Free Stock Videos for Conservation Education
It can be a challenge for environmental non-profits and educational outfits to produce original multimedia content. On a tight budget it can be tough to produce compelling content in-house, so at some point, the question of using stock images or video comes up. This has a cost too in the form of licensing, clearances and properly managing the rights to the media. Fortunately, there are some low cost (and free) resources available.
Reef Vid
A resource of free coral reef video clips for educational use
Professor Peter Mumby from the University of Exeter has made available a number of coral reef video clips. The database has over 500 clips which are free for educational and research use. The clips on the Web site are suitable for use in a PowerPoint presentation. Full-quality footage is available on mini-DV tapes, DVD, or DVD-ROM (recorded in PAL) by contacting them.
Environmental Video from the Feds
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration also maintains a library of public domain video footage. The only cost is for reproduction, there are no other licenses or clearances required. All they ask is that you credit them as the source. In particular, I’ve found the Year of the Ocean, Turtle Excluder Device (TED) and Commercial Fishing to be useful stock footage for many projects. They also have a photo library of royalty-free still images.
Quality at a Price
Finally, there are also exceptional stock libraries available for a fee. The quality of these is incredible and the staff are available to help you find just the right image for your message. Some of the more marine-themed ones are listed below.
Have you used any other video resources for ocean conservation? Let me know.
- Reef Vid
- NOAA B-Roll
- Stock Photo: Image Quest 3-D
- Stock Video: Ocean Footage
- Stock Video: BioMedia Associates. Bacteria, Protozoans and more.
- Stock Video: Al Giddings Images
- Previously: Vintage Ocean and Science Fair Footage
- Previously : Free fish pics: NOAA updates online photo library
- Previously: Free undersea images from Coral Reef Alliance
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