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Find free images, films and sounds

Are you looking for pictures, films or music that you can use freely in your digital educational material? Below is a list of websites where you can search for free images and clips.

Remember to check which license has been selected by the originator of the material. The license tells you how you can use the material.

For information about Creative Commons licenses, please visit the Creative Commons website.

Flickr

The database Flickr contains free as well as non-free images. By doing an advanced search, you can choose to search exclusively among images with a Creative Commons license.

Flicker > Advanced Search

Google Images

With Google Images, if you do an advanced search, you can choose to search exclusively among images that can be used and shared. Some images have licenses that don't belong to the Creative Commons license system.

Google > Advanced Image Search

Wikimedia Commons

A database of freely usable films, soundclips and images. Remember to check which license has been selected by the originator of the material. Some images have licenses that don't belong to the Creative Commons license system.

Wikimedia Commons

Freesound

Sound clips with Creative Commons licenses.

Freesound

Internet Archive

A large collection of older videos and films, including TV series, newscasts and full-length films.

Internet Archive > Moving Image