History Research

A selection of acceptance speeches and lectures from multiple prize winners across several disciplines.

Istituto Luce-Cinecittà is the public company that operates as the operating arm of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, and one of the main realities of the film industry, with a variety of commitments and activities that translate into the broader mission of support to Italian cinematography and audiovisuals.

Archive of U.S. presidential campaign commercials from the Museum of the Moving Image.

A collection of key presidential speeches in American history. All include transcripts, and some are available in their entirety in audio or video.

Digitized versions of video, audio, and searchable transcripts of the WGBH media library and archives.

This includes six special collections units including the African American Fox Movietone News Clips; Civil Rights Films from USC's Moving Image Research Collections; Fox Movietone News the War Years; Roman Vishniac The Subject is Nature; United States Marine Corps Films

Catalog of news content from WHDH, Cambridge Community Television, WCVB, and WGBH from the 1960s–1990s. Some is available streaming.

British Pathe is one of the oldest media companies in the world and their digital archive includes clips from different events across the 20th century. BC does not have full access.

Streamed collection of C-SPAN archives, since 1987. Includes floor debates, committee hearings, state of the unions, and more.

Nearly 750,000 news programs collected since 2009 from national U.S. networks. New broadcasts updated 24 hours after air. Searchable index and clips allow you to discover programs available for borrowing.

Produced from 1929–1967 and released twice weekly, they were shown before feature films and in dedicated newsreel theaters. Each contains 6–7 short stories covering world events, politics, sports, and more.

This is the place to to discover British newsreels. It is a database of nearly every newsreels and news magazine issued in Britain between 1910 and 1983, and is managed by the British Universities Film & Video Council.

As a project partner and principal of Transit Film GmbH the German Federal Archives are responsible for the digitization of about 500 hours of film material, of which 100 hours are in HD, as well as the digitization of the entire index information of these films.

The IWM holds substantial collections of film relating to the First and Second World Wars, among which are British propaganda and service newsreels, such as the War Office Official Topical Budget for 1917-18) and War Pictorial News, Warwork News. Only a small selection have been digitized.

This is the official YouTube Channel for the Associated Press, a not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Date searching difficult - try place and event names.

Millions of photographs from the 1820s to moments ago. Note: This database is available from the Boston Public Library, not directly through Boston College. You will need a BPL eCard (free for all MA residents and students) to gain access.

Search several picture and film archives collections, including the Hulton Picture Archive, National Geographic, Time Life, Bridgeman Art Library.

The Library of Congress includes many digitized collections, from music, to photos, to the papers of important people. It is easy to browse and easy to search and includes links to the law library and other important resources.

Hundreds of thousands of images digitized from rare and unique materials held by the New York Public Library.

Great source of public domain, creative commons, or otherwise reusable images. Each image is usually accompanied by source and copyright information.

U.S. and Canadian advertisements from 1911–1955 covering five product categories: beauty and hygiene, radio, television, transportation, and World War II propaganda.