Olin Library Research Guides: COM 210: Public Speaking: Find Films

What are these sources?

The links below are to databases that the Olin Library subscribes to. The information in these databases is not always discoverable using R-Search, so it's a good idea to search these databases individually. You will need to log in using your Fox ID if you want to access these resources off campus.

Streaming Media Databases

Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Academic Video Online delivers video titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Films On Demand is a comprehensive, curriculum-focused video subscription providing unlimited access to thousands of videos. With over 26,000 titles and counting, Films on Demand includes Oscar, Emmy, and Peabody award–winning documentaries and A-list performances spanning the arts.
Films on Demand: Archival Films & Newsreels Video Collection This link opens in a new window
Over 5,000 Archival Films & Newsreels from Films on Demand
Kanopy Streaming Video This link opens in a new window
Provides access to videos that can be streamed and viewed instantly. Collections include feature films, educational documentaries, and rare archival footage on a variety of topics.

Videos available in Kanopy that are not part of the library’s collection can be requested, but there are added costs associated for the Library budget for each film. For this reason, requests will be reviewed and some may be denied or delayed.
Swank Digital Campus This link opens in a new window
Swank Digital Campus provides the Rollins community with a legal streaming resource on and off campus, for a limited number of films. Public performance rights are not included.

Selected Films

Great American Speeches: 80 Years of Political Oratory
This unique, six-part series places students of public speaking, American history, and political science front row, center at key speeches by the most eloquent orators of the 20th century. FDR, Huey Long, Generals MacArthur and Patton, and JFK share the podium with Barbara Jordan, Ronald Reagan, Mario Cuomo, Jesse Jackson, and others. Rare archival footage combined with insightful commentary from host Jody Powell puts each speech into historical perspective.
Great Moments from Great Speeches
This narrative presentation of the greatest rhetorical moments of the 20th century introduces students to key history makers, including: Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Adolf Hitler, Martin Luther King Jr., Colin Powell, Winston Churchill, Richard Nixon, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Harry S. Truman, Geraldine Ferraro, Nelson Mandela, Douglas MacArthur, Jesse Jackson, and Christopher Reeve.
Great Speeches Video Series
For over 25 years, the Great Speeches Video Series has proved an invaluable instructional tool for Speech Communicators. Each volume contains at least 5 speeches, in their entirety, by some of the greatest speakers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Each speech is prefaced by a biographical narration providing historical context, significance and the rhetorical devices found in each speech.
Legacy of Michelle Obama - Effective Speeches
Obama starts speaking openly about civil rights and issues of racism. People from all backgrounds can become a First Lady of the United States. While delivering a speech for Clinton Kane, Obama criticizes Trump for lewd comments about women.

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