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What's New?
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New DVDs and Blu-raysAn RSS feed of new acquisitions.
Finding Films and Videos in Roger
Use the Film and Video Scope in Roger to simplify discovery. Select from the index menu:
Keyword - mix name(s) or title word(s) together (e.g. "Hitchcock and birds")
Hint: If you are successful in finding a title with a keyword search, use the item's heading links in the catalog record to find related items.
Title - omit initial articles.
Author - last name first (directors, lead actors)
Form & Genre - If you want a list of feature films from a particular country, search those terms together (e.g. "feature films japan")
Other examples of Form & Genre searches: "documentary films"; "western films"; "zombie films"
(DISCONTINUED DURING COVID-19) Viewing Stations & Group Viewing Rooms
The Library (Geisel 1st Floor West) provides playback stations for audiovisual materials from its collections (including reserve items). Format support includes DVD, Blu-ray, and VHS. See the Geisel Front Desk to arrange onsite viewing.
Group Viewing Rooms are also available for groups up to 15 people. Request a reservation by calling the Front Desk at (858) 534-0134.
Screening of motion picture films must be arranged in advance by submitting the Motion Picture Viewing Request Form.
Streaming Resources (UCSD only)
The Library's major subscription-based video streaming resources.
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American History in VideoCoverage of historical events through documentaries, commercial and government newsreels, and archival and public affairs footage.
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Electronic Arts IntermixA selective resource for streaming video and media art.
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Ethnographic Video OnlineOver 1,300 hours of streaming video, including ethnographic films, documentaries, select feature films, and previously unpublished fieldwork
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KanopyStreaming video service of select documentaries, art house, and indie films.
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March of TimeNewsreels from 1935-1967.
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Opera in Video500 hours of important opera performances and related material, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries.
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Silent Film OnlineExtensive collection of silent feature films, serials, and shorts from the 1890s to the 1930s.
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Socialism on FilmThis collection of films from the communist world reveals war, history, current affairs, culture and society as seen through the socialist lens. It spans most of the twentieth century and covers countries such as the USSR, Vietnam, China, Korea, much of Eastern Europe, the GDR, Britain and Cuba.
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Theatre in VideoOver 250 of the world‘s leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, more than 500 hours in all.
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Vanderbilt Television News ArchiveThe world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. It records, preserves and provides access to television news broadcasts of the US national networks since August 5, 1968.
Highlights from the UC San Diego Library Digital Collections
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Amateur Travel filmsTravelogues from the Library's Digital Collections
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Travel Films from the Hansen and Strode CollectionsStreaming access of selected travel films from 1930 to 1980.
16mm Films! - Factual FIlm Archive
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Factual Films in the UC San Diego Collection (ROGER)Mostly 16mm instructional and safety films from 1940 to 1980.