# Need Help Finding Film Clips

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**Created:** [June 14, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-film-clips/408022 "2007-06-14T17:53:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![George\_Kaplin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@George\_Kaplin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/George_Kaplin)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-film-clips/408022/1 "2007-06-14T17:53:53Z")

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Hi all. I’m a teacher and I’ve got a pretty neat idea for a lesson. Unfortunately, like all my good ideas, I’ve had it the day before the lesson and have very little time to gather the requisite resources.

What I need are downloadable film clips from the following films:

1. The Elephant Man.
2. Any James Bond film.
3. Any documentary about Ann Frank.

If anyone could tell me if there is anywhere on the internet where I could download these clips so I can burn them onto a CD for the lesson tomorrow I’d be enormously appreciative.

Since I am only asking for links to brief clips for educational purposes, there is no problem with copyright regulations (to the best of my knowedge).

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**Author:** ![George\_Kaplin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@George\_Kaplin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/George_Kaplin)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-film-clips/408022/2 "2007-06-14T18:20:26Z")

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Okay, I’ve got a James Bond clip. Now I’m trying to get a clip from The Elephant Man. Now, I have the DVD and I’m trying to take a small segment from that. Does anyone know how I might be able to do this?

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-film-clips/408022/3 "2007-06-14T18:44:13Z")

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There is a Firefox extension that lets you download clips from Google Video, YouTube, etc. but something tells me that the mods would be happy if I were to lay out the details for you. 🙂

I’m not sure what you would use to pull a clip from a DVD that you own.