Alexander Street Video


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About Alexander Street Video

A collection of music, dance, history and theater content spanning hundreds of genres and a wide range of subject types. Enjoy instructional videos, performances, and more from leading providers such as the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Qwest TV, CNN, Smithsonian, L.A. Theatre Works, and Broadway On-Demand.

Access provided courtesy of the California State Library.


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Features

  • BBC Literary Adaptations in Video contains dozens of television programs and full-length movies, encompassing over 500 individual videos such as the Colin Firth version of Pride and Prejudice, Miss Marple, David Copperfield with Dame Maggie Smith and many more.
  • The BBC Horizon Collection includes over 150 documentaries on astronomy, physics, math, the environment, disease, and more.
  • American History in Video: This collection features a variety of videos, from WWII newsreels to full documentaries on important historical subjects. Producers include California Newsreel, The History Channel, and PBS.
  • CNN Video Collection: Special programming on topics that impact today’s world: business, economics, technology, environmental studies, health, women's studies, and human rights. These videos spark discussions, support scholarly research, and inform and engage.
  • Music Online: The Quest TV Collection offers materials for music history and cultural studies through the preservation of diverse live performances, spanning the evolution of jazz and beyond.
  • Dance Online: Dance in Video is an extensive collection of performances, instructional materials, documentaries, and interviews.
  • Classical Music in Video is an extensive collection of influential performances and documentaries spanning eras from canonical masters to modern composers.
  • The Broadway On Demand Collection takes viewers from behind the stage to the bright lights of Broadway through masterful plays, musicals, dance performances, documentaries, instructional videos, and more.
  • National Theatre Collection provides contemporary video productions and modern reinterpretations of classics.
  • The Royal Shakespeare Company Collection offers high-definition recordings of The Bard's dramatic canon, along with supplementary teaching materials.
  • Theatre in Video provides access to hundreds of the world's most important plays, documentaries, and instructional materials.

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