Free Online Videos

You can watch all of these videos on-line with Real Player or Media Player. I have created this archive for use by educators and others who wish to view Internet documentaries and other films. Each set of videos has a corresponding topic. You can scroll down the page or use the navigation bar to the left. Enjoy! This page was last updated in July of 2006. Please direct any questions to me, Scott A. Lukas, Ph.D.

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Mega-Sources

▪ Internet Archive—View free feature films.

▪ Prelinger Archives—Films on topics ranging from tires to Coney Island.

▪ Independent News—Highly recommended (offers many features).

▪ Open Source Movies—Just about every topic you can imagine!

▪ Audio Archive—Features audio exhibits.

▪ Brick Films—Another archive with multiple topics.

▪ BBC Video Nation—An excellent collection on many topics.

▪ Google Video—A beta from Google, some freebies, others are commercials for which you must pay.

▪ Text Archive—Features electronic text archives.

▪ Open Video Project—A huge collection of documentaries.

▪ Underground Film—Offers many free films.

▪ Research Channel—Loads of educational videos on many topics.

▪ Link TV—A number of shows featuring live streaming.

▪ Frontline—The whole series of videos can be found here.

▪ Atom Films—Offers many short documentaries.

▪ Escreening Room—Offers independent documentaries.

▪ National Archives Videos—A project through Google and the National Archives; features many, many videos, most on political topics, war, etc.

▪ Political Films—All sorts of video on too many topics to categorize here, so just take a look.

▪ Free Films, Features & Docs—This is a very large site that should be looked at. There are numerous free films, and many documentaries on various topics.

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Work and Business

▪ Frontline—A Dangerous Business (on the topic of workplace crime)

▪ Frontline—Bigger than Enron (on corporate crimes).

▪ Frontline—The Wall Street Fix (on Worldcom and other matters).

▪ Frontline—Dotcon (focuses on the Internet crash and Wall Street deviance). {currently down}

▪ Frontline—Hilary's Class (on Hilary Clinton and women's issues).

▪ Frontline—The Farmer's Wife (considering the U.S. farm crisis).

▪ Jobs and Work—From the BBC.

▪ Frontline—Tax Me If You Can

▪ Frontline—Is Wal-Mart Good for America?

▪ Frontline—Can You Afford to Retire?

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The War in Iraq

▪ Frontline—Beyond Baghdad

▪ War TV—Videos on the war in Iraq.

▪ The War in Iraq—From the BBC.

▪ Frontline—Truth, War and Consequences

▪ Frontline—Rumsfeld's War

▪ Frontline—The Insurgency

▪ Frontline—The Torture Question

▪ Frontline—Private Warriors (contractors)

▪ Frontline—A Company of Soldiers

▪ Frontline—The Soldier's Heart

▪ Frontline—The Dark Side (Cheney and the CIA)

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Globalization

▪ Carlyle Group Exposed—Worth a look!
▪ Commanding Heights—On the global economy.

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The Holocaust

▪ Frontline—A Jew among the Germans

▪ Frontline—Memory of the Camps

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Crime and Deviance

▪ Frontline—The Secret History of the Credit Card

▪ Cannibis—A number of free videos.

▪ Live from Death Row—Mumia.

▪ Crime Shorts—From the BBC.

▪ Hemp for Victory—A governmental propaganda film.

▪ Frontline—An Ordinary Crime (on a person wrongly accused).

▪ Frontline—The Meth Epidemic

▪ Frontline—The Plea (on problems with U.S. criminal justice).

▪ Death—Mumia #2.

▪ Frontline—The OJ Verdict

▪ Frontline—American Porn (on the U.S. pornography industry).

▪ Frontline—Burden of Innocence (on the prison system).

▪ Frontline—The Other Drug War (on prescription drug abuse).

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Technology

▪ Designer Babies—On Genetic engineering.

▪ NOVA—The Elegant Universe

▪ Technology—Technology and age (from the BBC).

▪ Computer Chronicles—A collection of technology films.

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Popular Culture

▪ Arts—From the BBC.

▪ Sport—From the BBC.

▪ Frontline—The Way the Music Died

▪ Food—Over 50 videos from the BBC.

▪ Reggae Memories—From the BBC.

▪ Music—Over 50 videos from the BBC.

▪ Frontline—The Persuaders (advertising)

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Social Issues

▪ Media that Matters—An excellent activist site that covers a variety of issues.

▪ Talking Teenagers—A feature from the BBC.

▪ Christmas—The BBC's feature on the holiday.

▪ Big Spender—A video feature from the BBC (focuses on debt in society).

▪ Views on Social Values—From the BBC.

▪ Frontline—Abortion Clinic (on abortion in America).

▪ Frontline—The Last Abortion Clinic

▪ Frontline—Inside the Teenage Brain (a feature on the mysterious teenager).

