The Library

Over 500 hours of documentaries and interviews illustrating the theory and practice of a variety of art forms and providing the context necessary for critical analysis. Useful for both undergraduate and graduate courses, the works within this collection offer a dynamic tool to enhance understanding of visual media.

Accessibility statement for Art and Architecture in Video.

This archive is a primary research resource for those studying arts and humanities. It offers a wide range of British films on art since the 1950s. Contains rare films and definitive coverage of the subject.

Accessibility statement for Arts on Film Archive.

Provides a collection of over 1200 videos on the latest information and research. Covering topics on: Business, Psychology, Politics, Medicine, Sociology, Economics, Law, History, Natural Science, Education and Arts.

To access Faculti content go to the Institution Login section and select Leeds Beckett University.

Accessibility statement for Faculti.

Over 1,200 hours of videos that retrace the history of fashion, clothing, and costume worldwide. Students and researchers can access a remarkable collection covering the major fashion weeks in Milan, Paris, New York and London, as well as Miami swim and New York bridal collections. Topical segments visit events like the Met's Costume Exhibits, CFDA Awards, and feature interviews with top designers, models, and celebrities of the fashion world.

Accessibility statement for Fashion Studies Online.

Kanopy is a film streaming service that gives us access to thousands of titles, including theatrical releases, training videos and documentaries.

Accessibility statement for Kanopy.

A developing resource produced in partnership with Digital Theatre, providing access to a wide range of audio-visual material from past and present practitioners of performance.

Included within the archive are interviews with key figures in theatre history and contemporary practice; masterclasses with specialist actor trainers from around the world; unique footage direct from the legendary practitioners themselves; excerpted and full-length contemporary productions; and documentaries previously unavailable to global audiences.

The video material spans more than fifty years of documented work direct from renowned practitioners and specialists, and ranges across the entire spectrum of theatre topics. The content is updated and added to every three months.

Accessibility statement for Routledge Performance Archive.

Online TV and radio recording service. You can choose and record any broadcast programme from over 65 TV and radio channels. These channels include BBC 1, BBC 2, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, BBC 4, Film 4 and radio channels including Radio 4 and lots more. The recorded programmes are then kept indefinitely and added to a growing media archive of at over 2 million programmes.

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Available in the UK. If you are in a non-EU country, the licence and associated exceptions in law do not apply and you may not access BoB content, even if you are an authorised user in the UK.

Accessibility statement for Box of Broadcasts.

On-demand media recording service for Leeds Beckett staff. Content includes recordings of recent and historic film and television broadcasts, as well as in-house content such as inaugural lectures and graduation ceremonies.

LeedsBeckett TV is available on and off-campus (but not outside the UK). You can ignore the security warning when accessing this database. To access the database, please click advanced then accept.

Accessibility statement for Leeds Beckett TV.