LibGuides: Offsite/Online Research: Finding Streaming Videos

Finding Streaming Videos

The ECU Library subscribes to streaming video databases, which you can access from off-campus. To find them you can go to the A-Z Database List and select Video Streaming from the Database Types drop down menu, or see below for the full list of streaming video databases.

A-Z Database List
A list of the databases that the library subscribes to, along with open access online resources that we recommend.

Streaming Video Databases

Academic Video Online / Alexander Street Videos This link opens in a new window
- Academic Video Online (AVON) provides access to more than 63,000* (and growing) videos all cross-searchable from a single platform. Includes scholarly video material of virtually every video type: documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, demonstrations, original and raw footage including tens of thousands of exclusive tiles.
American Indian Film Gallery This link opens in a new window
- The American Indian Film Gallery (AIFG) is an online collection of more than 450 historic films by and about Native peoples of the Americas, compiled and digitized by historian J. Fred MacDonald over many years. These films range in date from 1925-2010. Most date to the so-called Golden Age of educational filmmaking, from 1945 to the rise of consumer-grade video equipment in the 1970s.
- Many of the films from that period were sponsored by industry or governmental agencies. Others were made by independent educational filmmakers. With the change in technology from film to video, films in the collection shift from being about Native people to by Native peoples. Much of the work made in the last third of the 20th century comes from Indian communities themselves. You will find a wide variety of lifeways, cultural practices, biographies, public presentations, governmental actions, public ceremonials, and people represented. Some films also contain audio of Native languages being spoken, chants, and songs, providing a valuable resource for language preservation. In July 2011, this collection was awarded to the University of Arizona. The original films are preserved by the Library of Congress.
Animation & Cartoons This link opens in a new window
- A database of animation and cartoons dating back to the early 1900s. Includes Fleischer Studios, SIGGRAPH 2001, Film Chest Vintage Cartoons and much more.
Bloomsbury Video Library This link opens in a new window
- International in scope, this film database features experimental and indie films, documentaries, instructional videos, radical and avant-garde performance art, and interviews with renowned artists. Also includes videos on dance, music, and theatre performances.
CBC Curio & News in Review This link opens in a new window
- Thousands of programs including documentaries from CBC television and radio, news reports, archival footage and more. Commercial free.
Criterion on Demand This link opens in a new window
- Streaming media service offering access to over 2,000 major motion pictures (largely Hollywood films).
- Fox Collection films are normally restricted to viewing on campus only but during 2020 they will be made available to screen from off campus until December 31, 2020.
  More than 1500 English titles
  More than 1100 French titles
  Approximately 135 foreign language films with English subtitles
  More than 100 documentary features
Kanopy Streaming Service This link opens in a new window
- Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video service for educational institutions. Titles currently licensed to Emily Carr University Library: Kanopy Titles at ECU
- Currently, the Emily Carr University Kanopy service has limited streaming access and only the films licensed this past year may be viewed. You are able to search the collection as well as recommend films to be licensed. If you have questions, email library@ecuad.ca
L.A. Rebellion This link opens in a new window
- Student films from UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television initiative, L.A Rebellion.
  L.A. Rebellion filmmakers and others discuss the movement in clips from a vintage. UCLA student-produced television program and in other conversations. From the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
The ECU Library has the book and dvd anthology, L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema.
National Film Board CAMPUS This link opens in a new window
- The NFB CAMPUS service provides a mix of Public Performance Rights for films freely viewable from the NFB site, access to films not available on the public website, and value added services. Individual authenticated users can create their own logins to take advantage of customizable options such as the custom playlists.
Public Domain Films This link opens in a new window
- From Mubi.com comes a list of 222 Great Public Domain films. No login is required.
- From the silents of Griffith, Keaton and Chaplin, to neglected noirs and the low-budget bliss of Roger Corman, plus nearly all of Hitchcock’s British films—all free for download or streaming (though, naturally, not in Criterion quality)
UBU Web This link opens in a new window
- UbuWeb is 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.
UCLA Preserved Silent Animation This link opens in a new window
- Although best-known for its restoration of feature films, UCLA Film & Television Archive has been preserving animated films for more than three decades, with over one hundred titles to its credit. The Pre 1930 silent animation films from UCLA presented here provide a representative sampling of that work.