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OER Repositories for Video

Creative Commons Search 

Use this multimedia search engine to find various types of CC licensed items from sources such as Google Images, Fotopedia, Jamendo, Flickr and more. They also have a community-built and maintained Content Directory that features hundreds of media resources from around the world and in a variety of different subject areas.

License: Creative Commons
Various

Internet Archive: A/V Geeks

The A/V Geeks Film Archive is an ephemeral film collection curated by Skip Elsheimer. What started as a hobby more than ten years is now a lifetime commitment. His collection has grown to over 24,000 films gathered from school auctions, thrift stores, closets and dumpsters. The Archive features old civil defense & public service films shot by the government in the 40′s & 50′s.

License: Creative Commons
Various

Internet Archive: VJ Loops

Short, stylized, loopable video loops, typically used by VJ’s. Download from this archive or submit your own works to contribute to this growing community.

License: Creative Commons
Various

NASA Media Archive

Images, audio and video recordings related to space flight, astronomy and aeronautics created by NASA, most of which are not copyrighted.

License: None

SpinXpress

The SpinXpress search tool lets you define the type of media you are looking for, what license you want and you can restrict what source or search all of them to find just what you need.

License: Creative Commons
Various

Ted Talks

 TED Videos are not officially licensed with any kind of open licensing. However, TED allows the users to freely view and download the videos without restraint. The website is provided as a public service to promote the spread of good ideas.

Vimeo

You can go to the main site and use the search features in the left hand menu to narrow your search to openly licensed videos or you can go directly to the Creative Commons Licensed Videos Site.

WGBH Lab

Categorized stock video clips from WGBH TV. The WGBH Lab is an innovation of WGBH’s Boston Media Productions, a leader in local news, public affairs, arts and bi-cultural productions.

License: Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike