I found another source of public domain video: Open-video.org. Whereas the Prelinger Archives is a collection of industrial films, this site is a general effort to archive video of all types.
Today was our first snow of the year. It started at 6 this morning and was supposed to be flurries with accumulation of a fraction of an inch. It's still snowing right now and I suspect there's a good two inches on the ground. But the long commute isn't bothering me. Scraping snow isn't bothering me.
I had someone ask me for some advice in picking out a camcorder yesterday. I know I've talked a little bit about that before, but this field is always changing, so it doesn't hurt to revisit it.
I've talked about archive.org before. I revisited it this evening. As usual, another hundred or so films have been added. A handful of selections from another library, owned by the University of South Carolina, have trickled in.
When you go to a church like Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church in Dayton, Ohio, or St. John's Lutheran Church in Ellisville, Mo., it's easy to get overwhelmed with their video productions. They produce slick, professional, grabbing pieces that wouldn't look out of place on broadcast TV.
