Mass Communication

Full-length videos in academic subject categories: Science, Geography, World Studies, American History and Arts

Includes video & images in academic subjects: Animals, Arts & Literature, Land, Air & Sea, Living Things, Plants, Science, Society, Sports & Recreation, and Technology

Contains video footage from news agencies around the world

Speaker: Marwan Kraidy, Associate Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania; Former Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center; 50 minutes

Funded since 2001 by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation with significant contributions from Indiana University and the University of Michigan, the Project has been developed through the joint efforts of ethnographic scholars, archivists, librarians, technologists, and legal experts. (Website description)

Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) is an independent, nonprofit research and education organization.

Large lecture library on a wide range of academic topics

Free academic video lecture series from top US universities such as Harvard, Yale, UCLA and Stanford.

New portal aggregates nearly 10,000 videos — both by the Institute and about it — in one place.

Videos and Channels from college and university partners of YouTube (website description)

For over 400 years Gresham Professors have given free public lectures in the City of London. (website description)

Public event and course lectures

Library of free movies, films, and videos. Topics include cultural and academic, news and sports. More than 475,000 items.

TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Almost 900 TEDTalks are now available, with more added each week. All of the talks are subtitled in English, and many are subtitled in various languages. (TED website)

PBS (Public Broadcasting System-USA) Video features documentaries and video programs about history, world issues, science and more.