Images and Music

*Note: It is important to respect copyright when you include images and music in your documentary. These sources provide images that are in the public domain, which you are free to use without copyright infringement. Also, please note that you may use any image that comes from a .gov website (including the many National Parks websites that are provided in this guide). Government websites are all in the public domain - there is no copyright.

Library of Congress: Prints and Photographs Online Catalog - Civil War
Library of Congress: American Memory - Selected Civil War Photographs
Wikimedia Commons
A media file repository making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound, and video clips). Note: you need to give credit to the original source (not Wikimedia Commons) when you use images (example: "Image provided by Virginia State Library").
Free Play Music
Download free background music for your documentary here. Note: be sure to give this site credit for the music at the beginning or end of your documentary. Simply include "Music provided by freeplaymusic.com" somewhere in your presentation.