Moving Images: film, video and sound
LondonMet Library DVD, video and audio CD for loan
The Libraries provide a wide range of feature films, animation, art & design documentaries, TV broadcasts and video artworks. Audio recordings of include art documentaries, music and sound effects. Library Catalogue searches can be limited to 'Videos/DVDs or Audio'.
Image courtesy Mike Baird, 2010 CC BY 2.0
Moving Image and Sound e-resources at LondonMet
The links in this first section connect to the resources via the Library Catalogue or direct login. Your University ICT account username and password will be required.
AdForum
Includes video clips from TV and film advertising world-wide.
Arts on Film Archive
UK documentary films since 1950 featuring artists, arts movements, photographers and dance. Made by the Arts Council, the BBC and independent makers.
BFI Screenonline
British film and television clips from the BFI National Film and Television Archive.
British Library Sounds
Arts, literature, music, oral history, sound recording history. Fully searchable e.g. by type of musical instrument recorded.
British Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC) This new resource is in Beta. BUFVC hosts, curates and delivers 9 substantial online databases relating to film, television and radio content dating from 1896 onwards
JISC Media Hub
A multimedia platform with digital image, film and sound collections accessible from a single interface. Access to free-at-the-point-of-use content, licensed for educational and research use. An interactive demonstration is available
NewsFilm Online
Access to over 3,000 hours of downloadable television news and cinema newsreels, selected from the ITN/Reuters Television archives.
Selected moving image, animation and sound websites
American Memory
American history and culture from the US Library of Congress. Select 'Motion Picture' collections. Includes animation, advertising and folk music footage.
Art:21 (Art in the Twenty-First Century)
American Public Broadcast Service TV programmes. Video footage of American artists discussing their ideas and working practices.
BFI Inview
British Film Institute collection. Non-fiction film and TV programmes telling the social, economic and political history of Britain
British Pathé
An archive of 90,000 pieces of newsreel footage, cultural, political and social history documentaries from 1896 to 1976. Including world fairs and exhibitions.
EUScreen Europe's television heritage. Free online access to videos, stills, texts and audio from European broadcasters and audiovisual archives. Explore selected content from early 1900s until today.
Luxonline
British based artists’ film and video work (includes multimedia, past articles and biographies)
Motionographer
Work submitted online by filmmakers, animators, studios and students. Feature stories, commentary and discussion
MotionSpire
Animation or motion graphics showcase, online submissions.
Open Culture
Free feature films for educational use. Classics, arthouse noir, westerns & more.
Tate Collection
Clips of video artworks and artists talking about their practice. See the Audio Visual Archive and Tate Channel
Ubu
Hundreds of clips of video art, artists interviews and working practices. Includes a list of distributors of complete films in DVD format.
Please read the terms and conditions for each site before you consider downloading any material
