Comments on: Great historical media collections

Question: Great historical media collections

Hargrimm — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:28:40 -0800

Where can I find lots of historical media? I'm looking for any kind of photos or film, newsreels, anything.

I've always been fascinated by old photos of the Civil War and such, as well as newsreels and archive footage from WWII-era. I'm interested in military stuff as well as everyday life. I'm tired of searching everywhere for a few pictures and newsreels - please help me find some centralized collections!

(Free would be preferable)

By: delladlux

delladlux — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:36:17 -0800

Library of Congress has lots of archive photos.

By: Fuzzy Skinner

Fuzzy Skinner — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:41:14 -0800

archive.org

By: nitsuj

nitsuj — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:41:38 -0800

archive.org

By: mynameisluka

mynameisluka — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:41:54 -0800

Die Deutsche Wochenschau is a newsreel that ran from the late 1930s (I believe) on well past WWII.

By: valkyryn

valkyryn — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:44:47 -0800

University libraries. They're usually open to the public, though borrowing privileges and some electronic resources are only available to students/faculty/staff. The kind of things you're likely to find are dependent upon geography to a certain extent, though funded collections can be found in completely random places.

By: Otis

Otis — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:48:00 -0800

I like Ohio State's "eHistory" site.

By: bjrn

bjrn — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:56:07 -0800

Shorpy is a blog with lots of really nice photographs, mostly of everyday life and black & white. Timewise roughly 1900-1950.

By: Foam Pants

Foam Pants — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:04:49 -0800

Most states will have a state library that will have a historical section full of what you are looking for.

By: Rhaomi

Rhaomi — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:11:03 -0800

Google recently provided a searchable index of all Life Magazine photos.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:28:08 -0800

More specifically, the Prelinger Archives have a great collection of 2000 films that are at least somewhat organized. It's all free culture stuff so you can appropriate it and use it as you want to.