public domain footage and music

[Eric Christians]

Check out Prelinger Archives…They have a lot of public domain films and video. Remember those sex ed/driving ed films from high school (those black & white ones), sure bet they have them. These clips are available for download in mpeg1,2,4 formats and can be converted in AE to your native AVI format or converted with a mpeg to avi convertor.

Here is the website…

https://www.archive.org/details/prelinger

I have use a few clips from some of these films to illustrate the “back then compared to now” point in some local commercials and promotions. Very handy when you need a vintage look of bank, car dealership, school etc.

Be wary though…There are some shorts and cartoons that feature well-known characters…although those clips are public domain the characters’ images and/or logos-names are licensed and copyrighted (ex. Three Stooges, Betty Boop, Bugs Bunny, etc)