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Ephemeral films

5,137–5,184 of 19,487 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 Mars: What Would You Wear? 1998 · Film Humorous presentation on space suit design. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC . Internet Archive Stringer: Portrait of a Newsreel Cameraman 1979 · Newsreel · 27 min Title from data sheet Producer, director, writer, and editor, Mark Forman Relates various escapades of newsreel cameraman Mike Gittinger who, during the… Internet Archive The Rise of Big Business 1970 · Educational Collaborator, James Shenton Uses quotations from Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and J.P. Morgan against a background of motion picture and cartoons of… Internet Archive 24 Hours of Progress 1950 · Film Wide-ranging film explaining the role of oil companies in advancing America and securing the nation’s high standard of living. Linking free enterprise with… Internet Archive Apollo 14 : mission to Fra Mauro Film Highlights of man's third landing upon the lunar surface on Feb. 5, 1971, at Fra Mauro. Shows astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell landing on the Moon… Internet Archive Leisure 1976 · Educational Credits: Director: Bruce Petty; producer: Suzanne Baker A cartoon history of leisure, using animation by Bruce Petty Internet Archive Management By Objectives and Performance Appraisal: 1 -- What is MBO 1975 · Educational With leader's guide Director, Don Sykes; writer, Sue Walima An industrial education film which uses animation to introduce management by objectives and… Internet Archive The Silence Upstairs 1985 · Educational Writers, Marshall Golden, Alexander Van Ihinger Addresses the problem of elder abuse and neglect as it depicts the dynamics of an average family trying to… Internet Archive " COMPUTERS " 1970 EDUCATIONAL FILM IBM MAINFRAME PUNCHCARD & MAGNETIC TAPE BASED COMPUTERS XD11964 Educational Released by BFA in 1970, "Computers" was created by Victor and Ellen Landweber. The film was apparently shot at, and had cooperation from, the Rand… Internet Archive Included Out Cartoon · 2 min A stop-motion film about gender and Church doctrine involving pipe cleaner people - one of which is Asian. To license this film and get a higher quality… Internet Archive Moonwalk, Episode 2: Adapting to Space 1972 · Film Episode 2 of Moonwalk examines the testing procedures Apollo operators used to simulate the space environment. Also details the functions of the different… Internet Archive Moscow 1989 · Educational Originally released as slide and filmstrip presentations in 1976 VHS Examines Moscow, the capital of Russia. Traces traditions and developments in the… Internet Archive Starfinder, Episode 8: Orbital Motion 1990 · Film (September 7, 1990) What keeps satellites in orbit? Episode 8 of Starfinder explores questions about orbital motion. Internet Archive The Humanities: A Bridge to Ourselves 1974 · Educational · 28 min With teacher's guide Collaborator, Clifton Fadiman Reviews the cultural history of Western society from its earliest beginnings to the period of the… Internet Archive The Quitter 1987 · Educational Producer, director, animator, Paul Fierlinger; writers, Jim Thurman, Paul Fierlinger; camera, Helena Fierlinger; editor, Mario Fratini Jim Thurman A smoker… Internet Archive Treehouse 1971 · Educational A boy's enjoyment of the beauty and quiet of his treehouse is disturbed by the sound of a bulldozer and the realization that his tree will be torn down.… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Length: Decimeters and Meters" 1974 · Educational SOUND FILMSTRIP IS AN AT-RISK MEDIA FORMAT. I am the only person on earth preserving American filmstrips. The media format is largely forgotten and very… Internet Archive OPERATION HIGHJUMP 1946 U.S. NAVY ANTARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD see 24972 83274 Film In this issue of the Army-Navy Screen Magazine series (No. 85), viewers are treated to a short documentary on the U.S. Navy’s Antarctic expedition Operation… Internet Archive Sports Pages Vol. 8: Sports Funnies 1991 · Film "Basketball players bumble, football players stumble, skiers land face first, gymnasts miss the beam, cowboys on bulls get creamed!" -- description from box. Internet Archive Open And Closed Wounds 1970 · Film Great footage of various cuts and how to bandage them. Highlights practical application of first aid techniques showing different types of open and closed… Internet Archive Designing a Modern Scripting Language 1993 · Cartoon The Distinguished Lecture Series VI William R. Cook, Warren H. Harris, Apple Computer Designing a Modern Scripting Language Sponsored by Apple Computer, Inc.… Internet Archive All in the Morning Early: A Scottish Folktale 1969 · Educational NOTE: The very beginning of this film is missing on this print. In this traditional Scottish accumulative counting rhyme, Sandy sets forth on an errand "all… Internet Archive Dating the Past 1954 · Educational Presents techniques for determining the age of fossils and prehistoric relics by carbon 14 and uranium techniques. From the Great Plains trilogy series Internet Archive Flame Grooving 1955 · Educational Presents instructions for finishing castings, preparing plate and casting for welding, cutting out old welds, and gouging out surface defects and other… Internet Archive Play and Personality 1962 · Educational A ten-month record of the play activities of a group of preschool children living in a hospital with their mothers who are being treated for severe neurotic… Internet Archive Wink Martindale Talks about "Year 1999 AD" Short · 2 min Wink Martindale confirms that the film âYear 1999 A.D.