History and cultural heritage

Collection of commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and documentaries relating to the history of the United States of America.

News footage covering the years leading up to and during the Second World War.

March of Time is a film series covering American history content from 1935-1967. Topics covered include Plymouth Rock landing, westward expansion, the Civil War, women’s suffrage, the Great Depression, World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, the Space Race, and the Gay Rights Movement.

The collection of streaming videos that features full runs of many of the key international newsreels produced during the early twentieth century. Key collections include: Universal Newsreels, Universal Studios, Les Actualites Francaises, Nippon News and The March of Time. Produced from 1929 through the early post-war period, these films provide a unique—and until now largely neglected—resource that will give scholars real insight into how people learned about and lived through the events that occurred during this period of history.

World history in video is an online collection of streaming video that gives users access to critically acclaimed documentaries from filmmakers worldwide. Upon completion the collection will include more than 1750 documentaries that offer a survey of human history from the earliest civilizations to the fall of the Berlin Wall. World history in video covers Africa and the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania.

Comprises broadcasts from Nippon News, Japan’s only newsreel during WWII which was driven by close collaboration between the government and the media. During this period of history, newsreels had an unparalleled political and social impact. All feature films worldwide began with a newsreel in the audience's native language. Topical coverage was broad, including health, scientific and industrial progress, religion, sports, fashion, politics, meteorology, agriculture, and disasters. Nippon News provides 36 hours of original Japanese newsreels from 1940 to 1948 with English transcripts.

Streaming videos from the first half of the 20th century covering broad news topics, including health, science and industry progress, religion, sport, fashion, politics, meteorology, agriculture and disasters.

Dutch Newsreels in Video contains Dutch film clips from Polgygoon-Profliti illustrating how propaganda was presented to occupied countries spanning 1939 to 1945.