Streaming Video on the Web
Many interesting videos on a variety of topics are now streamed freely on the web.
- Air & Space/Smithsonian
- A selection of videos on the history of flight, military aviation, space exploration and of flight today.
- American Experience
- View complete episodes of select films from the acclaimed PBS documentary series.
- Annenberg Learner
- A great collection of educational videos provided by Annenberg/CPB. Access is free, but registration is required.
- Boeing Image Gallery
- Flight footage and virtual tours of a number of Boeing's aircraft, missiles and UAVs.
- C-SPAN
- Scroll to their “Video Library” to view free segments of C-SPAN broadcasts. No registration is required.
- C-SPAN Classroom
- Videos on Civics and the United States Government. Access is free, but registration is required.
- Dryden Aircraft Movie Collection
- A collection of short digitized video clips of many of the research aircraft flown at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center from the 1940's to the present.
- Engines 101
- This General Electric site provides an interactive introduction on the basic mechanics of a GE aircraft engine.
- FAA TV
- A selection of videos from the FAA regarding the aviation industry, celebrations, news, plain language and public information.
- FedFlix
- FedFlix is a joint venture between the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) and Public.Resource.Org. FedFlix provides access to some of the best videos of the United States Government covering a variety of topics from various departments and agencies.
- History Channel Video Clip Archive
- Famous historical video clips and speeches from the History Channel.
- NASA: Destination Tomorrow
- A series of 30-minute educational television programs that focus on NASA research, past, present and future, and is designed for educators, parents and adult learners.
- NASA's Video Gallery
- A selection of videos featuring NASA's current projects.
- National Archive Online Videos
- Featuring historical films from NASA and United Newsreel.
- National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films (NCFMF)
- A number of films from the National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films (NCFMF), which revolutionized the teaching of fluid mechanics made available from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) iFluids program.
- PBS: Frontline
- Select investigative news stories on a variety of current events.
- PBS: NOVA
- A PBS program exploring a variety of topics on science and technology.
- PBS Video
- View select PBS programs from series such as Masterpiece, FRONTLINE, American Experience, Secrets of the Dead, Austin City Limits, Need To Know, NOVA, NATURE and Independent Lens). Users can browse by Programs, Topics or Collections.
- POV Video
- View select full length films from the acclaimed PBS documentary film series POV.
- Vega Science Programmes
- Provided by the Vega Science Trust, this English site provides links to a variety of programs on scientific topics.
- WGBH Open Vault
- Provides online access to unique and historically important content produced by the public television and radio station WGBH. The ever-expanding site contains video, audio, images, searchable transcripts and resource management tools, all of which are available for individual and classroom learning.
