Films can be a useful resource for a variety of research. Several of the IU East Campus Library databases provide videos for educational purposes. Be sure to “Like” the IU East Campus Library Facebook page for weekly features of unique resources such as the following highlights which can all be located via our A-Z Index.
Explore Education in Videos for reliable resources of more than 1,650 hours of videos that provide the opportunity to observe behaviors that define effective teaching styles. Included are demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms.
Documentaries, news clips, and interviews are research resources readily available in the AVON (Academic Video Online) database. Avon includes video collections such as Meet the Press, American History in Video, Ethnographic Video Online, Counseling and Therapy in Video: volume 1 and volume 2, Food Studies Online, World Newsreel Online, and many more.
In 1972, American political activist, philosopher, and author Angela Davis gave an interview from jail discussing the Black Panther Party and violence during the fight for civil rights. Watch this and more than 450 hours of film covering African American history, politics, art and culture, family structure, gender relationships, and social and economic issues in the Black Studies in Video database.
In a famous on-the-scene description, radio announcer Herb Morrison would emotionally declare “oh, the humanity!” as he watched the 804-foot airship Hindenburg burst into flames killing 36 passengers on May 6, 1937. Listen to Morrison’s recount as well as first-hand film footage of the disaster in the World History in Video.
Uncover the inspiring voices of Native-Americans, African Americans, Women, the LGBT community, and other traditionally underrepresented groups in American History by viewing the 440+ rare and previously unpublished videos in March of Time database.
Want a glimpse into the lives of late Victorians and Edwardians captured on film? View works by some of Europe’s earliest film pioneers and innovators, such as Alice Guy Blanch, the first female filmmaker in the Victorians on film. Dance in video contains over five hundred hours of dance production and documentaries by some of the influential performers and companies covering ballet, jazz, experimental and improvisational dances of the 20th century. Gish, Pickford, and Swanson were all great silent film actresses of their time and now you can enjoy some of their films by checking out the Silent Film Online database. From collaborative elements of theatre in performance to the works of the actors, directors, and designers, the scholarly and educational value long after a production closes can be found in the Theatre in Video database.
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