Library Guides @ VIU: Primary Sources in Humanities: Images, Videos, and Sounds

Primary Sources: Images

Finland Wartime Photo Archive: 160,000 Images From World War II
Historypin
"Historypin is made up of photographic images, videos, audio clips and descriptive and narrative text.
Photographic images can be pinned directly to the Historypin map by users."
National Archives UK's photostream
Collections include Canada, Africa, artwork & artifacts, and photography
NFB Images
High Definition footage and archival treasures from the National Film Board of Canada and partners. "NFB IMAGES features images from around the world: classic and contemporary material on war and conflict, industrialization, rural and urban lifestyles, celebrities, wildlife and a treasure trove of film footage on the Arctic."
Vintage Ad Browser
Over 100,000 vintage advertisements from the 1800s to 2000s.

Archival Films & Newsreels | Films on Demand
Coverage includes:
- Jazz Age & Depression (1919-1938)
- Postwar (1946-1968)
- World War I (1914-1918)
- World War II (1939-1945)
British Pathé Newsreels
Spanning 1896 to 1976, includes footage – not only from Britain, but from around the globe – of major events, famous faces, fashion trends, travel, sport and culture. The archive is particularly strong in its coverage of the First and Second World Wars.
CBC Digital Archives
Offers streaming film and audio from the archives of the CBC.
NFB (National Film Board of Canada) Open Access
Streaming of selected documentary and other films from the NFB. Results may be narrowed by production year.

NFB Images
High Definition footage and archival treasures from the National Film Board of Canada and partners. "NFB IMAGES features images from around the world: classic and contemporary material on war and conflict, industrialization, rural and urban lifestyles, celebrities, wildlife and a treasure trove of film footage on the Arctic."
Reel History of Britain
The British Film Institute's free catalogue of digitised film clips from its extensive library.