▪ Frontline—Merchants of Cool (one of the best Frontline's to date; considers marketing and socialization).

▪ Scientology—many videos related to scientology.

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Foreign and Domestic Politics

▪ Frontline—Kim's Nuclear Gamble (on North Korea's nuclear program).

▪ Frontline—Waco: The Inside Story (on the Waco tragedy).

▪ Frontline—Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?

▪ American Memory Collection—U.S. history from the LOC.

▪ Frontline—China in the Red (on China's economic issues).

▪ Frontline—Missile Wars (on the missile defense system).

▪ Frontline—Cyberwar (on Internet security).

▪ Asylum Day—On asylum-seekers.

▪ Frontline—Israel's Next War?

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Purely Political

▪ CSPAN—CSPAN's video offerings.

▪ GNN—The Guerrilla News Network's videos.

▪ NOW—Various social issues.

▪ Election 2004—Many videos are available.

▪ Democracy Now!—Live Stream.

▪ Socialism & Black Liberation Free Speech TV.

▪ Free Speech—Search Free Speech TV's 1500 videos.

▪ Free Speech Free Speech TV featured documentaries.

▪ Frontline—The Unexpected Candidate (Israel)

▪ Frontline—The Jesus Factor (George W. Bush and Religion)

▪ Frontline—The Choice (US election)

▪ Multiple Sources—includes the following titles: The World According To Bush, Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War On Journalism, Uncovered: The War on Iraq, BBC’s The Bush Family Fortunes : The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Deadline Iraq: Full Uncensored Stories of the War, CBC’s Conspiracy Theories, Going Up River: The Long War Of John Kerry, CBC's Dick Cheney Bio, Afghan Massacre: Convoy of Death, Unprecedented: The Battle for President and the Undermining of Democracy in America, Control Room, and Votergate.

▪ The Trials of Henry Kissinger—A stunning work!

▪ Myth of the Liberal Media—!!!

▪ Political Documentaries—Quite a few documentaries here.

▪ Bush Family Fortunes—On the Bush family.

▪ Frontline—The Architect (Karl Rove)
▪ The Power of Nightmares—simply, not to be missed!

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Health Issues

▪ Frontline—Dangerous Prescription (prescription drugs)

▪ Frontline—Diet Wars

▪ Frontline—The Alternative Fix (U.S. Healthcare)

▪ NOVA—Dying to Be Thin

▪ Frontline—Medicating Kids (on the children prescription drug boom).

▪ Frontline—The Storm (on Katrina)

▪ Frontline—New Asylums (mental illness)

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Race, Gender and Class Issues

▪ Murder of Fred Hampton—Free Speech TV.

▪ Race and Gender UK—From the BBC.

▪ Frontline—A Class Divided (one of the most influential studies of racism and the classroom).

▪ Frontline—Country Boys (social class)

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September 11

▪ Frontline—War Behind Closed Doors (on Bush's new foreign policy).

▪ Frontline—Chasing the Sleeper Cell

▪ Patriot Act—From Free Speech TV.

▪ Frontline—Son of Al Qaeda

▪ 9/11—9/11 moving image archives.

▪ Frontline—The Man Who Knew (the portrait of the work of John O'Neill).

▪ MEF—Beyond the Frame: 30 Interviews by Leading Scholars on 9/11

▪ Frontline—Al Qaeda's Next Front

▪ Loose Change—One of the famed conspiracy videos.

▪ Multiple Films—Not just on 911. The site also claims to have videos like The Corporation.

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Indigenous and International

▪ AFC-ABC Source—Features videos on Australia society.

▪ Africa and Social Change—A number of short clips.

▪ One World TV—Features cover many world cultures. {currently down}

▪ Witness—Uses video cameras to document injustice.

▪ Digital Himalaya—A great ethnographic resource.

▪ ARIA—Watch Russian TV online. {currently down}

▪ Leaving Elsa—Follows the lives of people living on the border.

▪ Caribbean Shorts—A number of features on the Caribbean.

▪ Frontline World—A highly recommended collection of videos.

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Anthropology

▪ NOVA—Cracking the Code of Life (DNA).

▪ Archaeology Videos—From the Archaeology Channel.

▪ Anthropologists at Work—Three separate clips.

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Linguistics

▪ Phonology—A short clip.

▪ Morphology—A short video.

▪ Syntax—Three videos.

▪ Language Variation—Many videos.

▪ Language Acquisition—Two videos.

▪ Historical Linguistics—Three videos.

▪ Semantics—Two videos on the topic.

▪ Psycholinguistics—A number of videos.

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Social Change and Activism

▪ Noam Chomsky—Rebel without a Pause

▪ Social Change Lectures—Institute for Humane Studies

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Interesting and Offbeat

▪ Two Teenage Bedrooms—Just like the title says!

▪ Future for Word—An interesting new poetry project.

▪ Body—A feature from the BBC.

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