It looks like streaming video is finally here, and doing better than it was when we first went online in 1997. The first link here is an article about the most recent developments.

Streaming Internet Movies at Home
Informative article from Forbes magazine.

Archive Classic Movies
This new site offers free online viewing of public domain classic films (12 at a time, udated monthly) as well as podcast downloads of classic serials.

Bogie and Bacall Flash Movies
From Julie Stowe's Lauren Bacall tribute, here's a section of the site featuring original Flash movies. You'll need patience or a fast connection, but it's well worth it.

Bogart Film Clips
More Bogart clips, mostly trailers and shorts, this time from Mike Rosenberg's excellent Tribute to Humphrey Bogart. Or you can check out the Bogie & Baby Film Festival.

Classic Movie Trailers
From the classics section of a site called "Chasing the Frog," here's a nice collection of trailers in various formats, from dozens of films, mostly representing the more recent classic era.

Classic Movie Video Gallery
From Elizabeth's Reel Classics site, this is a nice collection of favorite movie moments, trailers, etc., mostly in .mov format.

Classic Movies
This site features the Douris Collection, a world-renowned library of 400 classic features and 300 short subjects covering a 70-year period. You can preview film clips, read reviews, and even watch some full-length streaming videos. Be sure to give it a few moments to load.

Dr. Macro's High Quality Movie Scans
A fun collection of clips from many early films is just one part of this great collection of extremely high quality scans of 8 x 10 glossy studio and publicity photos of classic screen stars (1940s and earlier) and scenes from their movies. You'll also find summaries of the films.

EZTakes DVD Movie Download Store
People often write to me about downloading movies from the Internet. If you're interested in that, you will want to visit this site, which allows you to burn the movies that you buy directly to DVD. They are just starting out, and currently offer 60 movies, many of which are classics, and are adding more all the time. Of the 60, about 10 are free and the rest cost $1.99 each. All films are either in the public domain or are offered by agreement with the rights holders. No adult content.

Free Movies Entertainment Magazine
A collection of public domain films that you can download free is the centerpiece of this site which offers free music download and links to other freebies.

Internet Video Magazine
Not much in the way of classic movies here, but it's a great source of information on streaming videos to be found all over the Web. Click on "Make Movies" if you're interested in internet filmmaking.

Jurassic Punk
A long list of links to movie trailers (over 250 movies at last count), including a few classics, in QuickTime, AVI, and MPEG formats.

LikeTelevision
Streaming video archive includes several classics; requires the latest RealPlayer plug-in.

Movie Download Secrets
From Howtodothings.info, here's some straight talk about downloading movies from the Web, including file sharing networks, copyright issues, legal downloads, and more.

Movieflix
Watch over 1200 full-length broadband streaming movies, short films, independent films, and television shows for free. Requires registration and free software.

Movie-List
A large collection of movie trailers, most from recent films, but including a number of classics, in either RealVideo or QuickTime formats. Here's a link to the complete index.

Movies & Movies
Movies & Movies allows you to download and view classic movies, TV shows and other filmed entertainment for a small fee (usually $4.99).

A Night at the Opera Video Clips
A nice collection of Quicktime clips from the film, part of Bill Buchanan's tribute to one of the Marx Bros. most famous efforts.

Public Domain Movie Torrents
Download mostly classic films which are in the public domain by using BitTorrent. According to this site, "Instead of downloading files from a central server, you download from other people who are also downloading the file." You will need to install a BitTorrent client to use this site.

Quicktimes of D. W. Griffiths films
A special section of David B. Pearson's Silent Ladies and Gents site offering brief segments from D. W. Griffiths' silent films, in QuickTime format. You'll need a QT plug-in, but it's free and only takes a few moments to download and install.

Real.com Movie Trailers A-Z
From the home page of the RealPlayer people, here are all kinds of links for movie trailers, mostly new, that you can view on the Web.

Web Movie Trailers - A listing of streaming movie trailers (mostly current films) from a site called Lunar Broadband, which specializes in web tv channels from around the world.

Wildbrain.com
Subtitled "cartoons on demand," this entertaining, cutting edge streaming video site offers the best of current theatrical and video game animation, plus classics like Betty Boop. A fast connection and a good streaming media player are pretty much essential.

Streaming Video
The good news is that streaming video is here. It's still not what it could be, but if you've got the right equipment, you could be in business. (Article may be outdated, since it was written in 1998!)