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3 | Archive | While Archive is mostly a storage site for archived media, it also features content with Creative Commons licenses, including videos. There is no special section for the content. Simply do a search for it, and once you click on the video of your choice, it will say in the identifying information towards the bottom if it is Creative Commons-licensed. If it says nothing regarding this, consider it not licensed. | https://archive.org/ | AND CO from Fiverr. Free Business Software For Freelancers & Studios | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | BeachFront B-roll | A library of free stock video footage and animated backgrounds. Some of the available video categories are time-lapse, vj loops, and animations. There is also a dedicated section for free cinemagraphs. | http://www.beachfrontbroll.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Clip Canvas | Clipcanvas offers a wide variety of stock footages under more than 30 categories which include “business”, “time-lapse”, “culture”, and “travel”.. Free videos are a bit limited (180 in total at the time of writing this listicle) and you need to register first to download them, but you can pay video packages for perpetual use. | http://www.clipcanvas.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Coverr | Coverr offers copyright free videos that are made to fit as a beautiful video background for websites. Before downloading a video, you have an option to check how that video would look when used in the website header. You can download any video that you want (mp4, webm, ogv formats), Coverr also gives you code snippets (html, css, javascript) to help you implement them on your website. | https://coverr.co/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | CuteStockFootage | Absolutely free videos in HD format. They have different kinds of videos like vfx, sfx, footages, light leaks, textures, and clips for background use. If you need lights or organic bokehs, this is a good place to get them. Explore the site and download contents as much as you want. | https://www.cutestockfootage.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Dissolve | Offers 1 free high quality HD clip each month and a library of over 1 million stock video clips | https://dissolve.com/goodies | ||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Distill | Created by Create the Bridge team, this site gives you freedom to download any stock HD videos which are filed under 8 categories. You can use these videos for both personal and commercial use. They offer free 10 stock videos every 10 days if you subscribe. | http://www.wedistill.io/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Dvids | Should you need free military footages, this site is the best place to go. All media types that you can download here are in public domain license unless another copyright status is indicated. Media files are available if you become a registered user. | https://www.dvidshub.net/search?filter[type]=video | ||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Epic Slow Mo | They offer free HD slow motion video clips which are perfect for creating cinemagraphs! Epicslowmo adds new clips every Monday-Thursday. You can download clips, however, signing up is required. All clips can be used commercially, but you are not allowed to sell them. Video quality is 1920×1080 @ 29.97 fps and MP4 H.264 format. | http://www.epicslowmo.com/free-clips/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Flickr | While we tend to only connect Flickr with images, they actually have some videos on the site as well. Additionally, they have a page reserved just for searching for Creative Commons works, both images and video. Selecting a video, then “Additional info,” will show you what type of Creative Commons license it is reserved for. | https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=video&media=videos&license=2%2C3%2C4%2C5%2C6%2C9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Footage Crate | If you need action elements for your film project, this site is a good resource. It has a wide range of free VFX to choose from. You can access their free contents when you register for an account. Unlimited daily downloads will be accessed if you upgrade to pro account membership. | http://footagecrate.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Free Animal Video | As the site name says, everything here is about animal videos and all of these is free. It offers unlimited downloads without you applying for membership, royalty or licensing fees. Should you need animal videos, you know where to find them. | http://freeanimalvideo.org/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Free Footage | Broken up into various categories and of course free to use however you like. | http://www.free-hd-footage.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Getty Images | Find premium stock video, from archival film to contemporary 4K and HD footage | https://www.gettyimages.com/footage | ||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Ignite Motion | Videos and motion backgrounds are in formats of Quicktime and MP4 which are both compatible with most video editing software. You can use these high definition stock footages for commercial and personal use. | http://www.ignitemotion.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Life of Vids | Life of Vids provides free footage videos, clips and loops that are free of copyright restrictions. These videos can be downloaded from Vimeo in .mp4 format in UHD 4K, full HD (1920 × 1080), 720p HD (1280×720), Mobile SD (480×270) and SD (640×360). They also accept video contributions. | http://www.lifeofvids.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Mazwai | Mazwai has a collection of HD video clips and footages that are free for use in commercial projects under Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY 3.0). On downloading the video, you receive a zip file with video in .mp4 and .webm formats. Mazwai has some unique timelapse and slow motion video footages. New videos are added regularly and you can even send your video suggestions to them. | http://mazwai.com/#/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Motion Backgrounds | Download motion backgrounds and after effect templates with no limitations from this site. The clips are 100% royalty free license, giving you the permission to use them in any project presentations. Signing up for an account is free, and you can simply log in with your Facebook or Google account. | https://www.motionbackgroundsforfree.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Motion Elements | Collection of stock footage and After Effects project files. | http://www.motionelements.com/free/stock-footage | ||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Movie Tools | The movie tools library offers a great collection of video loops for video broadcasting or other animated projects. Most of these videos are royalty-free though there are a few which requires purchasing if you wish to download in HD. | http://www.movietools.info/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
