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Ephemeral films

5,617–5,664 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 STS-69 Crew Training: Spartan Contingency Training in the WETF 1995 · Film (June 14, 1995) This 17-minute video shows the Spartan Contingency Training in the WETF (Weightless Environment Training Facility) for the STS-69 crew. To… Internet Archive Giants Mystery And The Myth Educational · 50 min Out of the mists of our past come The Giants. Who were they? Where and when did they live? A Hamilton-Brown/Discovery production explores the phenomena of… Internet Archive Case Of The Misguided Killer 1956 · Film Shows causes of accidents and how to avoid them. Discusses safe methods for left turns, how to handle a car when a high speed blowout occurs or right wheels… Internet Archive Break Through Profiles Of Scientists Of Color 1996 · Film "...profiles of three scientists of color whose work in computer science and mathematics has taken them to positions of importance...All...discuss their work,… Internet Archive In a New Light 1982 · Educational Title from data sheet Presents profiles on three handicapped students who have excelled in significant ways. Intended to help the viewer understand the… Internet Archive The Eiger 1972 · Educational Relates the experiences of four men as they successfully climb Mt. Eiger in Switzerland Internet Archive Help Prevent Fires 1963 · Educational · 11 min · Subtitles Cleverly animated texts of everyday use which performs their daily actions without the aid of people. Although the very few words spoken are French, the film… Internet Archive Anti Vietnam War March 1969 LLSF 2016 20 Mbps 1 1969 · Film from "Lost Landscapes 11, 2016" courtesy Prelinger Archives Footage from an anti-Vietnam War march to Kezar Stadium, probably 1969. Internet Archive Manioc Bread 1972 · Educational Réalisation, Herman Schlenker Observation de la fabrication du pain à partir des racines du manioc. Les femmes Makiritare éliminent le poison par la… Internet Archive The Crocodile (And Discussion) 1973 · Educational Collaborator, Clifton Fadiman Tells the short story The crocodile, by Dostayevsky, about a middle class government employee who is swallowed by a crocodile… Internet Archive With All Deliberate Speed 1976 · Educational In Clarendon County, South Carolina, black minister J.A. DeLaine and white judge J. Waites Waring suffered harassment during the fight over school… Internet Archive What's in the News, Space #7: Living in Space 1993 · Film (February 11, 1993) Episode 7 of What’s in the News, Space looks at what it takes to live in space. This program is intended for grades 4-7. To license this… Internet Archive " THE HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE " HOUSE PAINT PROVIDES PROTECTION VS. ATOMIC BOMB CIVIL DEFENSE FILM 28172 Film Produced by the Federal Civil Defense Administration and the National Clean Up-Paint Up-Fix Up Bureau, "The House in the Middle" is a bizarre civil defense… Internet Archive Monsters Of The Deep 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 Overcoming Competing Affections 2003 · Film Bill Gothard discusses "The Three Competing Affections" and how they impact our lives from a religious perspective. Internet Archive Chromatography: 1 -- Introduction and Gas Chromatography 1970 · Educational Writer, Harold M. McNair; consultant, James M. Miller Presents the theory and principles of chromatography as a separation technique and introduces the… Internet Archive Meet Me At The Station, Episode 1 1998 · Film The first program in “Meet Me at the Station” Series. The video provides an overview of the International Space Station (ISS). Topics discussed include: the… Internet Archive Starfinder, Episode 27: Conservation of Energy and Matter 1991 · Film (March 5, 1991) Episode 27 of Starfinder focuses on the conservation of energy and matter. The Starfinder series makes use of information from the Hubble… Internet Archive The Progressive Era: Reform Works in America 1971 · Educational Produced by UPITN in collaboration with James P. Shenton Examines politics in the early 1900's. Describes what government was like then, and how it has… Internet Archive THE BOUGAINVILLE COPPER PROJECT 1970s PANGUNA NEW GUINEA COPPER MINE PROMO FILM 69684 Film This is a 1960’s era, color movie about the Bougainville Copper Project in Papua, New Guinea. Opened in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, The mine at Panguna… Internet Archive Botanic Man: 4 -- Potential Energy 1978 · Educational Using photomicrography, animation, and footage shot in Brunei on the coast of the South China Sea, the program describes the stage of evolution from the sea… Internet Archive Metric Properties Of Figures (Part XV) 1963 · Educational From the School Mathematics Study Group: A Brief Course in Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers. With Stewart Moredock. Film scanning by Ashley… Internet Archive Mountains of Green, Streets of Gold 1977 · Educational · 25 min "Montage, a public affairs film presentation of WKYC-TV." Examines the reasons why Appalachians left good jobs in Cleveland to return to the mountains of… Internet Archive U.S. NAVY TORPEDO PROPELLANT RESEARCH & OTTO FUEL II 58814 Film This film profiles Dr. Otto Reitlinger and the Otto Fuel II monopropellant he developed, which is used to drive torpedoes and other weapon