# Free vertical videos (9:16) for Reels and Shorts

> Free vertical 9:16 stock video for Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Stories: portrait clips that fill a phone screen, with resolution and licence.

28 clips from 2 sources (Internet Archive 14, NASA Image and Video Library 14), updated 2026-10-28. Picked from a live search and refreshed daily.

- Same search in the browser: https://video.shep.bot/search?q=vertical&orientation=portrait
- Same search over the API: `curl "https://video.shep.bot/v1/search?q=vertical&orientation=portrait"`
- Details, files and the credit line: `GET https://video.shep.bot/v1/clips/{id}` with an id from the table below.
- Licence verdicts: "Commercial use OK" (with or without credit) is cleared for commercial videos; anything else must be checked or is non-commercial. "(editorial)" means people, insignia or brands appear without releases: not for ads. See https://video.shep.bot/docs/licences.md
- Video is never re-hosted: posters, previews and downloads come straight from the source sites.

## Made for phones

Vertical footage fills a phone screen without cropping, which is exactly what short-form platforms want. Free vertical stock is rarer than landscape, so this collection keeps only clips whose frame is taller than it is wide: NASA's vertical versions of its visualisations, phone-shot clips on Wikimedia Commons and other portrait footage from the sources searched live.

## Using vertical clips

Keep the subject and any text in the middle of the frame: platforms put the caption, account name and buttons along the bottom and right. Check the resolution badge, since many phone uploads are smaller than 1080×1920. Pexels has a large vertical library too, linked from every search.

