Stock Video Sites

From clouds in the sky to fish in the ocean, X Stock Video provides HD stock video for free (mostly). They have many categories, including abstract, food, nature, and many more.

Type: Abstract, animals, buildings, food, holidays, nature, people, tech, etc.

If stock footage is what you want and free is what you want to pay, try Stock Footage For Free.

Type: Looping, nature, people, slow motion, time lapse, etc.

Pond 5 is a nice resource for most royalty-free assets including video, music, sound effects, 3d models, images, and after effects assets. They've got quite the library, so worth a stop if you need something for your project!

Type: Video, music, sound effects, 3d models, images, after effects

While Blink Farm is primarily a youtube resource for sound effect, it also has some stock video that you can use.

Type: Explosions, music, other video assets

Cutest Stock Footage has light leaks, old film effects, and much more. It's another huge library that you might find useful in your video project.

Type: Light leaks, old film, film burn, overlays, particles, abstract, etc.

Although Shutter Stock isn't free, it is a great resource if you're looking for quality b-roll.

Type: Video, music, photos, vectors, etc.

Story & Heart provides high quality video of people doing random things, for a price.

Type: People, b-roll

iStock isn't free, but it's another option available to search, similar to shutter stock.

Type: Video, audio, photos, vectors, etc.

Videvo offers free stock footage and motion graphics.

Type: B-roll, stock footage

Videoblocks is a membership site (not free) that offers what could otherwise be considered expensive footage for a subscription fee.

Type: B-roll, stock footage

Mazwai uses a nice and simple interface to show their free videos.

Type: B-roll, people

Distill will send you 10 free HD videos every 10 days for commercial or personal use for free.

Type: B-roll, stock video

BRoll has exactly what the name implied: b-roll!

Type: B-roll, stock video

This site has some videos that don't have any copyright restrictions, are uploaded weekly, and can be downloaded for free.

Type: City, sky-line, landscape

Some more (free) stock footage can be found on Clip Canvas.

Type: City, sky-line, landscape, b-roll, stock video

Videezy is a search engine for free royalty-free videos, but you can also browse around to see what stlye of videos they offer.

Type: Nature, b-roll, stock video

Footage Freaks have a good selection of stock footage, but they also have photos, sound effects, and other assets.

Type: Stock video, animals, landscape, photos, sound effects

Motion Elements offers some free stock footage on a weekly basis, so they might just have what you're looking for.

Type: Stock video