diff --git a/cdp_backend/tests/conftest.py b/cdp_backend/tests/conftest.py
index e1a96e8c..7e2e3100 100644
--- a/cdp_backend/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/cdp_backend/tests/conftest.py
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ def resources_dir() -> Path:
 # City of Versailles, Kentucky
 EXAMPLE_VIMEO = "https://vimeo.com/503166067"
 
+# City of Chicago, Illinois
+EXAMPLE_VIMEO_SHOWCASE = "https://vimeo.com/showcase/6277394/video/722690793"
+
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def example_video(resources_dir: Path) -> Path:
diff --git a/cdp_backend/tests/resources/example_video.mp4 b/cdp_backend/tests/resources/example_video.mp4
index 5dd374c1..884d1e6e 100644
Binary files a/cdp_backend/tests/resources/example_video.mp4 and b/cdp_backend/tests/resources/example_video.mp4 differ
diff --git a/cdp_backend/tests/utils/test_file_utils.py b/cdp_backend/tests/utils/test_file_utils.py
index 2f3c17a0..fe4f80ab 100644
--- a/cdp_backend/tests/utils/test_file_utils.py
+++ b/cdp_backend/tests/utils/test_file_utils.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     EXAMPLE_VIDEO_FILENAME,
     EXAMPLE_VIDEO_HD_FILENAME,
     EXAMPLE_VIMEO,
+    EXAMPLE_VIMEO_SHOWCASE,
     EXAMPLE_YOUTUBE_VIDEO_EMBEDDED,
     EXAMPLE_YOUTUBE_VIDEO_PARAMETER,
     EXAMPLE_YOUTUBE_VIDEO_SHORT,
@@ -247,6 +248,7 @@ def test_convert_video_to_mp4(
         (EXAMPLE_YOUTUBE_VIDEO_PARAMETER, "XALBGkjkUPQ.mp4"),
         (EXAMPLE_YOUTUBE_VIDEO_SHORT, "XALBGkjkUPQ.mp4"),
         (EXAMPLE_VIMEO, Path("503166067") / "503166067.mp4"),
+        (EXAMPLE_VIMEO_SHOWCASE, Path("722690793") / "722690793.mp4"),
         (EXAMPLE_M3U8_PLAYLIST_URI, None),
     ],
 )
@@ -264,3 +266,13 @@ def test_remote_resource_copy(
     assert Path(actual_uri).is_file()
 
     os.remove(actual_uri)
+
+
+def test_invalid_uri() -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(Exception) as e:
+        file_utils.resource_copy("https://vimeo.com/fakeuri")
+    assert e.type == ValueError
+    assert (
+        str(e.value)
+        == "Could not extract video id from uri: 'https://vimeo.com/fakeuri'"
+    )
diff --git a/cdp_backend/utils/file_utils.py b/cdp_backend/utils/file_utils.py
index cf4d18eb..69a081e3 100644
--- a/cdp_backend/utils/file_utils.py
+++ b/cdp_backend/utils/file_utils.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import logging
 import math
 import random
+import re
 from hashlib import sha256
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional, Tuple, Union
@@ -226,7 +227,14 @@ def vimeo_copy(uri: str, dst: Path, overwrite: bool = False) -> str:
     if dst.is_file() and not overwrite:
         raise FileExistsError(dst)
 
-    v = Vimeo(uri)
+    # 9 is the length of the video id; no other
+    # string of numbers in the URL has length 9 (thankfully)
+    match = re.findall(r"\d{9}", uri)
+    if len(match) == 0:
+        raise ValueError(f"Could not extract video id from uri: '{uri}'")
+
+    vid = match[0]
+    v = Vimeo.from_video_id(video_id=vid)
 
     if len(v.streams) == 0:
         raise ValueError("File {} contains no downloadable streams", uri)