Finding Images and Video

You will need to log in to Udo to access this resource. It offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s.

An on-demand TV and radio recording service for education covering 65 TV and radio channels.

Newsreel archive of historic film footage covering major events of the 20th century. Film clips can be viewed online.

A collection of historic films, many of which can be streamed or downloaded as watermarked previews. You can register as an individual to get more access.

'Films from the Home Front' brings together a collection of unique moving images illustrating what life was like for ordinary people in Britain during the Second World War, as seen through amateur documentaries, newsreels, government films, and home movies.

The collection includes excerpts from the original 1916 films The Battle of the Somme and The Battle of The Ancre, and footage from the Western and Home Fronts.

This library contains over a million digital movies uploaded by Archive users which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts. Many of these videos are available for free download.

From the British Universities Film and Video Council, providing links to over 1,400 websites related to film and audio resources.

For the first time on The National Archives' website you can view complete public information films from 1945 -2006.

See shorts and features, showing the best from the BFI, national and regional archives - including 120 years of Britain on film.

Website of the British Film Institute giving access to Britain's film and TV history.