## Clips

| Clip | id | What | Source | Licence | Commercial use | Direct download |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [NASA TV Is Now NASA+](https://images.nasa.gov/details/NASA%20TV%20Is%20Now-%20NASA%2B) | `nasa:NASA TV Is Now- NASA+` | Rivers & rain, 2024 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [About Bananas](https://archive.org/details/AboutBan1935) | `internetarchive:AboutBan1935` | Films & animation, Black & white, 11:03, 1935 | Internet Archive | Public domain | Commercial use OK (editorial) | yes |
| [Doctor in Industry (Part I)](https://archive.org/details/Doctorin1946) | `internetarchive:Doctorin1946` | Newsreels & documentary, Black & white, 18:47, 1946 | Internet Archive | Public domain | Commercial use OK (editorial) | yes |
| [NASA TV Is Now NASA Plus](https://images.nasa.gov/details/NASA%20TV%20Now%20NASA%20Plus) | `nasa:NASA TV Now NASA Plus` | Rivers & rain, 2024 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Health: Your Posture](https://archive.org/details/HealthYo1953) | `internetarchive:HealthYo1953` | Films & animation, Black & white, 10:20, 1953 | Internet Archive | Public domain | Commercial use OK (editorial) | yes |
| [NASA FD_In Memory_largeform](https://images.nasa.gov/details/NASA%20FD_In%20Memory_largeform) | `nasa:NASA FD_In Memory_largeform` | Particles, smoke & fire, 2025 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [From the Ground Up](https://archive.org/details/FromtheG1954) | `internetarchive:FromtheG1954` | Food & drink, 18:31, 1954 | Internet Archive | Public domain | Commercial use OK (editorial) | yes |
| [We Are NASA](https://images.nasa.gov/details/NHQ_2019_0508_We%20Are%20NASA) | `nasa:NHQ_2019_0508_We Are NASA` | Sun, moon & planets, 2019 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Sleep for Health](https://archive.org/details/Sleepfor1950) | `internetarchive:Sleepfor1950` | Films & animation, Black & white, 10:44, 1950 | Internet Archive | Public domain | Commercial use OK (editorial) | yes |
| [The Value of NASA (2024 State of NASA Highlights)](https://images.nasa.gov/details/The%20Value%20of%20NASA%20(2024%20State%20of%20NASA%20Highlights)) | `nasa:The Value of NASA (2024 State of NASA Highlights)` | Other, 2024 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Publicvideos November 2009 batch, part 4](https://archive.org/details/ace_200911_04) | `internetarchive:ace_200911_04` | Other, 2009 | Internet Archive | CC0 1.0 | Unclear: check the terms (editorial) | yes |
| [NASA’s Artemis III Announcement (Official NASA Trailer)](https://images.nasa.gov/details/NASA%E2%80%99s%20Artemis%20III%20Announcement%20(Official%20NASA%20Trailer)) | `nasa:NASA’s Artemis III Announcement (Official NASA Trailer)` | Launches & missions, 2026 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Joan Avoids a Cold](https://archive.org/details/JoanAvoi1947) | `internetarchive:JoanAvoi1947` | Films & animation, Black & white, 10:24, 1947 | Internet Archive | Public domain | Commercial use OK (editorial) | yes |
| [What is a NASA Spinoff](https://images.nasa.gov/details/What%20is%20a%20NASA%20Spinoff) | `nasa:What is a NASA Spinoff` | Earth from space, 2025 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Eat for Health](https://archive.org/details/EatforHe1954) | `internetarchive:EatforHe1954` | Food & drink, Black & white, 10:23, 1954 | Internet Archive | Public domain | Commercial use OK (editorial) | yes |
| [Brazilian Science, Space Leaders Visit NASA](https://images.nasa.gov/details/MSFC_Brazilian_Science_Space_Leaders%20Visit%20NASA) | `nasa:MSFC_Brazilian_Science_Space_Leaders Visit NASA` | Space, 2022 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [beat sync capcut template](https://archive.org/details/download-8_20231018) | `internetarchive:download-8_20231018` | Other, 2023 | Internet Archive | Public domain | Unclear: check the terms (editorial) | yes |
| [What is a NASA Spinoff?](https://images.nasa.gov/details/What%20is%20a%20NASA%20Spinoff%3F%20-%20Horizontal) | `nasa:What is a NASA Spinoff? - Horizontal` | Technology, 2025 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Babies and Breadwinners (Part II)](https://archive.org/details/babies_and_breadwinners_2) | `internetarchive:babies_and_breadwinners_2` | Films & animation, Black & white, 9:56 | Internet Archive | Public domain | Commercial use OK (editorial) | yes |
| [NASA 2025: Year in Review](https://images.nasa.gov/details/NASA%202025%20Year%20in%20Review) | `nasa:NASA 2025 Year in Review` | Sun, moon & planets, 2025 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Publicvideos July 2009 batch, disc 06](https://archive.org/details/ace_200907_06) | `internetarchive:ace_200907_06` | Other, 2009 | Internet Archive | CC0 1.0 | Unclear: check the terms (editorial) | yes |
| [NASA Minute: Oct. 2, 2026](https://images.nasa.gov/details/NASA%20Minute%20Oct.%202%2C%202026) | `nasa:NASA Minute Oct. 2, 2026` | Earth from space, 2026 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Right to Health, A (Part I)](https://archive.org/details/right_to_health_1) | `internetarchive:right_to_health_1` | Films & animation, 15:35 | Internet Archive | Public domain | Commercial use OK (editorial) | yes |
| [NASA Minute: Oct. 10, 2026](https://images.nasa.gov/details/NASA%20Minute%20Oct.%2010%2C%202026) | `nasa:NASA Minute Oct. 10, 2026` | Earth from space, 2026 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Automotive Service](https://archive.org/details/Automoti1940) | `internetarchive:Automoti1940` | Transport, Black & white, 10:02, 1940 | Internet Archive | Public domain | Commercial use OK (editorial) | yes |
| [NASA Minute: Sep. 25, 2026](https://images.nasa.gov/details/NASA%20Minute%20Sep.%2025%2C%202026) | `nasa:NASA Minute Sep. 25, 2026` | Streets & traffic, 2026 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |
| [Care of the Skin](https://archive.org/details/Careofth1949) | `internetarchive:Careofth1949` | Films & animation, Black & white, 10:19, 1949 | Internet Archive | Public domain | Commercial use OK (editorial) | yes |
| [NASA Minute: September 4, 2026](https://images.nasa.gov/details/NASA%20Minute%20September%204%2C%202026) | `nasa:NASA Minute September 4, 2026` | Earth from space, 2026 | NASA Image and Video Library | NASA media (public domain in the US) | Commercial use OK with credit (editorial) | yes |

## Questions

**What size should vertical video be?**

1080×1920 is the standard for Reels, TikTok, Shorts and Stories. Clips here show their real frame size; filter by 1080p to keep only those that fill it.

**Can I turn landscape footage into vertical?**

Yes, by cropping the centre of the frame, but you keep only about a third of the width. Start from 4K so the crop stays sharp, or let the sequence builder crop for you.

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