Video & Streaming Video: Streaming Media Collections by Subject

Films Media Group streams documentary films on a wide variety of subjects from anthropology to world languages.

Here is a list of all titles UW has licensed from Kanopy. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and select the 'Log in to Washington' button, select the 'Log in to Washington' button again, and then you will see the films that the UW Libraries has rented/licensed.

35 full-length documentaries from New Day Digital

Digital Campus by Swank Motion Pictures, Inc.® allows students the flexibility to legally view course-assigned films outside the classroom.

"The best Canadian destination for point-of-view documentaries, animation films, interactive projects and Canadian films. Watch over 3,000 captivating documentaries, feature films and animation films for free. Explore cutting-edge interactive projects that reinvent storytelling. Rent handpicked and award winning Canadian feature films and indie docs from around the world."

Content covers a wide variety of subjects, from Anthropology to World Languages. The UW Libraries has licensed 100+ titles including some in Art and Architecture.

This collection from Kanopy contains a mix of documentaries and popular films related to the arts includind dance, film studies, literature, and more.

Watch modern dance classics performed by UW's own Chamber Dance Dance Company on the UW Media Center's YouTube channel.

Content covers a wide variety of subjects, from Anthropology to World Languages. The UW Libraries has licensed 60+ titles including some in Music and Dance.

A large web-based educational resource for avant-garde material available on the internet, founded in 1996 by poet Kenneth Goldsmith. It offers visual, concrete and sound poetry, expanding to include film and sound art mp3 archives.

Content covers a wide variety of subjects, from Anthropology to World Languages. The UW Libraries has licensed 100+ titles including some in business.

Content covers a wide variety of subjects, from Anthropology to World Languages. The UW Libraries has licensed 100+ titles including some in Anthropology.

This library of academic and cultural films features collections from the Academic Film Archive and the Media Burn Independent Film Archive, as well as a selection of documentaries created by Dorothy Fadiman. In addition, films from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology are presented including those by Watson Kintner who used film to document his world travels, and the popular television show from the 1950s: “What in the World?”

"Several hundred early motion pictures" viewable through this collection in the Library of Congress American Memory website.

Films Media Group streams documentary films on a wide variety of subjects including anthropology, area studies, communication, education, history, political science, psychology, sociology, and more.

A National Preserve of Documentary Films about American Roots Cultures - streamed with essays about the traditions and filmmaking. The site includes transcriptions, study and teaching guides, suggested readings, and links to related websites.

This collection from Kanopy contains a mix of documentaries and popular films related to global studies.

The Media Education Foundation produces and distributes documentary films and other educational resources to inspire critical thinking about the impact of American mass media.

Content covers a wide variety of subjects, from Anthropology to World Languages. The UW Libraries has licensed 100+ titles including some in Political Science.

This collection from Kanopy contains a mix of documentaries and popular films related to the social sciences including anthropology, gener studies, human rights, law, LGBT, politics, race, sociology, and more.

The BCR AccessMedicine Collection includes access to several textbooks and the Lange Educational Library. Click the search option for Images, Video & Audio.

Content covers a wide variety of subjects, from Anthropology to World Languages. The UW Libraries has licensed 100+ titles including some in Health and Medicine.

Combination of peer reviewed video and text of biological, medical, chemical and physical research

Films and still photographs from the entire archive of 85,000 videos covering newsreel, sports footage, social history documentaries, entertainment and music stories from 1896 to 1976.

An analysis of news and public affairs independent from traditional corporate media is available from this diverse video library. From Democracy Now's daily news program, to three days of TV news coverage following the 911 attacks, to Mosaic’s timely clips of Middle East newscasts, to UCSF's Tobacco Industry Videos: These collections offer an alternative way to view and interpret current news and public affairs.

Includes over 1 million television news programs from 2009 to today.

In the pre-TV era, people saw the news every week in their neighborhood movie theaters. Newsreels were shown before every feature film and in dedicated newsreel theaters located in large cities. Universal Newsreel, produced from 1929 to 1967, was released twice a week. Each issue contained six or seven short stories, usually one to two minutes in length, covering world events, politics, sports, fashion, and whatever else might entertain the movie audience. These newsreels offer a fascinating and unique view of an era when motion pictures defined our culture and were a primary source of visual news reporting.

Content covers a wide variety of subjects, from Anthropology to World Languages. The UW Libraries has licensed 100+ titles including some in Biology.

Films Media Group streams documentary films and series through its Films On Demand service. Content covers a wide variety of subjects, from Anthropology to World Languages. The UW Libraries has licensed 100+ titles including some in Environmental Sciences.

"TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages." Their Environment Collection contains over 70 talks.

Combination of peer reviewed video and text of biological, medical, chemical and physical research

More than 7,000 historic public radio and television programs covering national, regional, and local issues including education, environmental issues, music, art, literature, dance, poetry, religion, filmmaking, and public affairs.

A growing collection of hundreds of interviews with historical the pioneers of television.

Collections of items recorded from television, including commercials, old television shows, government proceedings, and more.

UWTV is UW's education-oriented channel.

The Seattle Channel is run by the City of Seattle for the purpose of airing government TV programs.

World Wide Internet TV is a clearinghouse of links to online TV broadcasts from around the globe.