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Educational films

289–336 of 4,000 films, free to watch, from the world's open archives.

Where these films come from, and who sees what

Every film here plays from the archive that keeps it: the Internet Archive, Wikimedia Commons, the NASA Image and Video Library, the Library of Congress and Open Images (the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision). Nothing is copied to this site. Each film's page names its archive, links to its page there, and states its licence or status as the archive does.

Archive films carry no age ratings, so each is placed from the collections it sits in and the subjects the archive gives it, cautiously. Sexual content and nudity are left out altogether.

Little OnesFilms for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool.
KidsCartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature.
TweensDocumentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures.
TeensEverything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower.
AdultSexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage.
Internet Archive Psychiatric Interview No. 1: Evaluation for Diagnosis 1967 · Educational Young woman displays antisocial and impulsive behavior. History includes promiscuity, illegitimate pregnancies, lesbianism, multiple marriage, drug addiction,… Internet Archive The Communications Explosion (1967) 1968 · Educational · 25 min Investigates the world of the twenty - first century with particular reference to patterns of communication and their projected impact upon man. Describes the… Internet Archive Roots: 3 -- The Slave, Part 1 Educational · 50 min Roots: 3 Part 1 the Slave Summary Explains that the slave rebellion aboard the Lord Ligonier is quickly put down. Tells how the ship anchor./ia metadata… Internet Archive Who Cares? 1968 · Educational · 10 min Dramatizes a story about a little boy who would rarely smile and was always grouchy because he felt he was not liked. Tells how his classmates discovered he… Internet Archive The World at War: 4 Alone May 1940 -- May 1941 1974 · Educational · 55 min · Subtitles Interviews with Lord Avon and the RAF pilots are featured in this study of how radar really won the Battle of Britain, and of what the bombings meant to… Internet Archive America: 12--The First Impact 1972 · Educational · 25 min · Subtitles America: 12--The First Impact reel 2 Reel 1 available here Presents a record of Alistair Cooke's impressions of the people, places, institutions, and… Internet Archive Discovering line. 1978 · Educational · 21 min · Subtitles Revised version of the motion picture issued in 1963 under the same title Defines line in art as being a record of movement, explaining how it serves as a… Internet Archive A Connemara Family 1982 · Educational · 57 min Studies the life of Kate Nee in Connemara, western Ireland, showing that family members who had left their homes are returning because of recession abroad and… Internet Archive The excavations at La Venta. [motion picture] 1963 · Educational · 30 min Reviews the large scale excavations of the Olmec site of La Venta begun in 1955. Includes a study of the results of the earlier investigations in 1942 and… Internet Archive The Spanish Civil War 1978 · Educational · 26 min · Subtitles Host narrator, Eric Sevareid A documentary presentation on the events of and the attitudes towards the Spanish Civil War Internet Archive Rail 1968 · Educational · 13 min · Subtitles Director, Geoffrey Jones; music, Wilfred Josephs Uses photography and music without narration to convey the pulse, motion, and excitement of rail travel.… Internet Archive The Making of a Continent: Part 2 -- The Land of Sleeping Mountains 1983 · Educational · 30 min · Subtitles The Making of a Continent: Part 2 -- The Land of Sleeping Mountains, Reel 1 Reel 2 available here Examines the traumatic events that led to the shaping of the… Internet Archive Life story of the hummingbird 1963 · Educational · 16 min · Subtitles With teacher's guide Collaborators, Emmet R. Blake, Margaret McKibben Lawler A study of the life cycle of the hummingbird, showing views of physical… Internet Archive The Garbage explosion. 1970 · Educational · 15 min · Subtitles With teacher's guide Documents amounts and types of solid wastes, shows disposal methods, both legal and illegal, and describes the sophisticated methods for… Internet Archive The Long Search 13 -- Reflections on the Long Search 1978 · Educational · 51 min · Subtitles Also issued as videocassette Producer, Peter Montagnon Theater director Ronald Eyre presents some personal reflections on his pilgrimage throughout the… Internet Archive The World at War: Part 7--On Our Way, U.S.A. 1939-1942 1974 · Educational · 34 min · Subtitles The World at War: Part 7--On Our Way, U.S.A. 1939-1942 reel 1 Covers the U.S. entry into the war. Roosevelt's speeches, shortages, rationing, blackouts, the… Internet Archive Birth 1968 · Educational Produced by Arthur and Evelyn Barron for NET Documents the preparations for and arrival of a young couple's first child. Shows the couple's hopes and… Internet Archive A Is For Aids 1990 · Educational · 15 min · Subtitles Produced in collaboration with Manitoba Educational Television Through the use of animation and mime, three youngsters learn what the AIDS virus is, how it… Internet Archive Water Insects 1930 · Educational · 8 min Close-ups of a pond's surface reveal striders skimming along the surface, a water bug seizing and eating a minnow, and a scorpion coming up to the water's… Internet Archive Man's Search For Happiness 1964 · Educational · 13 min · Subtitles Discusses birth, life, and death in an eternal perspective. Emphasizes the importance of the family unit in God's eternal plan. Internet Archive Doomed dynasties of Europe 1965 · Educational · 15 min · Subtitles Forum edition Telecast on the CBS-TV documentary show World War I, under the title Doomed dynasties Summary Depicts the dynasties of Russia's Czar, Germany's… Internet Archive The Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth: 3--The Northern Forest 1984 · Educational · 28 min · Subtitles The Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth: 3--The Northern Forest reel 2 Visits the largest tract of trees in the world, stretching around the Northern… Internet Archive Buddhism, man, and nature 1968 · Educational · 13 min · Subtitles Senior high through adult Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Discusses the Buddhist concept of man… Internet Archive Education in America: Twentieth Century Developments 1958 · Educational · 15 min · Subtitles Educational collaborator: R. Freeman Butts Portrays the progress of American education from 16th century New England through the mid-20th century. [Pt. I.] In… Internet Archive The Negro and The South 1965 · Educational · 29 min Explores the meaning of 'the Southern way of life.' Includes interviews with black and white citizens and shows scenes of segregated schools. Profiles a… Internet Archive Diffusion and osmosis 1973 · Educational · 13 min · Subtitles With teacher's guide Producer, Charles Finance Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Illustrates the… Internet Archive Nanook of the North 1977 · Educational · 1 h 2 min Nanook of the North Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Studies the communal life of the Eskimos and… Internet Archive Ways of Seeing: Women and Art 1974 · Educational · 31 min Produced by the BBC Art critic John Berger discusses the representation of women in art, inquiring whether paintings and visual media celebrate or exploit… Internet Archive Johnny Lingo (1969) 1969 · Educational · 23 min A story about Johnny Lingo, who bargains for a wife according to the tradition of the island, showing how the self-worth of an individual is augmented by love… Internet Archive Goodbye Mr. Germ 1940 · Educational · 14 min This film courtesy of The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). DIRECTOR: Edgar Ulmer. SPONSOR: The National Tuberculosis Association… Internet Archive The Long Search: 12 -- Alternative Life Styles in California 1978 · Educational · 53 min · Subtitles Also issued as videocassette Producer, Peter Montagnon; narrator, Ronald Eyre Visits the San Francisco Bay area to examine the new religious concerns of… Internet Archive Discovering the music of the Middle East. 1968 · Educational · 20 min · Subtitles The tradition of Mideast music dates back to the 7th-century movement of the conquering Muslims. The program illustrates two forms: classical or court music,… Internet Archive Ascent of Man: 10--The World Within World Part1 1973 · Educational · 27 min · Subtitles Ascent of Man: 10--The World Within World Part 1 Explores the world within the atom and traces the history of the men and ideas that have made 20th century… Internet Archive The Innocent Years 1957 · Educational · 54 min · Subtitles The Innocent Years Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Discusses the years 1901 to 1908 and such… Internet Archive Education in America. 1958 · Educational · 15 min · Subtitles Looks at the beginnings of Colonial education: dame schools, Latin grammar schools, church schools, and pauper schools Search Educational Film Journals at… Internet Archive Development of the cardio-vascular system of the chick: the heart. 1963 · Educational · 21 min · Subtitles With guide, manual, and filmstrip Educational authors, Clarence Flaten, Theodore Torrey Summary Traces heart development in the early chick embryo./ia… Internet Archive Beaver Valley 1950 · Educational Originally released in 35 mm. in 1950, as part of the True-life adventure series With teacher's guide Producer, Walt Disney; director, James Algar; script,… Internet Archive BBC Horizon: Painting by Numbers 1981 · Educational · 1 h 3 min Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly between the skyscrapers of a city centre? ... to take a trip through Saturn's rings? ... or walk around… Internet Archive Why We Fight: Prelude To War Part 1 1942 · Educational · 26 min · Subtitles Why We Fight: Prelude To War Part 1 Reviews events from 1933 to 1939 including the Japanese conquest of Manchuria, the Italian conquest of Ethiopia, the rise… Internet Archive Twelve Angry Men 1960 · Educational · 24 min Presents an excerpt from the feature film Twelve Angry Men. Features English writer Arnot Robertson, who discusses the sequence with emphasis on writing and… Internet Archive African Sanctus 1977 · Educational · 49 min · Subtitles Also issued as videocassette Retraces composer David Fanshawe's African odyssey which inspired his musical composition entitled African sanctus Internet Archive Roots: 10 -- The War 1977 · Educational This is the ABC-TV production based on the book of the same title by Alex Haley Written by M. Charles Cohen; directed by Gilbert Moses Chicken George… Internet Archive The World at War: Part 1--A New Germany 1933-1939 1974 · Educational · 55 min The World at War: Part 1--A New Germany 1933-1939 Grievous conditions which allowed the rise of Hitler are reviewed and the nature of the public enthusiasm,… Internet Archive The Making of a Continent: Part 2 -- The Land of Sleeping Mountains 1983 · Educational · 28 min · Subtitles The Making of a Continent: Part 2 -- The Land of Sleeping Mountains, Reel 2 Reel 1 available here Examines the traumatic events that led to the shaping of the… Internet Archive Bitter Melons 1966 · Educational · 32 min STUDY GUIDE AVAILABLE (CLICK HERE) INCLUDES MUSICAL NOTATION Presents music of the G/wi musician and composer Ukxone, as well as animal songs and games of the… Internet Archive The Great Whales 1978 · Educational · 58 min Also issued as videorecording A documentary on whales, including information on their anatomy and communication and migration patterns Internet Archive Skipper Learns A Lesson 1952 · Educational · 9 min · Subtitles In a departure from Sid Davis' traditional "kids in peril" scenarios, this film introduces us to Skipper - a bigoted dog who doesnt like the "funny looking'… Internet Archive Valley Town - A Study of Machines and Men 1940 · Educational · 28 min A documentary study of workers displaced by automatic machinery in a typical American steel town in the 1920's and 1930's. Follows the development of the town…