Sources for Films and Images
Streaming Video Resources at Harvard
Includes databases of newsreels, such as The March of Time, and other primary film footage.
The Internet Archive
In the Advanced Search, type your search terms and select the mediatype movies. You can narrow your search results by date, subject, language, etc. (See example below.)
To find films in HOLLIS, use the Advanced Search and limit the Resource Type to Videos/Film.
For photographs, cartoons, and visual propaganda, try Artstor and AP Images. In HOLLIS Advanced Search, add to your search terms the Subject photographs or propaganda or cartoons.
1940s propaganda film from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. One commentator remarks:
"Of particular note is the total absence of Black Puerto Ricans throughout the film."