Streaming Databases
List of Streaming Video databases
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Academic Video Online: Premium This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive multidisciplinary academic streaming video collection. Includes newsreels, award-winning documentaries, field recordings, interviews, lectures, training videos, and exclusive primary footage.
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Drama Online This link opens in a new window
Classical works to contemporary plays combined with critical analysis, contextual information, biographies, genres and Nick Hern books.
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Films on Demand: Master Academic Collection This link opens in a new windowEducational, close-captioned videos on all subject areas. Includes archival film and newsreels, documentaries and films from producers such as A&E, BBC learning, and PBS. An external tool is available in Canvas to embed Films on Demand videos.
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Kanopy Streaming This link opens in a new window
Streaming videos from BBC, PBS, Documentary Educational Resources, Criterion Collection and others. The platform allows you to make playlists and clips, and share links.
Kanopy title licensed for ENG 3307:
One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (1977). Directed by Agnés Varda.
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Swank Digital Campus This link opens in a new windowA selection of feature films from well-known studios such as MGM, Miramax, United Artists, Columbia Pictures, and Dreamworks. These films are NOT LICENSED for public events. They may be streamed only in a face-to-face classroom setting or for individual use.
Swank titles licensed for ENG 3307:
Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982). Active through May 31, 2026.
The Birds (1963), Active through April 30, 2026.
Brick (2005). Directed by Rian Johnson. Active through May 31, 2026.
Citizen Kane (1941). Directed by Orson Welles. Active through August 31. 2025.
Casablanca (1942). Directed by Michael Curtiz. Active through August 31. 2025.
Chinatown (1974). Directed by Roman Polanski. Active through June 1, 2026..
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940). Directed by Dorothy Arzner. Active through January 31, 2026.
Do the Right Thing (1989). Directed by Spike Lee. Active through September 30. 2025.
Get Out (2017). Directed by Jordan Peele. Active through May 31, 2026.
Imitation of Life (1959). Directed by Douglas Sirk. Active through June 30. 2025.
Last Night in Soho (2021). Directed by Edgar Wright. Active through May 31, 2026.
Pan's Labyrinth (2006). Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Active through June 30. 2025.
Psycho (1960). Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Active through May 31, 2026.
The Searchers (1956). Directed by John Ford. Active through June 30. 2025.
Vertigo (1958). Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Active through June 30. 2025.
Us (2019). Directed by Jordan Peele. Active through June 30. 2025.
The Piano (1993). Directed by Jane Campion. Not available for licensing via University Libraries