Free stock video sources:

iMovies

A blog that features extensive search and syndication options, along with a healthy catalogue of free-to-download public domain movies across a range of genres, featuring classics, cartoons and shorts. You can download or stream the videos.

Openflv

Openflv features a good selection of b-movie trashola fare which you can stream or download for the most part via the services it aggregates (such as Google video). This is a great place to get hold of such timeless classics as Reefer Madness and the 1968 delight Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women.

Internet Archive

Internet Archive is the lodestone of public domain video, and there is a huge selection of video to download or stream in multiple formats across a range of genres, from advertising and ephemera to features and old TV shows. This is a treasure trove for the would-be mash-up-meister.

Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia Commons features plentiful public domain video content, a lot of it from amateur sources. You’ll need to be patient though, the organization of the content leaves something to be desired.

NARA National Archives

The national archive, hosted at Google, have a nice collection of historical movies, including lots of great NASA footage for all of those wonder-space scenes you might want to create.

PDComedy

If you’re looking for comedy footage in the public domain - think everything from unintentionally humorous kitsch to cartoons and I Love Lucy - this should definitely be on your list.

Stage6

The video sharing platform for high-quality DivX recordings, has a nice selection of public domain videos to explore. The quality is among the best you’ll find, although you may need to install DivX on your PC first to watch the movies. Buster Keaton, Betty Boop and Charlie Chaplin prevail.

Public Domain Torrent

If you’re familiar with BitTorrent technology, this site has nearly a thousand movies in various formats for you to download without wondering if the MPAA are going to come to your house and flog you with a law suit. Well worth a look.

EMOL

EMOL has great selection of public domain video across a vast range of genres.

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Commercial Stock video websites:

Free Stock Video - FreeStockFootage.com

Flash Stock Video - InoVartis.com

Stock Videos (copyright varies from video to video) – InternetArchive.org

Royalty Free Stock Footage – Artbeats.com

Nature Stock Videos – NatureFootage.com

BBC Stock Videos - BBCmotiongallery.com

Freely Licensed Stock Videos – commons.wikimedia.org

Blip.tv Creative Commons video (be sure to check individual rights) - search.creativecommons.org

WGBH Stock Videos – WGBHStockSales.org

Getty Images Stock Video (including Warner Brothers content) – gettyimages.com

High Definition Stock Videos – AlwaysHD.com

National Geographic Stock Footage - ngdigitalmotion.com

iStockVideo Stock Video - istockphoto.com

Stock Video Footage - thoughtequity.com

Corbis Stock Video – corbis.com

Severe Weather Stock Video – MtHurricane.com

HD Stock Videos - royaltyfreehd.com

Royalty Free Stock Videos - footagefirm.com

Animal Stock Video Catalogue - animalbehaviorarchive.org

Last update: 09:36 PM Monday, June 2, 2008