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Films on Demand

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Films on Demand (Infobase)
Films Media Group is the leading source of high-quality video and multimedia for academic, vocational and life-skills content. Films Media Group serves the education community through its four brands: Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Films on Demand Feature Films (Infobase)
SERVICE DISRUPTION: Feature Films can only be accessed from campus.

Collection focuses on both current and hard-to-find titles for educational instructional purposes, including literary adaptations, blockbusters, classics, Academy Award winners, and more.
New titles added quarterly. More that 20 popular film genres. Mouse-over effect displays brief description and page tools to save, share and embed links. Filter by MPAA rating, genre and copyright.
Films on Demand Newsreels and Archives (Infobase)
Educators count on Cambridge to provide outstanding media resources that support the development of the whole student, both in and out of the classroom. Cambridge programs provide a practical, accurate, and reliable foundation of knowledge that helps students think through opportunities and choices and reach their potential at school, in work, and in life.

Searching for Specific types of films

You may search or browse for films by title or genre. On some pages, you may filter by MPAA ratings, copyright year, and genre.

Searching for specific criteria

On the homepage, use the search bar at the top to search for keywords in the title or description.

Feature Films for Education homepage header with search box highlighted in yellow

Use the Advanced Search page to search for keywords and/or search by Producer, Copyright Year, Genre, or Language (there are a few Spanish-language films and several with Spanish subtitles). Other advanced search features listed don't actually provide additional functionality.

Just Browsing?

Browsing

If you just want to look around and see what's there, you may browse the suggested titles on the homepage. Hover over a film’s image to see a brief description as well as sharing and linking tools.

From the Menu icon at the top left, you may choose to browse all genres or all titles.

Citation

Thank you to Pierce College for their screenshots and clear directions!