Looking for videos for your class? Let me rephrase that. Looking for free online videos to stream to your classroom? There is SO much out on the web which is free for the taking. This is a megalist of those places where you can find educational videos. If you are lucky enough not to have YouTube blocked in your school, their education channel is one to check out. If you can't view YouTube, don't fret. Here are 85 more choices:
History
American Memory Collection: Original Format- from the Library of Congress; primary sources
American Museum of Natural History- YouTube channel
American Presidents- life portraits, biographical facts, presidential places, key events in their presidencies
CNN.com Video Almanac- events listed by decade
Conversations With History- 500 interviews
Digital History- stories about American History
Documentary Film Network- currently 186 films
Ease History- over 400 historical events from 1900-present
FedFlix- free United States Government films
FreeDocumentaries.org- free political documentaries
Have Fun With History
The History Channel-great speeches online
The National Archives - collaboration with Google
Reel American History- from Lehigh University's Digital Library
Snag Films- free full length documentaries
How-To Video
Adobe TV- tutorials for all Adobe products, including Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver
Graspr- "instructional video network"
HowCast- how-to videos
How Stuff Works
Learn It In 5- how-to videos; classroom strategies
Planet Photoshop- tutorials from NAPP guru Corey Barker
PupilTube- 35,000 how-to videos
Tech Tutor- 512 tutorials for software programs
Miscellaneous
22 Frames- captioned videos; long list of languages
Art Babble- videos on artists and types of art
Bio.com- biographies on actors, musicians, historical figures, mobsters and more
Center for Digital Storytelling- videos of people and their personal stories
CosmoLearning- academic and extra-curricular subjects
Curriki
DocumentaryZ- 24 categories; includes 9/11, environmental, mystery, music
Dot Sub- "any video, any language"
Educational Videos- over 25 categories
Edutopia Videos- for all grades, teachers
Encyclomedia
Free Movies Online- comedies, mystery, drama, war
Frontline- from PBS
The Futures Channel- educational videos
Internet Archive- moving image archive
John Locker- free online documentaries
MonkeySee- student skills, how-to, careers/job advice
NeoK12- educational videos
Next Vista for Learning- understanding cultures, how to's and people making a difference in the world
Nonfiction Documentaries- about 170 on the site
Open Culture Free Movies Online- 380 available
PBS Video- loads of full length videos
POV- documentaries with a point of view
Scholar Spot- videos for science, technology, politics and more
SchoolTube- import video from YouTube (see my guide in the right hand column)
Surf the Channel- search documentary section from A to Z; very long list
TeacherTube- upload your own video or watch other teacher videos
TedTalks- inspiring and thought provoking speeches
Top Documentary Films- free documentaries online
ViewMyTV- free videos from over 180+ countries
Vimeo- 17 categories of videos, including education and DIY, science/tech and sports
WatchKnowLearn- free educational videos in 17 categories
The Week in Rap- from the creators of Flocabulary, weekly news is presented in the form of rap music
WGBH Open Vault- from the PBS station WGBH Boston
YouTube Education- if your school doesn't block it, YouTube has an incredible collection of videos
News
ABC News
CBS News
Clip Syndicate- news clips from various news stations in the U.S.
CNN.com
CNN Student News
C-Span Video Library- political
Current TV
Euronews
Hulu- NBC News Time Capsule
MSNBC
New York Times Videos
PBS
Pop! Tech- "a global community of cutting-edge leaders, thinkers, and doers from many different disciplines, who come together to explore the social impact of new technologies, the forces of change shaping our future, and new approaches to solving the world’s most significant challenges."
Reuters Video Index
Science and Math
Brightstorm- 2,000 free math videos
Davidson College Biology Department- videos on cells, DNA
Discovery Channel
DNATube
Khan Academy
Math A Tube
Math TV- basic math, algebra, geometry, calculus, trigonometry
NASA Multimedia Gallery
NASA TV
National Geographic Webcasts- exploring the past, masters of photography, special programs, quest for adventure
NOVA Online-categories include: anthropology, disasters, earth, exploration, health, history, investigations, nature, physics and math, space, tech
PBS Nature Video Database- available in Windows media, Quicktime and RealPlayer
Teachers' Domain Multimedia Resources-earth/space science, engineering, life science and physical science
Untamed Science- biology, biodiversity
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Multimedia Gallery