Imperial War Museums is an organization that explores conflict from the First World War to the present day. It operates five sites, including IWM London, Churchill War Rooms, IWM North, HMS Belfast and IWM Duxford, and provides archives, exhibitions, events and an online shop.
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Australian Defence Imagery is a media portal for the Australian Defence Force. It hosts images and videos related to Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army and Air Force activities, including events, operations, exercises and historic collections, with advanced search functionality for its assets.
I W M provides online access to archival films, classic productions, and historical media collections.
BFIPlayer preserves and presents historical films, television recordings, and moving-image collections online.
The BFI National Archive holds a large collection of film and television. Its teams preserve and develop the collection for future generations and make it accessible to current audiences. The archive offers services to search the collection, book films for screenings, and license archive material and stills.
Full List preserves and presents historical films, classic productions, and moving-image collections online.
Light Cone is an organization focused on distributing, promoting and preserving experimental cinema. It provides post-production services and artistic and technical assistance for the distribution of experimental and artist films, hosts public and family-friendly screenings and exhibitions, and maintains a catalogue of works.
Voleflix is a site offering dozens of free public domain movies plus Voleflix Originals. Films listed include The Amazing Mr. X, Becky Sharp, Metropolis, The Lodger, Nosferatu, Susie The Little Blue Coupe, Falling Hare and Bluebeard, organized by categories such as Animation, Horror and Film Noir.
Prelinger Archives is an archival film project co-directed by Rick Prelinger and Megan Prelinger. Rick Prelinger began collecting ephemeral films in 1983, and a collection of 60,000 films was acquired by the Library of Congress in 2002. Since 2000 it has partnered with Internet Archive to make a subset of over 9,000 films available online for free viewing, downloading and reuse.
Cinémathèque de Bretagne preserves Brittany’s film and audiovisual heritage through a searchable catalog of digitized works and archival collections.