Films and documentaries
- BFI Player This link opens in a new window11,000 archive films are available to watch free on BFI Player from the British Film Institute's national and regional archives. This collection grows constantly as more material is digitised.
- Box of Broadcasts This link opens in a new windowBox of Broadcasts provides access to over 2.2 million TV and radio broadcasts from over 75 channels, including most of the UK’s freeview network, all BBC TV and radio content from 2007, and several foreign language channels. This resource is not available outside the UK.
- Box of Broadcasts: get the best out of itTips to help you get the best out of this great resource.
- BUFVC GatewayOver 2,000 websites relating to moving image and sound materials, arranged by subject area.
- Drama Online This link opens in a new windowThis comprises the text of over 2,300 international plays, from ancient Greek drama to contemporary works; film and audio recordings of productions, and contextual resources relating to drama theory and practice. NEW for 2021/22! We have just bought access to over 600 new playtexts and a new Globe on Film collection.
- EuropeanaExplore millions of images, films and other archival material from galleries, museums, archives and libraries across Europe. Search by topic and refine by copyright to find reusable materials. Can also refine to find images, films, audio etc.
- Film Archives UKBrings together archival organisations and individuals interested in the UK's public sector film archives.
- Free films onlineOver 4,000 films online from the Open Culture site.
- Free movies: Internet ArchiveThousands of films online, including full-length feature films, classic shorts, home movies, world culture documentaries and movie trailers.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new windowKanopy is an on-demand film streaming platform providing access to over 30,000 films. Films include classic and contemporary feature films, together with documentaries across a wide range of subject areas.
- Library of Congress digital collectionsThe Library of Congress' digital library containing millions of items, including maps, photographs, documents, audio and video, relating to American history and life. Click film, photographs etc in the drop down search box to limit by format.
- BBC ArchiveThemed collections from the BBC archives, including TV and radio clips as well as background information.
- Box of Broadcasts This link opens in a new windowBox of Broadcasts provides access to over 2.2 million TV and radio broadcasts from over 75 channels, including most of the UK’s freeview network, all BBC TV and radio content from 2007, and several foreign language channels. This resource is not available outside the UK.
- EUscreenFree online access to video, stills and audio from selected European broadcasters from 1900-present. Includes French, German and Catalan broadcasters amongst others.
- News on ScreenContains 170,000 records of British newsreel and cinemagazine production and a large collection of digitised documents, including production documents, oral histories and details of people, series and stories linked to newsreels.
- TRILT (Television and Radio Index for Teaching and Learning)Search listings for over 560 UK TV and radio channels from 1923 onwards. Some pre-2007 broadcasts are available to order (for post-2007, use Box of Broadcasts).
IPTV: Film and Television online
IPTV is managed by the Language Resource Centre, and is available across campus. It provides access to live satellite TV channels from several countries, as well as several hundred feature films and documentaries in many languages, including English, French, Spanish and Chinese.