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Public Domain Video
Public domain works are not protected by intellectual property laws and are free for you to use without permission. Some of these resources contain a mix of public domain and licensed materials--always check the specific license before using.
- CMU Graphics Lab Motion Capture DatabaseThe Carnegie Mellon University Motion Capture Database is a data set of motions. It is aimed at a student who wants to understand, broadly, how motion is captured, and who wants to do a project (using Maya or C++) with the data.
- NASA MediaNon-copyrighted photo, audio, and video of NASA space flights, astronomy, and aeronautics.
- National Park Service B-Roll Video"This webpage provides links to public domain video of some of those sites, including national parks, monuments, battlefields, historic sites and related areas."
- Prelinger Archives (at the Internet Archive)Collection of over 60,000 "ephemeral" (advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur) public domain films.
- Public Domain Vimeo Channel"The idea of this channel is to create a completely free library of HD footage that can be used by anyone for anything."
- The Public Domain ProjectDownload thousands of historic media files for your creative projects. Registration required to download.
Creative Commons Video
YouTube can also be searched for Creative Commons videos; after you search, click "Filters" and then "Creative Commons" under "Features."
- Community Video from the Internet ArchiveCC licenses will vary; check the specific license used restrictions.
- Creative Commons Licensed Videos from FlickrCheck the specific license for use restrictions.
- Europeana CollectionsOver 48 million "artworks, artefacts, books, videos and sounds from across Europe." Most with Creative Commons licenses.
- PixabayLocate Creative Commons CC0 license images and video clips for reuse.