Where can I get short (10 second) news clips to put on PowerPoint 2003?

Question

My son is doing a 20-30 minute PowerPoint presentation on the 20th Century - such a small topic! As well as ordinary slides, he has to include music and video clips. He is doing 10 slides per decade and wants to include one video clip per decade as well. He has worked out how to put the music on so it covers a few slides, so that is sorted!

The problem is : we do not know how to make video clips shorter! He only wants 10 second clips, but they are all much too long!

Can we edit the clips or make them play for only 10 seconds - and if so, HOW! - or is there a site that has very short video clips of things like the Hindenburg disaster, Neil Armstrong on the Moon, and so on?
Although we have Apple Quick Time 7.1.5, we do not have Pro (and are not going to get it, unless it is free!!!)

Please realise that we are not brilliant technically speaking, so want answers using the simplest possible language!

Answer 1

Use a program like windows movie maker, its free and you can shorten the video to what ever length you want...
It comes with service pack 2, click on start, then "all programs" to see if you have it. If not visit the link below to get it....

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx

Good luck with the project!

Answer 2

it rather is easy first anyplace u have saved your powerpoint circulate the video into the comparable folder. It relies upon on which microsoft powerpoint u r utilising yet they r the two nea adequate the comparable. Then bypass to insert then bypass to video clip and then locate the video and double click it. notice in case you progression the powerpoint say on a cd or usb then you certainly will could desire to circulate the video clips aswell. wish i helped!

Answer 3

You can use Windows Movie Maker to crop clips and fade images and stuff. It's free and can be located by going:
start>all progs> accessories>entertainment>Windows Movie Maker