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THEA 3030: Biopic Project: Biography & History Streaming Videos

Research resources for the Biopic Project. Dr. Andy Harris.

Audiovisual Resources: Overview

The UNT Media Library contains nearly 35,000 physical audiovisual  items and the Libraries also provide online access to approximately 7,000 audiovisual resources through electronic database subscriptions.  

About the Media Library: http://www.library.unt.edu/media  

The collection includes a number helpful resources for students studying costume and decor, including original documents and primarily resources (documentary films, newsreel footage, ethnographic footage) as well as creative works and performances (period dramas, recorded theatrical performances). 

 

 

 

Starting top right, clockwise: As You Like It (1936) ; Craft In America (2007); "Various shots of fashion & beauty" from Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century  (1929); She Stoops to Conquer (2003)

 

Films from the database Kanopy - If accessing off campus, you will be asked for your EUID and EUID password.

Streaming Databases for Biographical and Historical Videos

Streaming Databases for Biographical and Historical Videos

The following UNT Libraries subscription databases contain a large number of streaming videos of plays, documentaries about people and historical periods, and interviews with actors and directors, etc.

If accessing off campus, you will be asked for your EUID and EUID password before you can enter the database to find streaming videos or other audiovisual resources. Once inside the video database, search for the name of your person, the historical period, the name of a movie, etc., to find a video on the topic. These videos can be watched from your computer, tablet or phone.

Databases about the Film Industry

Streaming and Other Audiovisual Materials from the UNT Media Library

Streaming Video from the Media Library
Search here to limit to only streaming video from the UNT Media Library. Once you click on a film or other media, you will be asked for your EUID and EUID password (if accessing off campus), before the video will begin to stream from your computer, tablet or phone.
Just type a word in the box for your topic of interest. Example: Marlowe, Christopher

Internet Resources

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