Research Guides: Streaming Video Resources in the Performing Arts & Humanities: News & Documentaries

Television Programs

60 Minutes: 1997-2014 This link opens in a new window
Videos from the CBS television program "60 Minutes".
Television News Archive (Vanderbilt University) This link opens in a new window
Index to the most extensive and complete archive of television news. Streamed video access to NBC and CNN content; other network content available for loan for a fee. Place loan requests through Interlibrary Loan; depending on costs, fees may be covered.

Paley Center Seminars This link opens in a new window
Video collection of interviews and panel discussions recorded at The Paley Center for Media (formerly the Museum of Television & Radio). Features industry insiders discussing the processes of television production, the impact of media on contemporary society, and much more.

Kanopy Streaming Videos Full Collection
New patron-driven acquisition pilot program for a collection with over 26,000 films from 800 top producers such as Criterion Collection, New Day Films, California Newsreel, Kino Lorber, PBS, First Run Features, Media Education Foundation, and The Great Courses. This link presently retrieves over 15,000 Kanopy Streaming titles from the library catalog now available to Princeton users.

World Newsreels Online This link opens in a new window
Streaming video of international newsreels produced between 1929 and 1966. All are accompanied by transcripts, with those in foreign languages translated into English.
March of Time This link opens in a new window
Online version of March of Time newsreels. Coverage: 1935-1967

American History in Video This link opens in a new window
Digital collection of newsreels from 1942-1964, plus television documentaries from the History Channel and elsewhere. Includes transcripts.

World History in Video This link opens in a new window
Digital collection of BBC, PBS and independent documentaries covering world history. Includes transcripts.
Black Studies in Video This link opens in a new window
Brings together documentaries, interviews, and previously unavailable archival footage surveying the black experience. The collection contains over 500 hours of film covering history, politics, art and culture, gender relationships, and social and economic issues.
LGBT Studies in Video This link opens in a new window
A cinematic survey of the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people as well as the cultural and political evolution of the LGBT community. This collection features documentaries, interviews, archival footage, and select feature films exploring LGBT history, gay culture and subcultures, civil rights, marriage equality, LGBT families, AIDS, transgender issues, religious perspectives on homosexuality, global comparative experiences, and other topics. 1966+

Ethnographic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Covers every region of the world and features the work of many of the most influential documentary filmmakers of the 20th century, including interviews, previously unreleased raw footage, field notes, study guides, and more for the study of human culture and behavior.