Research Guides: Astronomy: Videos

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American History in Video This link opens in a new window
Provides more than 7,500 titles of streaming video from commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries from producers such as The History Channel and PBS. Historical coverage ranges from early American history to contemporary events.
C-SPAN Video Library This link opens in a new window
A searchable, comprehensive video archive of governmental and political content, which includes not only legislative proceedings, but also interviews.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Credo Reference is a unique reference database with tools to enhance and enrich your research experience. With millions of articles from full-text encyclopedias, dictionaries, and reference books, Credo Reference covers all major academic subject areas.Watch tutorial.
World History in Video This link opens in a new window
Online collection of more than 1,750 critically acclaimed documentaries from filmmakers worldwide on human history from the earliest civilizations to the late twentieth century, covering Africa and the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania.
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Kanopy is a streaming service with access to thousands of films, documentaries, and television shows. Its selections include film festival winners, classic cinema, foreign films, and much more. Watch tutorial.

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NASA: The 25th Year
Provides a retrospective of the accomplishments of the U.S. space program in its first 25 years. Traces the steps of Explorer I, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Space Shuttle, Space Station, Viking, & Voyager programs.
Panel Discussion on Astronomy
Marcia Bartusiak, author of Black Hole: How an Idea Abandoned by Newtonians, Hated by Einstein, and Gambled on by Hawking Became Loved, and Thomas Levenson, author of The Hunt for Vulcan: And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe, talked about astronomy. They spoke at the 22nd annual Virginia Festival of the Book, held on March 16-20, 2016, in Charlottesville, Virgini
TED Talks on Astronomy
Videos of talks by experts on a range of Astronomy related topics.
Hubble: The Wonders Of Space Revealed
The dream of a space telescope took 20 years to realize. Now, 30 years on, comes the incredible story of one of the most complex machines ever made.
NOVA: Black Hole Apocalypse
Join astrophysicist and novelist Janna Levin on a mind-blowing voyage to the frontiers of black hole science, which is shining new light on the most powerful and mysterious objects in the universe.
NOVA: Universe Revealed
The Big Bang is when the cosmos started and time itself began. With animation based on space telescope images, NOVA winds back the ages to discover new clues about this ultimate genesis and what happened in the universe’s first few seconds.
"The Structure of the Universe" from The Visual Guides: Understanding The Universe
The Visual Guides series answers the most important questions on topics that fascinate everyone through a series of videos and animations: weather, the human body, the Earth, the universe and plants. It provides images of natural phenomena and explanations of fundamental concepts, and features the very latest discoveries in these areas.

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