Attention Hitchcock aficionados: one of the legendary director’s first films, 1923’s The White Shadow, was recently recovered in New Zealand and has been made available for free online. It is currently the earliest surviving Hitchcock film. The film, long presumed lost was only partly recovered. About half of the silent film (42 minutes) has survived, […]
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New streaming video databases from Alexander Street
The American University Library recently gained access to two new, exciting streaming video databases via Alexander Street Press. They include a combined 413 hours of video! These new resources are well worth checking out if you have interest their subject matter. LGBT Studies in Video Collection features documentaries, interviews, and feature films exploring LGBT history, […]
Continue readingNew Films on Demand titles – October 2012
Films on Demand, a streaming video platform used by Media Services, continues to surprise with the size and breadth of its collection. The service just added in excess of 450 streaming videos to its database that you can view from on- or off-campus. Though they aren’t yet in the library catalog, they can all be […]
Continue readingNew Films on Demand titles – September 2012
Great news for students and faculty: Films on Demand, a streaming video platform used by Media Services, has added the collections of California Newsreel to its catalog. California Newsreel is one of the oldest and most reputable social documentary groups. You might recognize them for producing Race: The Power of an Illusion, a documentary frequently […]
Continue readingYour daily timesink: The Moving Image Archive
The Internet Archive is a terrific website that hosts repositories of old websites, public domain audio, and other abandoned media. One of the most fascinating is their Moving Image Archive. It’s a diverse collection of videos, ranging from stop-motion Lego films to World War II propaganda reels. Take caution if you decide to click on […]
Continue readingNew Films on Demand titles – August 2012
Films on Demand, a streaming video platform used by Media Services, recently added 225 new titles to its collection, including a large number of TED Talks. Since it would be silly to list every single one, here’s a few highlights from their most recent batch… Humanities & Social Sciences Collection In Search of Genghis Khan […]
Continue readingComposer Marvin Hamlisch dies
Prolific composer Marvin Hamlisch died this Monday. Hamlisch was a media legend who won every conceivable award for his music – including an Oscar, Grammy, Tony, Emmy, Golden Globe, and the Pulitzer Prize for Music. His accomplishments are staggering; even if you don’t know his name, you may have heard pieces from one of his […]
Continue readingWhoops! YouTube accidentally pulls NASA videos
Sunday’s impressive Mars landing somehow continues to be relevant for Media Services – this time in a less fun and exciting way. NASA broadcasted live footage of Mission Control as the Curiosity rover landed, and to commemorate the occasion, they uploaded the clip to YouTube. But because of a snafu in YouTube’s copyright enforcement software, […]
Continue readingAlternative programming: The Olympics on film and television
The thirtieth Olympiad is well underway. If you don’t feel like watching gymnastics this evening, take the night off and check out one of these gold-quality videos from our collection. One Day in September — DVD 450Monty Python’s Flying Circus: Olympic Hide-and-Seek Final — HU DVD 771Olympia — DVD 1663Munich — HU DVD 2172Tokyo Olympiad […]
Continue readingFILMS ON DEMAND- New Titles by Subject ~ Two for one Friday
10,000 educational programs available for instant viewing online by AU students and faculty.Films-On-Demand is a state-of-the-art streaming video platform that makes it easy to incorporate educational programs from Films Media Group (FMG) into content management systems, online lesson plans, and distance learning courseware. FMG has been adding about 600 new titles per year. Nearly every […]
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