LibGuides: English: Videos

Find Videos using Library Search | Ketu

You can use the Library Search | Ketu box to find many Book Adaptions, Movies, Documentaries, and TV Programmes.

You can use Library Search | Ketu to find a video using the title (if known), or relevant keywords.

You could also try an Advanced Search and limit 'Material Type' to Audiovisual.

There are also several video databases available through the library, listed on this page.

For a list of more video databases, go to this page:

VAST: Academic Video Online
Search across academic video collections in 21 disciplines through this VAST package.
VAST: Literature & Language
Explore interviews, biographies, and surveys of regional literature and literary periods. A comprehensive resource for study of literature through time and around the globe.
VAST: Theatre
Features performances of works by worldwide dramatists from the past several centuries. Also features dozens of documentaries and interviews about theatre, the history of theatre, acting methods, pioneering dramatists and actors, and more.

Recommended collections of videos about English Literature that are freely available online.

60 second recap
Helps you understand the books you have to read for English. 60 second videos cover: overviews, themes, characters, plot...

BBC English Literature This link opens in a new window
English Literature resources including videos of basic plot, theme and character summaries for prose fiction, short stories, drama and poetry.
Internet Archive: Moving Image Archive This link opens in a new window
An online library of free movies, films, and videos.
LearnersTV: Free Literature Video Lecture courses This link opens in a new window
Free: Video Lectures, Courses, Animations, Lecture Notes, Online Tests.

Open Culture: Free Movies Online
Lists 500+ quality films that you can watch online.

Stratford Shakespeare Festival, YouTube Channel This link opens in a new window
Videos from this repertory theatre festival, permanently located in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.

TED: Talks
The award-winning TEDTalks video site. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.

YouTube This link opens in a new window
Includes lectures, tutorials, author-readings, adaptations and many dramatic productions. Contains many channels and playlists relating to English Literature
Folger Shakespeare Library, YouTube Channel This link opens in a new window
Videos from this world-class center for scholarship, learning, culture, and the arts. Includes an animated 3D model of the Folger Elizabethan Theatre.

eTV
Access recorded TV programmes, live streams and on demand videos recorded from over 30 channels.

Poets OnScreen
The Poets On Screen Library contains video clips of poets reading their own and other poets' work.

Kanopy
Search or browse this streaming video service. The Literature category includes: Popular Videos, Amercian Authors, Australian Authors, European Authors, Female Authors, Literary Documentary, Shakespeare, Classical and Medieval Literature, Poetry, Heroes and Legends (characters), Interviews with Authors, Writing and Instruction, Playwriting, and Film Adaptations of Literary Works.
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The Library now has access to Digital Theatre Plus.

Digital Theatre Plus This link opens in a new window
High quality films of leading British theatre productions.