British Universities Film & Video Council

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BBC Wildlife Finder
A site from the BBC that uses footage from the Natural History Unit archive to show hundreds of different animals, their habitats, and animal and plant adaptations and behaviour. The collection of still images and video clips includes footage from series such as Planet Earth. There are also collections of video clips arranged under themes such as slow motion photography, time-lapse photography, bees and extinction.

Discovery Access
Discovery Access is a stock footage archive, launched in 2011, giving worldwide access to more than 100,000 hours of non-fiction footage from Discovery’s 28 entertainment networks. From the website, producers, directors and anyone in need of footage can search, preview, license and download clips of animals and nature, architecture, engineering, CGI, culture, medicine, mind, body, science, space, technology, travel and exploration, innovation, time lapse, etc.  New content is added to the website on a daily basis.

Image Bank Film
Since 2001 this collection of 35m film footage has been part of Getty Images. The rights-ready footage has high production values and covers a multitude of subjects. The ‘Resources’ section of the website features several video podcasts, in each of which a Getty Images photographer, filmmaker or editor gives an insight into their work. Online viewing or download.

Time/Image British Council Archive
This new resource is dedicated to providing access to the many films sponsored by the British Council from the 1930s up to the 1960s. At present fifteen films from the 1940s have been digitised and are now available for free online viewing. These documentaries reflect the work of great directors such as Mary Field (Development of the English Town), Philip Leacock/Paul Rotha (Island People) and Ken Annakin (London 1942), as well as an apprenticeship for future ones such as John Krish (editor of Election 1945). The films are designed to promote an exploration of the British Council archive as well as debate and discussion on, for example, the role of these films in the development of a British brand for overseas consumption and how this might have changed over the years. The site also features a wiki listing all known British Council films by date, beginning with 1933, with the space for discussion.

TV-replay
A free, online service that brings together listings of all the television programmes currently available for catch-up or on-demand viewing on the BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4 on Demand and Demand Five and directs users to these websites for viewing. Titles are searchable by channel, date or genre.

Vimeo
Vimeo was created by a group of filmmakers and video creators in New York who wanted to share their creative work, and this developed into a larger community with a wide range of video interests. Users are invited to upload their videos for public viewing and comment. Content is searchable by subject category and there are also channels which stream videos from a particular source eg The White House, or by type e.g. 3D stereo, documentaries or slow motion and timelapse. Vimeo Video School is a place for anyone wanting to learn how to make better videos. It provides Vimeo Lessons and specific video tutorials created by other members.

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