Here are some of the places to start your search:
Free and Creative Commons licensed film and video
- Prelinger Archives at archive.org – https://archive.org/details/prelinger
Over 2000 films in the public domain. Includes home movies, old commercials, Coronet instructional films, and more. - Community Video at archive.org – https://archive.org/details/opensource_movies
- IICADOM (The International Institute for the Conservation, Archiving and Distribution of Other People’s Memories) – https://archive.org/details/iicadom
More than 1000 home movies. - Pond5 Public Domain – https://www.pond5.com/free
Nearly 10,000 historical film clips. - Videezy – https://www.videezy.com/
Stock video and b-roll footage. - Pixabay – https://pixabay.com/en/videos/
Free videos and stock footage. - Beachfront B-Roll – http://www.beachfrontbroll.com/
Stock video footage and animated backgrounds. - Footage Crate – http://footagecrate.com/
Stock footage. - Movietools – http://www.movietools.info/
Free animated 2D and 3D background animations. - Video Blocks – https://www.videoblocks.com/
- British Museum – https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx
Free and Creative Commons licensed sound effects and music
- Freesound.org – http://www.freesound.org/
Sound only, not songs. - SoundCloud – https://soundcloud.com/
A music sharing site with some tracks and samples under Creative Commons license. - Free Music Archive – http://freemusicarchive.org/
Some tracks are under Creative Commons license or in the public domain. - Community Audio at archive.org – https://archive.org/details/opensource_audio
Some tracks are under Creative Commons licenses. - BBC Sound Effects http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/
These are being released under the RemArc licence, which means that they can be used for “personal, educational or research purposes”. - Moby Gratis https://mobygratis.com/
- Video Blocks – https://www.videoblocks.com/
- Incompetech https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/