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  1. Why Women? Streaming

    Link
    https://thewhy.dk/whywomen/
    Category
    Social Sciences
    Subject
    Social Studies, Women’s Studies
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Funding, Video Sources, Web Links

    A collection of films aimed to raise awareness of girls’ and women’s health, rights and wellbeing worldwide. There are four documentaries and ten short films, all accessible for free; also learning materials, including articles and facts. Why Women? is an initiative of The Why Foundation, which is a non-profit organisation that produces and distributes factual public media projects to promote independent information on key global issues. Other documentary series produced so far include: Why Democracy and Why Poverty.

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  2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Streaming

    Link
    https://www.youtube.com/user/kewgardens/playlists
    Category
    Bio-Medical
    Subject
    Biology, Botany, Nature
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Archives/Museums, Streaming/Download, Video Sources

    The official Kew Gardens YouTube channel includes a selection of short films, which offer a unique insight into the scientific research and global conservation taking place there. Beyond the Gardens includes ten films tackling themes such as The Future of Taxonomy, The Plant Family Tree and The Fungarium; Plant Kingdom consists of 35 films, including the first known instance of a cricket as an orchid pollinator captured on film by a Kew scientist; and the 15 shorts in Inside the Millennium Seed Bank, focus on global plants which are faced with the threat of extinction.

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  3. RAI Player (Royal Anthropological Institute) Streaming

    Link
    https://raifilm.org.uk/rai-player/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Ethnology, Film Studies
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Archives/Museums, Lists, Streaming/Download, Video Sources

    A selection of documentaries from the Royal Anthropological Institute’s Film Catalogue is available to rent online. Titles are added on a rolling basis and the rental film allows you to stream a film for 72 hours. Titles available include classics such as John Baily’s AMIR and David & Judith MacDougall’s TURKANA CONVERSATIONS trilogy (LORANG’S WAY, A WIFE AMONG WIVES and THE WEDDING CAMELS). All the films featured have trailers, which can be watched for free.

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  4. Wytham Woods: the Laboratory with Leaves Streaming

    Link
    http://www.ox.ac.uk/content/wytham-woods-laboratory-leaves
    Category
    Bio-Medical
    Subject
    Biology, Botany, Environmental Studies, General Science, Nature
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download, Video Sources

    An on-going series of videos offering a behind-the-scenes insight into the cutting-edge research taking place in Wytham Woods, which is considered to be the most studied piece of woodland on earth. Episodes present the viewer with some extraordinary minds and great characters and so far include: Wytham Through the Ages, Birds, The Forest, Art, The Fen, Bats, Creepy Crawlies, Fire in the Woods, Moths, Small mammals, The Father of Ecology, Tech in the Woods, Walls and Badgers.

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  5. Chris Marker Streaming

    Link
    https://chrismarker.org/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Film Studies, Media Studies
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download, Video Sources, Web Links

    Beautifully designed and extremely informative site about the enigmatic French filmmaker Chris Marker, featuring essays, clips, filmographies, bibliographies, and news, as well as information about festivals, DVD ans Blu-Ray releases.

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  6. Aeon Streaming

    Link
    https://aeon.co/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Art, Astronomy, Biology, General Science, Literature, Politics and Government, Social Studies, Technology
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download, Video Sources, Web Links

    Online magazine devoted to the exploration of ideas from the worlds of science, philosophy, society and the arts. There are three main channels: Essays – ‘Longform explorations of deep issues written by serious and creative thinkers’; Ideas – ‘Short provocations, maintaining Aeon’s high editorial standards but in a more nimble and immediate form’; and Video – ‘A mixture of curated short documentaries and original Aeon productions’.

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  7. Siobhan Davies Replay Streaming

    Link
    http://www.siobhandaviesreplay.com
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Dance, Music
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Archives/Museums, Streaming/Download, Video Sources

    This freely available resource presents the materials and documentation associated with Siobhan Davies’ choreographies as a single online collection. Of particular interest are digitised videos of the filmed records of choreographies in rehearsal and in the studio. The search function allows the user to filter by media, (still, moving image, audio etc.), dance work, dance artist, musician and designer. The resource is the result of a collaboration between Coventry University and Siobhan Davies Dance which was funded by the AHRC. All the moving image content is streamed in flash video format

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  8. Science Photo Library Streaming

    Link
    https://www.sciencephoto.com/
    Category
    Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
    Subject
    Astronomy, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, General Science, Genetics, Medicine, Nature
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Footage Sources, Information Sources, Streaming/Download, Video Sources

    Specialist science imagery and footage is available to licence from this longstanding company. There are over 600,000 images and 40,000 clips available on the site, all of which are freely available to preview online but users need to register in order to buy clips.
    The moving image collections are divided into Healthcare, Science & Technology, Space, History, Environment, Animals and Flowers. The company also runs a free research service and has an educational plan available with subscriptions starting at £25.00.

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  9. Merce Cunningham Trust Streaming

    Link
    https://www.mercecunningham.org/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Dance
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Archives/Museums, Streaming/Download, Video Sources

    The Merce Cunningham Trust maintains a directory of film and video featuring the work of renowned choreographer. Mondays with Merce is a series of 16 freely available videos, each featuring Cunningham discussing an important aspect of his work, as well as interviews with dancers and collaborators who have worked with him. The site also features Dance Capsules, 86 of Merce Cunningham’s key works. Each capsule contains complete documentation of the work in question, including performance videos, sound recordings, lighting plots, décor images, costume designs, production notes, interviews with artistic personnel, and licensing information. Previews of this resource are freely available but users must subscribe to gain full access.

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  10. YARN Streaming

    Link
    https://getyarn.io/yarn-popular
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Film Studies, Music
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download, Video Sources

    YARN is a search engine which allows users to find clips from television shows, films and music video by typing in a line, quotation or lyric from the relevant clip. An intriguing search feature allows users to search by selecting from hundreds of emoji icons. The search engine directs the user to the relevant clip or clips, displaying a brief excerpt from the film or video, and displaying the line of dialogue as text.

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