HIST 2630 - Historical Methods - TURNER: Find Historic Films & Television
From Films on Demand
Films On Demand database offers more than 15,500 video titles that are neatly grouped into convenient, subject-specific categories.
From Swank
Swank Digital Campus provides colleges and universities with the largest academic streaming collection of its kind. With over 25,000 films, documentaries and TV shows, Swank Digital Campus simplifies film distribution by providing faculty and students a legal streaming resource both on and off campus.
Finding Movies in the Library
Library materials are represented in the Gil-Find catalog, including films and videos in all formats.
- Using the Gil-Find Catalog, type in your title, director, or keyword and click on 'find'
- Under the "tweak my results" options on the left heading, select the "Video" box under the format options.
- Physical DVDs and VHS will be designated by a call number and holding location in either the Zach S. Henderson Library or Armstrong's Lane Library. Streaming films will be designated by the "Online Access" link.
I Love Lucy: The Complete Fourth Season (Lane Library DVD 1152)
Leave It to Beaver: The Complete Second Season (Lane Library DVD 1179)
From Kanopy
Kanopy, a video streaming database, provides access to collections of films across the world including documentaries, training videos, and many others.
- Salt of the Earth (1954) on Kanopy Banned at the time of its initial release and made by blacklisted filmmakers, this bold, radical film tells the story of Mexican-American workers who call a strike over the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages they receive in comparison to their white co-workers at a Zinc mine in New Mexico. Ramon Quintero (Juan Chacon) organizes the strike but is shown to be a hypocrite, treating his pregnant wife (Rosaura Revueltas) with similar unfairness. However, after an injunction keeps the men from their protest, the gender roles are reversed. As the women protest at the picket lines while the men stay at home, SALT OF THE EARTH makes glaringly clear the vital importance of women in the fight against inequality on intersecting fronts. Chosen to be preserved by the National Film Preservation Board, USA. Winner of the Crystal Globe and Best Actress (Rosaura Revueltas) at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.