trade's best, stock, archival and news footage databases all at once. More than 1.6 million shots indexed on-line, 120+ Web sites, over a dozen footage databases, and keyword searchable information covering hundreds of footage sources world wide.

History in a Can

Stock footage and general industry information.

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection dates 1894 to present and includes 35,000 sound recordings, 4.5 million photographic items, 150,000 reels of motion picture film and 20,000+ videotapes, including public domain motion pictures created by more than 75 Federal agencies.

Public Affairs Video Archives (Purdue University)

The C-SPAN Archives records, indexes, and archives all C-SPAN programming for historical, educational, research, and archival uses.

Television News Archives-Vanderbilt University

The Television News Archive collection at Vanderbilt University is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news.

UCLA Film and Television Archives

One of the world's largest libraries of historical footage.

WPA Film Library

Premier source of stock and archival footage.