Research Guides: Dramaturgy: Images & Video

Images and Artifacts

Flickr Creative Commons
Provides 100+ million searchable images for use. The images are conveniently divided into collections based on their copyright license policies in easy to understand terms.

Digital Public Library of America
All of the materials found through DPLA—photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and so much more—are free and immediately available in digital format. Collection contains material from America's libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions.
Europeana Collections
Artworks, artifacts, photos, and more from European museums, galleries, libraries and archives. Use the filters on the right side to customize your results.
Google Arts & Culture
View high-resolution images and videos of artworks and cultural artifacts from cultural organizations around the world. View collections organized by place, historical events and figures, major art movements, and artists.

BBC Shakespeare Plays
Provides streaming access BBC television productions of all 37 Shakespeare plays. Filmed between 1978 and 1985, each play may be viewed in its entirety or by acts, and all videos have optional closed captioning.

Docuseek Complete Collection
Streaming videos on a wide variety of social-issue and environmental topics.
Kanopy
Limited content - Only includes specific films and documentaries licensed by Sacramento State.
World Cinema Collection
Includes the best of the silent era, groundbreaking international directors, American and European masterpieces from the mid-20th century, award-winning contemporary films from Global Lens, and films from Africa and the African diaspora from ArtMattan Productions.
PBS Video
Includes 1,200+ streaming videos on a wide range of topics from documentaries and series from PBS.
Films on Demand: World Cinema Collection
Effective July 1, 2025 the subscription to the complete Films on Demand collection has been canceled. The only portion with an ongoing subscription is the World Cinema Collection.
Includes the best of the silent era, groundbreaking international directors, American and European masterpieces from the mid-20th century, award-winning contemporary films from Global Lens, and films from Africa and the African diaspora from ArtMattan Productions.
Dance Online: Dance in Video
Includes over 700 streaming videos of dance productions and documentaries. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance.

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