Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: The Film Experience
Use this online course on film to learn about film criticism and analysis. All the course materials are included.
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History and Discovery of Cinematography
Self-published textbook, by film historian Paul Burns, on the history of filmmaking. Covers pre-cinematic technologies and events and ends with the discovery of motion pictures in the late nineteenth century.
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National Film Preservation Foundation: Home
Website of the National Film Preservation Foundation, with links to resources, images, and videos.
University of California
Ucla Library: Film and Television Archive: Preserved Silent Animation
View a selection of animated films from the early 1900s, each with corresponding notes and commentaries from the archive's historian and preservationist.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum
The online exhibits of the National Women's History Museum celebrate women in a wide variety of venues and roles. These include exhibits such as "Women in Early Film," "First But Not the Last: Women Who Ran for President," and "Young and...
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Time Travelers: Teaching American History in the Northwest
This amazing resouce is actually a set of three courses in teaching American history of the Northwestern U. S. from the 1700s to the year 2000. Each course is fifteen weeks long. But the course is laid out so that you can browse any...
George Eastman Museum
Eastmanhouse: Inventors in Imaging Technologies
See how George Eastman, Thomas Edison, and Wilhelm Roentgen impacted American film history and had inventions that were interrelated.
TES Global
Tes: Shakespeare on Screen: History Plays
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a teacher factsheet "Shakespeare's Histories" about Shakespeare's history plays from BFI's Shakespeare on Film.
National Archives (UK)
The National Archives: Focus on Film
Should students believe everything they see on tv? The National Archives provides this resource for students to examine cinemas as an accurate source of history. Links to archived videos and activities are provided. RI.11-12.7 Eval...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Scripting the Past: Exploring Women's History Through Film
In this lesson plan, students will consider Scripting the Past: Exploring Women's History Through Film. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
Made From Media
Made From History:10 Historical Myths Everyone Believes Because of Hollywood
An article which highlights either myths that have emerged from factually incorrect movies or historical films that have had their facts tweaked in the name of art.
American Movie Classics Company
The Film Site: Classic Films
This resource provides a list of classic films.
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High Tech Productions: History of Film & Television
High Tech Productions provides a timeline history of television. It starts at the invention of the motion picture camera and goes all the way through television's greatest moments.
Library of Congress
Loc: Origins of American Animation
An amazing collection of 21 animated films which spans the years 1900 to 1921. The films include clay, puppet, cut-out animation, as well as pen drawings, and early silent films.
Digital History
Digital History: Trailers of Historically Significant Films
This resource provides links to trailers of historically significant American films.
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Media History Digital Library
The Media History Digital Library digitizes collections of classic media periodicals that belong in the public domain for full public access. The project is supported by owners of materials who loan them for scanning, and donors who...
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The British Film Institute: Charlie Chaplin
A wonderful celebration of the life and work of film great Charlie Chaplin. Fantastic resources including a biography as well as current global projects to restore his films.
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British Pathe [Video Film Archive]
Archive of film and video documentaries and newsreels, 1890 to 1976, with coverage of war, revolution, historical events, people, entertainment, sport, religion, politics, and other subjects.
PBS
Pbs: Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns
The companion website for a documentary film about jazz is home to a storehouse of resources and unique features about the historical, cultural, and artistic significance of jazz. With a timeline of key events in the history of jazz,...
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Pare Lorentz Film Center
A media source for information on the life and times of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The film center is named after Pare Lorentz, a renowned documentary filmmaker who created government-sponsored films during Roosevelt's era, as well as...
Time
Time: Photo Gallery: A Brief History of Movie Special Effects
This image gallery allows viewers to catch a glimpse of the early history of film animation.
BBC
Bbc: Hands on History: The Normans: Tapestry Activities [Pdf]
Activities for students and families provide opportunities to learn why the Normans invaded the UK, take a look at the Bayeux Tapestry, and design a crest. Tapestries were used to tell the story of the Norman invasion of England; stitch...
American Movie Classics Company
The Greatest Films: Greatest Silent Films
Discusses the early silent film industry. Also, includes links to related information.
BBC
Bbc Newsround: Cameras Allowed to Film in Court of Appeal
Article reports that cameras are going to be allowed in one of the highest courts in England and Wales. Includes information about the history leading up to the decision.
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