Beyond YouTube & Google: Searching for Videos
Mass Comm Subject Guide
Through LSU Libraries
Vanderbilt Television News Archive
Factiva
On the Internet
Blinkx
Searches major television networks, as well as YouTube and MySpace. Using speech-to-text technology, Blinkx looks for your search terms among the words spoken in every video clip.
Truveo
Searches major television networks, as well as YouTube and MySpace. Includes special features such as a 2008 Election Center which collects clips from televsion networks, candidates' campaign web sites and the general Internet.
BBC Motion Gallery
Searches current and archived international broadcasts, including BBC, NHK Japan, CCTV China, and ABC Australia.
News and Public Affairs Archive
Gathers independent media sources, providing special collections such as the September 11 Television News Archive, the Iraq War Collection and G.W. Bush Presidential Speech Archive.
Moving Image Archive, Internet Archive
Offers an eclectic array of videos, such as early cartoons, B horror movies dating back to the 1950's, and a collection of ephemeral (trade, educational, advertising) films dating back to the 1920's.
MIT Lecture Videos on Media
MIT Lectures, panel discussions and conferences on issues in the media field.
Moving Images Collections at the Library of Congress
National Film Preservation Board
Public Moving Image Archives and Research Centers
Classic TV Ads
A selection of TV advertisements from the 1950's to the 1980's.
Museum of the Moving Images
Presents online exhibitions of video clips, such as video games from the 1980's and presidential campaign films dating back to 1952.
TV Guide's Online Video Guide
Features only professionally produced video segments, including sitcom episodes, talk shows and movie trailers.
Hulu
Searches current television episodes and movies.
ClipBlast
Searches major television networks, as well as YouTube and MySpace.
Museum of Broadcast Communications
Formerly capable of searching and streaming live video archives, this function is temporarily on hold, but streaming videos is still available within certian special-themed collections, such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and "The Great Debate," a collection of presidential debates.
PBS VideoIndex Online
Searches for mentions of people, places and events in PBS documentaries. Free registration in order to search.
