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Ephemeral films

5,569–5,616 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 1920s 1930s Farming in America Film Farming History in America * 1920s 1930s * Archival Footage Data filmed during the Great Depression Anyone who enjoys this information as much as I do really… Internet Archive Chinese, Korean and Japanese Dance Educational · 27 min Chinese, Korean and Japanese Dance Describes the stark poverty and hopelessness of one million people living in the desolation of Appalachia as exemplified by… Internet Archive For a Change: Breaking Old Habits and Making New Ones 1983 · Educational · 26 min Title from data sheet Intended audience: Ages 16 through adult Issued also as videorecording Outlines a well-planned regimen for breaking unwanted… Internet Archive The Fruit Fly: A Look at Behavior Biology 1973 · Educational Producer, director, and writer, Steven Katten; fruit fly photography, Larry Logan Shows how the fruit fly is used to study behavior. Describes the work… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Frankenstein, Part One" 1978 · 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 Vision of Juazeiro 1969 · Educational Portuguese dialog with English subtitles, some narrative in English Latin American Film Project A documentary account of the transformation of a small town… Internet Archive Will There Always Be an England? 1977 · Educational · 24 min Producer, John Tiffin Outlines the social and economic decline of Great Britain within the past few years and suggests that this fact may threaten her… Internet Archive Long Day's Journey Into Night 1991 · Film See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive The Sea 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 Forest And Men 1933 · Film Recruits selected to work under the Emergency Conservation Work (ECW) program arrive at Fort Washington, Virginia, and are then transported to ECW camps in… Internet Archive Four Women Artists 1977 · Educational Four women artists from Mississippi discuss their art and lifestyles. Includes writer Eudora Welty, quiltmaker Pecolia Warner, painter Theora Hamblett, and… Internet Archive Maestros de la Pintura 1965 · Educational With teacher's guide Another issue. b&w Camon Aznr, director of the Museum Lazaro Galdiano, discusses the historical and cultural backgrounds of some of the… Internet Archive WORLD WAR II RESTRICTED FILM GERMAN INDUSTRIAL MACHINE "BEHIND NAZI GUNS" 28824 Film William L. Shirer narrates this documentary produced by the US Navy industrial-incentive division, which was made to show American war workers a… Internet Archive “TRINIDAD & TOBAGO” 1964 BRITISH PETROLEUM (BP) FILMS TRAVELOGUE & OIL COMPANY PROMO XD6022 Film Geoffrey Jones (Films) produced this color travelogue for British Petroleum (BP). Directed by Jones, a renowned British short filmmaker who made films for… Internet Archive Growth and Development of a Multiply-Handicapped Infant 1969 · Educational Title on container: Growth and development of a multi-handicapped infant Presents a longitudinal record of a profoundly retarded blind infant's first 3 and… Internet Archive Playing Together 1968 · Educational · 28 min Produced by the BBC Explains that three- and four-year-old children need to be surrounded with materials that develop notions of shape, size, weight,… Internet Archive The Emperor's New Mind (Roger Penrose) VHSRip 1993 · Film Internet Archive Marcel Proust (1871-1922) 1977 · Educational · 15 min Biography of Proust shows him at different stages of life: child, student, and the reflective, withdrawn youth, barred by illness and frailty from the active… Internet Archive Drive-in: Starts Sunday-Searchlights Film runs only a few seconds. suggestion; insert clip anywhere in group of trailers when creating drive-in dvd Internet Archive Bridge Building With The CCC 1939 · Film CCC units construct a reinforced concrete bridge and a cable suspension bridge across an unidentified river. Shows details in the construction and emphasizes… Internet Archive Hepatitis B: Facing The Challenge 2004 · Film "This informative video frames the sobering details of chronic hepatitis B and highlights the importance of prevention, screening, and management of patients… Internet Archive NYA In The Land Of Coronado 1940 · Film On activities of youth. in the out-of-school program of the NYA in New Mexico. Spanish crafts are practiced at Albuquerque (Mountain Park Recreation center),… Internet Archive A Storm of Strangers: Jung Sai, Chinese-American 1977 · Educational · 29 min A young Chinese American journalist seeks her ethnic origins by traveling through the West Coast Chinese community interviewing people on the coolie labor… Internet Archive A Study in Maternal Attitudes 1960 · Educational · 29 min With discussion guide Director, Herbert Kerkow; script, Robert Anderson Explains why the study and treatment of the emotional life of children and their… Internet