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Public Domain and Creative Commons Sources for Video, Audio, and Images

Resources for finding royalty-free video, audio, and still image content.

Finding Public Domain & Creative Commons Media

In the process of creating an audiovisual project or presentation, you may find that you'd like to include video, audio, or still image content that you didn't (or couldn't) create yourself.  At the same time, it's important to make sure you don't violate the copyright of other content creators.

This guide will help you find and correctly attribute public domain and Creative Commons media for your project or presentation.

File:A possum and a movie camera 1943.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

A Possum and a Movie Camera, 1943. Australian War Memorial collection. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain.  

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