â was really made in 1966 by Ford Philco and isnât a hoax as some internet dweebs think⦠Internet Archive TRIP TO INDONESIA 1960s BALI TRAVELOGUE HOME MOVIE w/ BOROBUDUR, GUNUNG KAWI 87694 Home movie This 1950s color film is apparently a well shot, amateur home movie. It depicts a trip to Indonesia, featuring historic architecture and ancient temples of… Internet Archive ATOMIC BOMB TEST IN NEVADA w/ JC PENNEY MANNEQUINS 34512 Film This film (unfortunately we're uncertain of the exact title) was filmed in 1953 at the Atomic Energy Commission's Nevada site, known as Yucca Flats. This… Internet Archive We Can Take It CCC 1933 · Film Civilian Conservation Corps members work in the national forests of California. Reel 1, a camp site is selected and tents are erected. CCC units fell snag,… Internet Archive Itzhak Perlman: In My Case Music 1982 · Educational Title from data sheet Originally shown on the television program 20/20 Intended audience: General Issued also as videorecording Talks with world-acclaimed… Internet Archive The Westward Movement: 4 -- Texas and the Mexican War 1966 · Educational Reviews the causes of the Texas settlers' revolt which led to independence for Texas; ties the annexation of Texas to issues of slavery and territorial… Internet Archive NASA CONNECT: Geometry of Exploration: Water Below the Surface of Mars? 1999 · Film In this program, students learn how engineers and scientists use geometry in the solar system to navigate a spacecraft to Mars. To license this film and get a… Internet Archive Dublin 1974 · Educational Producer, Edward Barnes; director, Harry Cowdy; writers, Dorothy Smith and Harry Cowdy; narrator, Valerie Singleton; editor, Ian Pitch; photographer, Hugh… Internet Archive Energy: A Matter of Choices 1973 · Educational With teacher's guide Producer, Charles Finance; collaborator, Luther P. Gerlach Shows how current energy shortages are stimulating a reassessment of the… Internet Archive Los Tres Osos 1960 · Educational Spanish version of the 1969 filmstrip entitled The three bears Illustrates the story of the three bears. Emphasizes correct diction and pronunciation. For… Internet Archive NASA CONNECT: Data Analysis and Measurement: Having a Solar Blast! 2002 · Film NASA engineers and researchers use data analysis and measurement to predict solar storms, anticipate how they will affect the Earth, and improve our… Internet Archive Survival on the prairie Motion picture 1970 · Educational · 17 min A reissue, with comments, of the 1931 melodrama of the sinister Svengali, who hypnotizes the beautiful Trilby and makes her into an internationally famous… Internet Archive The Iron Curtain 1983 · Educational 16 3845v A documentatin of the current status of 'behind the iron curtain' countries, a description of the history of cooperation and discord that surrounds… Internet Archive Treadle and Bobbin 1954 · Educational Looks at precision and rhythmic movements of a foot-pedal-driven sewing machine and at its ornate decoration Internet Archive Underground Blasting Film Details the proper procedures for underground blasting - drilling, pre-blast inspection, detonation and post-blasting. This film can be purchased on DVD and… Internet Archive International Space Station’s Video Progress Report 1999 1999 · Film Presenting the International Space Station’s Video Progress Report for July 1999: A Home in Space. To license this film and get a higher quality version for… Internet Archive Media Probes: Political Spots 1981 · Educational Computers and the future -- Photography -- Soap operas -- TV news -- Language -- Political spots -- Design -- Soundaround Internet Archive Red Deer 1980 · Educational Shows the problems created when the red deer was imported to New Zealand. Discusses the deer's unchecked population growth, the hunting of the deer as a pest,… Internet Archive The Street 1976 · Educational From the book by Mordecai Richler. Animated film which tells of a family's summer-long deathbed vigil in the Jewish section of Montreal. Conveys the… Internet Archive Cassette: "Mr. Squirrel" Squirrel Whistle Instruction Tape 1986 · Film SEEKING SOUND FILMSTRIPS FOR PRESERVATION. Sound filmstrip was a 35mm film-based still image educational media format used in schools and industry. I am the… Internet Archive 1938 TRIP TO NAZI ERA GERMANY / ADOLF HITLER REVIEWS PARADE IN COLOR 32754 Film In 1938 Theodore Andrica, the Nationalities Editor of the Cleveland Press and author of the "Around the World in Cleveland" column, paid a visit to Nazi… Internet Archive A Time for Building 1960 · Educational Sequel to the film A time for burning ... a study of racial conflicts and understanding in Omaha, Nebraska. Charles Kuralt leads a reaction group in the… Internet Archive Concepts and Controversies in Modern Medicine: Psychiatry and the Law: How They Are Related 1970 · Educational · 28 min Shows how varying reinforcement schedules affect the behavior of pigeons; compares the outcome of the tests with the results of similar experiments made in a…