Images and Videos

WorldImages provides access to the California State University IMAGE Project. It contains over 60,000 images, is global in coverage and includes all areas of visual imagery. WorldImages is accessible anywhere and its images may be freely used for non-profit educational purposes. The images can be located using many search techniques, and for convenience they are organized into some 600 portfolios which are then organized into subject groupings.

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The Library of Michigan Digitization for Preservation and Access Grant was awarded to the Detroit Public Library in 2005. The grant allowed for the creation of a digital database of 19th century and pre-1922 photographs of Detroit. The formats include glass negatives, lanternslides, cased images, albumen prints and stereograph cards from the Detroit Public Library's Burton Historical Collection. These images illustrate the social and cultural history of Detroit as well as document the historical events that have occurred in the city.

1800-1922

4,700 digital images portraying American artists of the 20th century. The photographs were taken by Peter A. Juley & Son.

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Provides streaming video access to original productions of plays, along with film documentaries on the subject of theater. Complete list of contents available within product at: http://ativ.alexanderstreet.com.proxy.lib.umich.edu/Browse/Videoproduction

Includes Theatre in Video Supplement, published June 2011.

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An archive of original photos, advertising, and other memorabilia from silent films, and a few early sound films (especially those featuring silent film performers).

Photos scanned from original, vintage photographs issued by motion picture studios when the films were released during the silent era. 1915 - 1933

An archive of high-quality downloadable movie data files free of most use restrictions, many licensed with Creative Commons Licenses. Contains a wide variety of moving images produced in the U.S.

Include films and videos of all kinds, from the beginnings of cinema in the late 19th/early 20th century to the present.

A database of films, videotapes, and DVDs featuring extensive factual and descriptive data, including ratings and many subject headings that allow you to find films with similar themes, tones, moods, etc. Also contains information on many special-interest, non-fiction titles on a wide range of topics such as education, fitness, sports, travel, and history.

Current edition. Continuously updated.

Photo galleries and profiles of silent movie stars, with 15,000 images of 1,400 silent stars.

ARTstor is a non-profit initiative, founded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with a mission to use digital technology to enhance scholarship, teaching and learning in the arts and associated fields.

Online access to over 500,000 photos with detailed captions from the AP news wire. Includes all photos from US and abroad added in the previous 365 days (800 per day) plus many selected historical photos from 1844 to the present. Also includes printed graphics and news audio clips transmitted by AP, and selected publicity photos from PR Newswire, Prime Newswire, and other sources. Updated continuously.

1844 - All AP photos, graphics, and audio clips from the current year, plus selected historical photos since 1844, and selected publicity photos.