Search TV news broadcasts from 1968-present. Lets you watch video from NBC and CNN. You can also search broadcasts from ABC, CBS, and Fox networks.
Example results: 1969 NBC news broadcast on Senator Dodd's study of American prisons
Search US public TV and radio programs from 1940s-2018. Includes TV and radio programs from 100+ public broadcasting stations across the county.
Example results: 1,178 audio recordings mentioning prisons (produced between 1940-2018)
Watch documentaries, newsreels, and other contemporaneous video from 1890s-1980s. Includes the complete series of United Newsreel and Universal Newsreel. Includes documentaries from producers such as PBS, California Newsreel, Bullfrog Films, Documentary Educational Resources, Pennebaker Hegedus Films, The History Channel®, and others.
Search closed captions from US TV news, 2009-present. Watch clips from news broadcasts.
Find primary sources on African American History. Original documents come from 1,000+ libraries and archives across the US.
Example: 113 sources related to convict labor (45 are images or videos)
This research guide suggests search strategies and resources for finding historical images. (Guide originally created for students taking History 91.)
The DPLA allows you to search millions of photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more from libraries, archives, and museums around the United States. Each record links to the original object on the library or other content provider's website.