23 | NASA Image and Video Library | Which source could provide a more extensive image and video gallery of space explorations, astronomy pictures, latest space facilities etc. than NASA? Good news is that you can now download a good collection of their media content with their general permission which extends to personal web pages. If you want to use their contents for commercial purposes though, we still highly recommend checking their media usage guidelines. | https://images.nasa.gov/#/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Orange HD | Signing up for an account is not required, so you can freely download any footage or video materials that you need. However, you can only use the footages and videos for non-commercial purposes. | http://orangehd.com/blog/category/video-background/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Pexels Videos | Pexels Videos is a video library that brings together Creative Commons Zero licensed stock videos from different sources at one place. The videos are put under different categories like rocks, night, street, sky, sun and many more for easy browsing. | https://videos.pexels.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Pixabay Videos | Pixabay has a huge library (1400 HD video clips and ~65 4K clips) of CC0 licensed HD and 4K videos contributed by videographers from around the world. These videos are royalty free and can even be used for free in commercial projects. You will find video clips from various categories such as architecture, fashion, people, places, travel and with different effects including slow motion, time-lapse and animations. On downloading, you’ll get the videos in .mp4 format. (Note: They also have an extensive CC0 free stock photo collection.) | https://pixabay.com/en/videos/list/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Pond 5 Public Domain | While Pond 5 charges for most of their footage, they offer 9,769 free clips categorized as “Public Domain Only.” Pond 5 does not offer warranties on these clips nor model releases, so consider licensing with caution. In particular, Pond 5 suggests that clips with recognizable images/voices of persons should be “editorial use only.” (AKA, no commercial use.) Most clips appear to be vintage. | https://www.pond5.com/free | ||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Reddit Footage | Reddit is comprised of individual communities (subreddits) where members can submit direct links to media content. It is a reliable source of popular media contents or links. You can raw uncut videos on subreddit r/footage. All videos here should be under CC 3.0 license. | https://www.reddit.com/r/footage/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
29 | SpinXpress | SpinXpress will allow you to perform a search using your search term, the type of media you’re looking for, and the type of Creative Commons license you’re looking for. You can also specify which media source you want it to search in, as long as it’s one of the sources they use, such as The Internet Archive, blip.tv, RSS feeds, etc. Their symbols can be difficult to figure out as far as which license the videos have, so it might be easier just to search for the exact type of license, one at a time, just so you know what type are showing up in your search results. | http://www.spinxpress.com/getmedia | ||||||||||||||||||||
30 | SplashBase | SplashBase is a searchable directory of high quality videos from different sources like Mazwai. You can browse their entire collection or keyword search the videos. | http://www.splashbase.co/images?videos=true | ||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Stock Footage | Archive.org has more than a thousand free stock videos. From a launching rocket, beautiful burning flames to New York City time lapse, you can all get it here. Best part is that the video clips and footages are under CC 3.0 attribution license. You may also interact on their forum for tips and queries. | https://archive.org/details/stock_footage&tab=collection | ||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Stock Footage For Free | This site offers ~203 free clips to use for general commercial use. Note that the main purpose of this site is to up-sell you the VideoBlocks platform, so they will show you similar footage that is NOT free at the bottom of the screen. On another side note, VideoBlocks currently offers to try their library free for 7 days if you want to take advantage of that as well. | https://www.stockfootageforfree.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Tanurix | This site has a maximum of six categories of videos and images to use for your media project. However, you can only browse and download free videos under Free Film and Picture Stock categories. All these beautiful HD videos are under CC 3.0 license. | http://www.tanurix.com/video-stock-footage.html | ||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Videezy: | All the videos are free to download and, depending on the license, free to use in your projects. It's an online community of videographers sharing free HD clips (b-roll, backgrounds, and other cool video footage). | https://www.videezy.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Videohive.net: | ALL of the videos on this page are paid with the exeption of the free clip of the month. High quality assets. | https://videohive.net/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Videvo | Self-branded “the largest online resource dedicated to free HD stock footage and motion graphics,” they boast amazing variety with over 4000 clips. That said, you need to check the license on each video to see if it has a “Videvo Standard License” or a “Creative Commons 3.0 License.” The former allows use any commercial project without credit, but the latter requires credit be given to artist and additional steps taken. | https://www.videvo.net/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Vidlery | Vidlery offers cute, animated video backgrounds that are CC0 licensed. They have a decent collection of free animations related to different events and activities including sunrise, hiking, cycling, traffic, rocket launch and many more. Like Coverr.co, they also provide you an option to check how a video would look when used in the website header before you download it. The videos are available in .mp4 and .webm formats. | http://vidlery.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Vidsplay | Free HD stock footages. Vidsplay adds new videos weekly. All the videos are free, and users are granted non-exclusive rights to use Vidsplay’s copyrighted video material without needing to pay royalties for each use. Some of the videos here were even used by well-known publishing brands like Forbes and TEDx which proves these stock videos are of top quality. | http://www.vidsplay.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Vimeo | Vimeo offers Creative Commons-licensed videos. The site offers different types of licenses – Attribution, Attribution Share Alike, Attribution No Derivatives, Attribution Non-Commercial, Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike, and Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives. If you’re unsure which license fits your need, there’s a handy explanation on the right side of the main page. Underneath each of the different licenses is a link to browse through all the videos of that type. Alternatively, you can perform an Advanced Search and indicate within the options which license you are searching for. | https://vimeo.com/creativecommons | ||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Vimeo Free HD Stock Footage Group | There is a great Vimeo group created by artist Phil Fried entitled “Free HD Stock Footage.” The group has posted 250 beautiful videos and you are allowed to “download the clip” and “use it in your all your video-projects.” Phil sells extended versions of many of these clips if you ever need. | https://vimeo.com/groups/freehd | ||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Wedstill.io: | 10 Free HD videos every 10 days, curated by creatives for creatives | http://www.wedistill.io/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Xstockvideo: | Thousands of unique free clips for download | http://www.xstockvideo.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
43 | YouTube | Again, just like with Vimeo, YouTube, another of our favorite sites for videos also offers Creative Commons-licensed videos. Unlike Vimeo, there is no easy link for you to access the list of creative commons videos, but you can append the word “, creativecommons” (including the comma) to the end of your search term. It will then show you the list of videos that you can use legally. If you see the option “Remix this video!” you will know that this video can be used. | http://youtube.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
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