American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for the study of American history, with 2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. The collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and their presentation over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.
Historical eras range from the Classical Period (1000 BCE-500 CE) to the 21 century.
Historical subjects include:
•English settlement of North America
•American Revolution
•Post-revolutionary America
•Westward expansion
•Antebellum America
•Women's suffrage movement
•U.S. civil war
•World War I
•World War II
•Cold War
•Civil Rights movement
•Vietnam conflict
•Space exploration
For questions or comment, contact Patti Wilson, loc. 4277.
