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Good for: Learning about various subjects through educational videos.
Contains: Documentaries, interviews, feature films, performances, and other videos spanning a wide range of subject areas.
Good for: Watching educational videos including the BBC Shakespeare series and A History of American Indian Achievement.
Contains: Streaming videos.
Good for: Watching recent Broadway theatrical productions.
Contains: Streaming video
Good for: Viewing television news coverage of events in American and world history
Contains: Video clips from CBS news programming
Dates covered: 1950s - 2010s
Archive of video segments from six decades of news programming and journalistic coverage of American and world history events, as they were originally reported by CBS News, 1950s-2010s.
Good for: Watching feature films and documentaries in various languages.
Contains: Streaming films in Spanish, Portuguese, and 34 other languages with English subtitles.
Each film's license includes public performance rights.
Good for: Screening independent films and documentaries about social issues and educational topics.
Contains: Streaming videos.
Good for: Viewing documentary films about topics in international relations, criminal justice, the environment, bioethics, health, political science and current events, psychology, arts, literature, and more.
Contains: Documentary films.
Award-winning documentaries about topics in international relations, criminal justice, the environment, bioethics, health, political science and current events, psychology, arts, literature, and more.
Good for: Viewing educational videos from Films Media Group in the humanities & social sciences, science, business & economics, health, archival films & newsreels.
Contains: Streaming educational videos.
Good for: Streaming videos including documentaries, features and independent films.
Contains: Films.
Source producers include Media Education Foundation, BBC, PBS, Kino Lorber, Documentary Educational Resources Collection, among others.
Good for: Viewing or searching documentary films and video series on a wide range of topics in science, history, art, business and many more.
Contains: Streaming video
Dates covered: 1979-current
Good for: Researching a wide range of topics in business, counseling, education, political science, and more.
Contains: Videos including include case studies, documentaries, and interviews.
Good for: Viewing feature films for educational purposes.
Contains: Streaming feature films.
Available titles vary by semester. Films will play natively in most browsers; if not, see the Swank Digital Campus troubleshooting FAQ.
Good for: Mental health education and training.
Contains: Films, including the DSM 5 Guided Collection.