Archive Foods: Fads and Facts 1982 · Educational Title from data sheet Editor, Vince Matsudaira Intended audience: Junior high school through college and adult Health experts and nutritionists present… Internet Archive From Dust and Ashes 1983 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Aes 14 through adult Issued also as videorecording Documents a conference on the Holocaust that was organized by… Internet Archive Von der Nordseekuste bis Berlin 1972 · Educational Also issued with English narration With student guidebook Writer, Ruth Pressell; consultant, Meno Spann A German language teaching film which shows views… Internet Archive Baby Think It Over Program Film "...'BabyThink It Over Program' ... is not intended as a toy for children. 'The Baby Think It Over Program' is designed as an aid to be used by educators,… Internet Archive "CHILDBIRTH / MODERN TECHNIQUE" 1946 MEDICAL FILM NATURAL DELIVERY w/ OBSTETRIC ASSISTANCE 94495 Film Dating to 1946, this silent film "Childbirth / Modern Technique" was released by Sherwood Pictures, and shows childbirth from pre-operation preparation, the… Internet Archive AIDS 91 JUNE 1991 · Film · Subtitles See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive Future Fuels 1973 · Educational Narrator, Frank Mc Gee Illustrates possible new alternative energy souerces such as oil shale, geoghermal power, solar energy, and nuclear fusion Internet Archive Martin Luther (1970) -- excerpt 1970 · Educational · 29 min Martin Luther (1970) -- excerpt A dramatization of the life and work of Martin Luther from the time of his taking the vows of the Augustinian monastic order,… Internet Archive The Computer Programme: 5 -- The New Media 1982 · Educational Produced by the BBC. Narrated by Chris Serle and Ian McNaught-Davis Explores communication among computers and the uses to which it is put to service our… Internet Archive 1960s MASONS / FREEMASONRY FILM "IN THE HEARTS OF MEN" 86664 Film Made in the 1960s, IN THE HEARTS OF MEN was created by the Masons in support of the ideals of democracy. Hosted by Lowell Thomas, journalist and Master Mason,… Internet Archive DOPE 240 1994 · Film · Subtitles See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive Mundstock # 1 2017 · Film Attorney David Mundstock describes briefly fighting to stop the demolitions in 1970s Berkeley. Internet Archive Watch the Quotation 1949 · Film Teaches the importance of quoting accurately, the general importance of authority behind statements, how to quote in speech and in writing, and how to listen… Internet Archive Benjamin Franklin 1971 · Educational Subjective camera techniques at historic sites trace the life of Benjamin Franklin, scientist, statesman, scholar, and sage. From the Americana series Internet Archive Botanic Man: 7 -- White Death, Life 1978 · Educational Examines the recolonization of plant life since the Ice Age 20,000 years ago. Shot on location in the Arctic Circle and the wheat lands of Canada, the program… Internet Archive Everyman (Power of the Poor) 1981 · Educational · 37 min Title on container: Power of the poor Editor, Andrew Barr Investigates the role of the Catholic Church in the growing conflict between the affluent ruling… Internet Archive Jerusalem of Heaven and Earth: Capital of Israel 1983 · Educational Producer, Douglas Stanley ; director, John Jacob and Richard Tombelson ; music, Frank Strangio Traces the events that made the ancient city capital of a new… Internet Archive [Potato Festival 1951-1952] 1951 · Film Amateur film of Elizabeth City Potato Festival activities and parades for 1951-1952 This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality versions of the film… Internet Archive Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and beyond Film Discusses theories on what we may find on Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, the three outer planets. To license this film and get a higher quality version for… Internet Archive The Making of a Continent II: Part 1 -- Collision Course Educational · 58 min The Making of a Continent II: Part 1 -- Collision Course Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "The Promise of Productivity" 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 U.S. Navy Vought F8U Crusader 1P Reconnaissance Aircraft Familiarization 78594 Film Made by Jam Handy in 1961 for the U.S. Navy, this film familiarizes personnel with the F-8U1P, the photographic version of the F-8U Crusader. The film… Internet Archive PRIMATES, NO. 1: ANTHROPOID APES AND NEW WORLD MONKEYS 1949 · Film The four anthropoid apes, gorilla, orangutan, chimpanzee and gibbon; and certain groups of new world monkeys. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher… Internet Archive Use of Aircraft for Insect Control, Pt 1 - Mosquito Control Short · 12 min Depicts techniques, materials and equipment developed in using aircraft for mosquito control. Indicates the kind of situation in which such control may…