systems. The film… Internet Archive Vietnam: River Rats Film "From the searching of suspect sampans to an all out firefight with the Viet Cong, the story of the Navy's Mobile Riverine Force is as perilous as any from… Internet Archive WITH THE MARINES AT TARAWA 1945 ACADEMY AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY 23554 Documentary WITH THE MARINES AT TARAWA is a 1944 short documentary film directed by Louis Hayward. It used authentic footage taken at the Battle of Tarawa to tell the… Internet Archive A Day In Virginia Camps 1934 1934 · Film Shows, without subtitles, various activities of CCC boys at a camp. The men leave the camp and then clear brush, fell trees, build roads, and plant trees. The… Internet Archive Pathway From Within 1975 · Educational · 18 min Discusses the works and philosophy of Elizabeth Fraser Williamson, a prominent Canadian sculptor. FOR FURTHER INQUIRIES contact: Arts On Film.… Internet Archive Allostery: Molecular Communication 1980 · Educational · 25 min Produced by the BBC for the British Open University Howard Schachman of the University of California show how allostery can be understood by studying the… Internet Archive At the Crossroads: The Story of America's Endangered Species 1976 · Educational · 27 min Presents examples of each of the major reasons why much of America's wildlife is now endangered. Includes scenes of now extinct species, rescued species, and… Internet Archive STS-69 Crew Training: Thermal Glove Evaluation with Jim Voss 1995 · Film (July 28, 1995) This 7-minute video shows a thermal glove evaluation lead by STS-69 Payload Commander Jim Voss. To license this film and get a higher quality… Internet Archive Television: The Enchanted Mirror 1981 · Educational Title from data sheet A study of the role of television in American life. Includes interviews with TV directors, writers, an ABC executive, a brain behavior… Internet Archive The Football Incident: High School 31, Beijing 1976 · Educational Note: Purchased under a grant from the Sidney Myer Charity Trust 664 feet Directors, Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan One of a unique cinema verite style… Internet Archive The Water's Edge: The Silent Explosion 1975 · Educational · 28 min Producer and director, Milan Chvostek; writer and narrator, William Whitehead Focuses on the interrelationship of animal and plant life which has been lying… Internet Archive Truman: Years of Decision 1979 · Educational Title from data sheet Originally shown in Canada on the television program entitled Portraits of power Director, Jeremy Murray-Brown; journalist, Drew… Internet Archive " THE H BOMB " 1956 UNITED KINGDOM CIVIL DEFENSE TRAINING FILM HYDROGEN NUCLEAR BOMB 41304 Film This black and white training film, made for the United Kingdom’s Civil Defense and Fire Service in 1956, provides a straight forward and unflinching look at… Internet Archive DAY OF FREEDOM: OUR ARMED FORCES LENI RIEFENSTAHL GERMAN WEHRMACHT DOCUMENTARY (SHORT VERS.) 26224 Documentary Created for home use, this short, silent version of TAG DER FREIHEIT: UNSERE WEHRMACHT (English: Day of Freedom: Our Armed Forces) was directed by Leni… Internet Archive The Dim Little Island 1949 · Short · 10 min A 1949 British documentary concerning post-war Britain. It features the voices of four men describing the past, present and future of Britain. Produced by… Internet Archive Ingrid 1984 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Ages 12 through adults Issued also as videorecording A documentary on the life of actress Ingrid Bergman that… Internet Archive The Sounds of Language 1957 · Educational Explains that each language has its own sound system of characteristic intonation patterns, rhythms, stresses, and sounds and points out that a problem in… Internet Archive You See ... I've Had a Life 1972 · Educational Producer, Ben Levin Reveals through flashbacks how a 13-year-old boy and his family attempt to deal with the child's fatal affliction with leukemia Internet Archive North Carolina--mineral state, U.S.A. 1979 · Educational · 13 min Describes the more than 300 different varieties of rocks and minerals which are mined in North Carolina. Also shows mining reclamation projects that have… Internet Archive Bambinger 1985 · Educational Camera, Savas Kalogeras ; original music, Neil Chotem Based on Mordecai Richler's short story of a Montreal family who take in Mr. Bambinger, a Jewish… Internet Archive The Great Pretense 1969 · Film How to finance Communism whilst ostensibly opposing it http://FederalExpression.wordpress.com Vintage Filmstrip American Foreign Policy Aid and Trade With… Internet Archive Newspaper Story (Second Edition) 1973 · Educational · 27 min Collaborator, Louis Starr Documents the activities of newspaper staff members during a 24-hour period. Shows how news is gathered and how it is written,… Internet Archive Roles and Goals in High School 1975 · Educational Dr. William Glasser presents his "school without failure" concepts as applied to the high school setting and participates with teachers in role-play… Internet Archive The Breeder 1978 · Educational Describes nuclear energy, from the mining of uranium to the generation of electric power, focusing on the controversial breeder reactor Internet Archive Filmstrip: "The Garden of Abdul Gasazi" 1983 · 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…