LibGuides: Primary Sources for United States History: Film & Images

Film & Images

American History in Video This link opens in a new window
Streaming videos including newsreels, government and commercial films, and significant documentaries on various topics in American History.
All programming includes public performance rights.
Black Studies in Video This link opens in a new window
Streaming videos featuring award-winning documentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage surveying the evolution of black culture in the United States.
All programming includes public performance rights.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online
Provides access to images and photographs held by the Library of Congress. Not all of the photographs have been digitized, but many have.
Newspaper Navigator
From the Library of Congress, this resource searches photographs from American newspapers 1900-1963. All photos in Newspaper Navigator are in the public domain.