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"
Viewing Stations & Group Viewing Rooms
The Library's Media Desk (Geisel 1st Floor West) provides 10 playback stations for audiovisual materials from its collections (including reserve items). Format support includes DVD, Blu-ray, and VHS.
Group Viewing Rooms are also available for groups up to 30 people. Request a reservation at the Media Desk or by phone at (858) 534-8074.
Screening of 16mm films must be arranged in advance by submitting the 16mm Film Viewing Request Form.
Streaming Resources (UCSD only)
The Library's major subscription-based video streaming resources.
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Academic Video Online (AVON)Scholarly video material including documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, demonstrations, original and raw footage including tens of thousands of exclusive tiles.
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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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Ethnographic Video OnlineOver 1,300 hours of streaming video, including ethnographic films, documentaries, select feature films, and previously unpublished fieldwork
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Electronic Arts IntermixA selective resource for streaming video and media art.
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KanopyStreaming video service of more than 26,000 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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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.
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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.
Factual FIlm Archive
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Factual Films in the UC San Diego Collection (ROGER)Mostly instructional and safety films from 1940 to 1980 in 16mm.