Films, Moving Images and Documentaries
Find films, moving images and documentaries
Use the library catalogue to search for films, videos, and documentaries in our collection. Search in the Library catalogue tab using keywords. On the search results page under 'Resource Type' select 'Video' to limit to this resource type only.
Video, moving image and documentary streaming
- Kanopy Australia
Kanopy is a comprehensive, on-demand, multidisciplinary streaming video service for educational institutions. Find movies, documentaries, foreign films, classic cinema, independent films and educational videos.
- Libraries AustraliaThis database covers the collections of hundreds of Australian libraries. It is Australia's largest single bibliographic resource with millions of entries for books, journals and items in other formats such as films, sound recordings, video recordings, maps, pictures, CDs, braille and talking books, large print books, music scores, computer files and electronic journals.
- Performing arts encyclopediaThe site displays the diversity of performing arts through the Library of Congress's collections of music, audio recordings, films, photographs, maps, and other materials. Special presentations and featured collections will highlight some of the unique and unusual materials in the Library's collections.
- Viddsee - Short FilmsViddsee is a Singapore-based online video service specializing in the curation and dissemination of short films from Asia.
- Socialism on film (Adam Matthew Digital)A collection of documentaries, newsreels and features that reveal the world as seen by Soviet, Chinese, Vietnamese, East European, British and Latin American filmmakers. From the early twentieth century to the 1980s examining themes of War & Revolution, News & Current Affairs plus Culture & Society.
- Asian Film Online (Alexander Street Press)Films from Asia and the Pacific, including modernity, globalization, female agency, social and political unrest, and cultural and sexual identity.
Other online collections
- Screen AustraliaKey Federal Government direct funding body for the Australian screen production industry. Screen Australia provides information about : film funding programs, policy , news and events, Australian productions, industry support, research and statistics. Search for Australian films through 'find a film' database.
- NFSA Digital LearningThe main feature of the NFSA Digital Learning site is the Digital Resource Finder, a search engine that idenitifies free downloadable video clips from NFSA. Clips are matched with print-friendly two-page resource sheets that feature background information and student research and classroom activities.
- Australian Centre of the Moving ImageOur collection brings together a fascinating 75-year moving image legacy that encompasses Victoria, Australia, and the world. We present stories and objects in unique ways, spanning the conventions of traditional museums and reflecting the evolution of the moving image today.
- InternetArchiveArchived films and television programs including open-access free to use content. Some of the major topic areas include: Television archives, The Anime Cascade, Feature Films, Arts & Music, Community Media Archive, Social Media Videos, Videogame Videos, Animation & Cartoon and so much more.
