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Ephemeral films

5,185–5,232 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 Eakins 1972 · Educational Life and career of Thomas Eakins presented through his paintings and photographs, through interviews with his successors at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine… Internet Archive Otto: The Social Perspective 1975 · Educational · 26 min Otto: The Social Perspective Clifton Fadiman introduces the study of the play Our Town, by Thornton Wilder. He summarizes the story of the play, illustrates… Internet Archive The '29 Boom and '30s Depression 1960 · Educational · 13 min Copyright: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc. 28Mar60; MP10004 Educational adviser, Isidore Starr Recreates the events of the twenties and early thirties, examining… Internet Archive The Salt Marsh: A Question of Values 1975 · Educational With teacher's guide Collaborator, Robert Reimold Shows researchers from the University of Georgia as they examine the complex ecological system of a salt… Internet Archive " THIS WAS EXPO '67 " 1967 INTERNATIONAL AND UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA 79664 Film This color educational film is about the 1967 International and Universal Exposition or Expo 67, which was a general exhibition, Category One World's Fair… Internet Archive Kicking With Trophyman 2000 · Film "Watch as Fred P. Trophyman comes to life and helps Joey learn about Soccer. Then let Grant and Clark show you the Basics with Great Drills to help you get… Internet Archive Amsterdam 1973 · Educational Producer, Edward Barnes; director-writer, David Brown; writer, Dorothy Smith; narrator, Valerie Singleton; editor, Colin Rae Internet Archive An Equal Chance 1949 · Film Film produced to acquaint minority workers with the sponsor’s services and promote a diverse workplace. In the story a laborer threatens a walkout after his… Internet Archive Enola Gay Faggot Affinity Group 2020 · Film The Enola Gay Faggot Affinity Group emerged in 1983 during direct action protests against nuclear weapons at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. About… Internet Archive The Computer Programme: 3 -- Talking to a Machine 1981 · Educational Produced by the BBC Defines and discusses computer languages, focusing on BASIC. Chris Serle commands a computer-controlled robot art as he translates his… Internet Archive Überfall 1929 · Educational · 15 min Silent short Release title in U.S.: Accident; original release title in Germany was Polizeibericht--Überfall, according to Magliozzi Search Educational Film… Internet Archive Disney Family Video Sampler 1994 · Film Internet Archive Lintola : addition with carrying. 1975 · Educational · 8 min Tells a story which introduces two-digit addition problems, particularly problems which require regrouping. Internet Archive The Secret Love of Sandra Blain 1970 · Educational Shows the step-by-step progression of a wife and mother into alcoholism. Focuses on facilities for rehabilitation and the treatments that are available for… Internet Archive “ EMPEROR HIROHITO ” 1963 BIOGRAPHY DOCUMENTARY EMPEROR OF JAPAN WWII 57044 Documentary Created by the famed producer David Wolper and narrated by Mike Wallace, this episode of the long-running TV show ‘Biography’ dates to 1963 and profiles… Internet Archive Aeronautics and Space Report 246 1987 · Short · 14 min NASA Aeronautics and Space Report 246 Cool suit -- Ozone hole -- Better way to fly -- New insulin pump. To license this film and get a higher quality version… Internet Archive The Character Education Partnership: Commitment To Character 1996 · Educational "The Character Education Partnership is a nonpartisan coalition of organizations and individuals concerned about the moral crisis confronting America's youth… Internet Archive Portrait Of Boston and The Freedom Trail 1994 · Film "Experience the excitement, history and romance of Old Boston in an original full color video tour."-- description from box. Internet Archive George Mason 1965 · Educational Televised on NBC in the series Profiles in courage With teacher's guide Based on the book Profiles in courage, by John F. Kennedy Historical researcher,… Internet Archive Reflections 1975 · Educational With manual Shows Bible personalities, portrayed by children, as they reflect on their opinions and feelings of Christ's birth Internet Archive Operation Hardtack-1 - Redwood 52538 2017 · Film Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHawRYDC-Hg Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-13 Internet Archive Moths Film We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone Cinema 16mm Archive Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are… Internet Archive Blow Molding Film A sales film about a plastic molding injection machine made by Stokes. Very very industrial and beautiful. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher… Internet Archive Apollo 11 gala event, Part 1 1989 · Film This video chronicles the Apollo gala banquet at the Hyatt Regency featuring remarks by Jim Hartz, Walter Cronkite, Aaron Cohen and the Apollo 11 astronauts.