exemplars (professionally made):

• "Jackie Robinson Break Barriers" (3:11) -- Narrates Robinson career riddled with discrimination (excellent use of archival footage). See also Teacher Hub link of video that features related writing prompts for the video
• "Pirate Firearms" (2:02) -- Explains pirates use of firearms in place of swords
• How It's Made: Baseballs (5:00) -- Explains process of making baseballs (Discovery Channel production)
• "Greek Gods" (3:36) -- Introduces Greek Pantheon using still anime images

student-made examples:

• Khan Academy Jr. Challenge Finalist Videos - HS students make 2-3 minute videos about complex math and science topics. For more info on Breakthrough Jr. Challenge - application, timeline, guidelines, etc.

elementary

• The Water Web (2:52) - collaborative video on water sustainability
• The Water Cycle in Your Kitchen (1:06) - preservice teachers use 5 photo story technique to visualize the water cycle.
  
• Two Amelia Earhart videos to compare: VIDEO #1 (4:43) - voice-over and stills; VIDEO #2 (4:00) - text captions, stills, and song.
• Harriet Tubman Meets Rosa Parks (----) -- made by third graders
• granny smith - http://www.digitales.us/content/granny-smith
• A young man's first battle - http://digitales.us/content/young-mans-first-battle

secondary

• Hiroshima (3:58) - made by eighth grade student  - http://www.digitales.us/content/hiroshima
• Walt Whitman Archive Civil War Journals (3:23) -- Using primary documents, video depicts aspects of Civil War with quotes from Walt Whitman's journal entries.

post-secondary

• Cuban Missle Crisis (3:37) - made by teacher in digital storytelling course

Moving Infographics:

• The 4C's of Canada Immigration (2:03) -- layers music with series of map and text slides