As for video material, in YouTube: "Calgary Barbell", "Juggernaut Training Systems", "Starting Strength".
You'll be learning form the rest of your life. I've been at it 12 years and I still make adjustments.
Both Starting Strength and the website stronglifts.com will give you more information than you can handle. It can take years to really appreciate what they are telling you. So the three things are practice, practice and practice.
Some observer is crucial. I had a coach for a year but he missed a lot that I figured out later. Any training partner of any experience is better than none. They watch you and you watch them and you teach each other.
But the most important thing for a beginner is to begin. An untrained individual cannot move enough weight to hurt themselves fast (that comes later lol). Good luck and enjoy that sweet feeling!
They cover a lot of theory, mostly about hypertrophy rather than strength, but really high quality stuff!
Also just stay skeptical, many 'universal' truths by people like Mark Rippetoe and friends are questionable. Starting strength is still a great resource for getting through the initial beginner stage though.