… Internet Archive Chaucer's England 1957 · Educational Dramatizes Chaucer's The pardoner's tale, using the locations trod by Chaucer's pilgrims, with scenes of Canterbury and the Tabard Inn in London Internet Archive Play and Cultural Continuity Part 2: Southern Black Children (1975) 1975 · Educational · 27 min Play and Cultural Continuity Part 2: Southern Black Children (1975) The first Flashe Gordon serial was released in 1936 and this is an edited feature of the… Internet Archive Rendezvous with Freedom 1974 · Educational Abridged version (37 min.) also issued Producer and director, Marc Siegel; narrator, Herbert Kaplow Traces the history of Jewish immigration and settlement… Internet Archive Your New Job 1973 · Educational With study guide Describes the excitement, nervousness, and apprehension of young men and women on the first day of their employment. Follows young employees… Internet Archive Rhesus Monkeys of Santiago Island, Puerto Rico 1966 · Educational · 33 min Describes the establishment of a rhesus monkey colony by the NIH on a 40-acre tropical island designed for the observation of social behavior and population… Internet Archive Operation Teapot - Tesla 28609 2017 · Film Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGhv_db81PU Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-13 Internet Archive LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE 1960s LSD DRUG SCARE FILM "ACID" ACID TRIP PSYCHEDLIC ERA 64084 Film This film is by Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation (:08). Its topic will be lysergic acid diethylamide (:53) the natural and synthetic… Internet Archive They Have What It Takes 1963 · Film AFL-CIO Explains how unions and management can cooperate to establish more job opportunities for the disabled. Portrays a meeting between a union… Internet Archive The First Twenty Years: Part 24 (1903-1904) 1972 · Educational · 30 min A selection of films from the Library of Congress "Paper Print" collection restored by Kemp R. Niver. Early dramas produced in Great Britain and distributed… Internet Archive The Middle East: The Torchbearers 1984 · Educational Title from data sheet A foreign film (Canada) Second in a series of fourteen programs originally shown on television Intended audience: Junior high school… Internet Archive Drive-in: And Now On With The Show - colorcurtains Short Runs about 30 seconds. Suggestion: Insert this clip directly before the first feature when making your double-feature dvds. Internet Archive GERMAN SECRET WEAPONS ARMY AIR FORCES WWII NEWSREEL 34754 Newsreel Prepared by the British and then released by the U.S. Army Air Force's Aeronautical Lab at Wright Field, this film shows two German weapons developments: a… Internet Archive Heating And Air Conditioning 1945 · Film Shows how air conditioning and heating units are constructed, installed and serviced. Cites the job opportunities in the air conditioning industry, and… Internet Archive Chain of Life: The Aleutian Islands 1982 · Educational Narrator, Ken Hiller Studies flora and fauna of Aleutian Islands. East meets West in this chain of subterranean volcanoes, with western half of chain… Internet Archive Germany: A Regional Geography 1966 · Educational Presents the major regions of the Federal Republic of Germany. Stresses such topics as the economic importance of the Ruhr coal fields and the Rhine… Internet Archive Marc Kasky On Fort Mason 2023 · Film Excerpted from the full interview, this is Marc Kasky describing his years-long role in directing the flourishing of Fort Mason, part of the Golden Gate… Internet Archive The Making of "The Frog King" 1982 · Educational Title from data sheet Camera, Tom Davenport, Zack Krieger ; editors, Barry Dornfeld, Marcia Neidley ; narrators, Tom Davenport, Ann King Issued also as… Internet Archive AIDS 91 NOV 1991 · Film · Subtitles See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive Civil Defense Modern Minute Men 72192 Film Created in the year 1952 by the Bell Telephone Company, "Modern Minute Men" is a Civil Defense film that looks at communications in the event of an atomic… Internet Archive Sequoia National Park 1938 1938 · Film Tourists arrive at Sequoia National Park by car and motorcycle. Shows closeups of a waterfall, an overhanging rock, and a bear. Tourists examine a huge… Internet Archive Feelings of Depression 1950 · Educational "Privately printed by Alfred and Ellen Harcourt, and copies are not for sale"--P. [5] Internet Archive Slice of Life 1980 · Educational A program of independent works produced by Pennsylvania filmmakers dealing with themes ranging from a changing Jewish community in Pittsburgh to fraternity… Internet Archive Town and Country 1981 · Educational · 25 min Produced by the BBC for the British Open University Studies the Roman Empire's urbanization pattern, developed by Augustus, which depended both on the… Internet Archive Before Saturn Short · 13 min âBefore Saturnâ provides a retrospective look at the development of rockets from the early Chinese efforts through the development of the Saturn I booster.…