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Ephemeral films

6,049–6,096 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 Kwashiorkor 1968 · Educational · 32 min Kwashiorkor Documents the notable features of the culture on Pentecost Island in the New Hebrides. Describes the agriculture, play, and ritual of the people,… Internet Archive Black Army Jacket, His Hero is Gone, Atom and His Package, Brutal Truth and Spazz 1997 · Cartoon NOTE: THIS TAPE IS APPARENTLY DAMAGED AND ONLY ONE HOUR IS UP. A RE-RIP OF THE TAPE IS BEING MADE AND WILL REPLACE THIS ONE IF FOUND TO BE BETTER. Black Army… Internet Archive Needle Exchange 1995 · Film Needle Exchange: A Life-Saving Policy. Congressional Forum, Rayburn House Office Building. The discussion panel includes Dr. Peter Lurie, lead researcher on… Internet Archive Readin' and Writin' Ain't Everything 1975 · Educational · 25 min Presents a community-oriented view of mental retardation through the personal account of a retarded adult and three families with retarded children Internet Archive THE GREATEST DRAMA "MISTER NEW YORK" GROVER WHALEN BIOGRAPHY 59004 Film This episode of "The Greatest Drama" -- Mister New York -- is about Grover Whalen (1886-1962) and the influential role he played in New York City politics and… Internet Archive AFTERMATH OF 1933 LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE LYNWOOD LOS ANGELES 17304b Film This silent film shows the aftermath of the devatating 1933 Long Beach Earthquake, including shots of many damaged and destroyed buildings, many of them built… Internet Archive " A DAY IN VIETNAM " 1967 U.S. MARINE CORPS & VIETNAM ANTI-WAR PROTESTS FILM 1967 88984 Film Featuring images of combat in Vietnam intercut with war protestors picketing the White House, A DAY IN VIETNAM dates to 1967 and is narrated by Jack Webb.… Internet Archive PRE-WWII MACY'S THANKSGIVING PARADE HOME MOVIE FOOTAGE (SILENT) WIZARD OF OZ CHARACTERS 97654 Home movie This silent 16mm home movie shows the annual Macy's Day Parade in New York City. It likely shows at least two different years. The first segment is in b&w and… Internet Archive Ecology Emerges: Alvin Duskin Feature · 1 h 30 min An interview under the "Ecology Emerges" project of oral histories on the arc of environmentalism, ecology, environmental and social justice, running from the… Internet Archive Voyager 2: Neptune Rotation, 6-22-89 1989 · Film Computer graphics, actual images, and stock footage of the Voyager 2’s Neptune encounter are narrated with music. June 22, 1989 To license this film and get a… Internet Archive U.S. Coast Guard Boarding Procedures For Pleasure Aircraft Film Shot in the marine of Washington, D.C., this 1970s vintage Coast Guard film shows the procedures that are supposed to be used by USCG personnel to board… Internet Archive Glasser on Discipline 1972 · Educational Dr. William Glasser explains that effective discipline involves learning the value of following common sense rules of courtesy and mutual respect, and points… Internet Archive EXOTIC BALI INDONESIA 1950s TRAVELOGUE FILM BY MYRON ZOBEL BARONG DANCE 46604 Film Exotic Bali was a color travelogue copyrighted in 1954 by Castle Films. Castle Films, a home video distributor in California, was founded by Eugene W. Castle… Internet Archive Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective 1979 · Educational Directed and produced by Michael Blackwood Traces the life and work of this American contemporary artist from his student days at Black Montain College where… Internet Archive “WOMEN’S LIBERATION” ABC NEWS MARLENE SANDERS 1970 FEMINISM PRO-CHOICE XD11164 Film A 1970 news segment about the various factions and interests of the Women’s Liberation Movement produced and hosted by ABC News correspondent Marlene Sanders.… Internet Archive Hall Of Giants 1935 1935 · Film Shows views of Yosemite National Park including "Big Tree Lodge," "Wawona Tunnel Trees," rock formations, and streams. Tourists fish in a stream, stroll along… Internet Archive The Saint Lawrence River 1990 · Educational Editors, Fracoise Hubert, Guy Dufaux VHS, NTSC Follows the history of New France: the discoveries of Cartier and Champlain, the story of Queb́ec, the growth… Internet Archive Sailing Quarterly Video Magazine 1991 · Film "Free sample videotape" featuring excerpts from Sailing Quarterly Video Magazine. Internet Archive Allan Boesak: Choosing for Justice 1984 · Educational · 28 min Narrator, James Earl Jones Interview with the Rev. Allan Boesak, president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches. The effect of apartheid on South… Internet Archive Free to Choose: 4 -- From Cradle to Grave, Part 2 1979 · Educational Features a discussion among Milton Friedman and guests as a follow-up to part 1 of From cradle to grave. Participants include Thomas Sowell, professor of… Internet Archive Perfect Harmony: The Whiffenpoofs in China 1985 · Educational Cataloged from contributor's data Camera, Jeff Wayman ; editor, Leonard Feinstein PBS audiences and high school and secondary school students A documentary… Internet Archive Yoshiko, the Papermaker 1979 · Educational Title from data sheet Also issued as videorecording First released in Canada Producer, Paul Saltzman Shows how a 13-year-old Japanese girl learns to make… Internet Archive " LSD INSIGHT OR INSANITY?" ANTI-DRUG SCARE FILM LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE (SHORT VERS) 85094z Film The condensed classroom edition of a 1967 color film directed by Max Miller for Bailey Films warns of the potential dangers of Lysergic acid diethylamide… Internet Archive AFRICAN AMERICAN SOUNDIES 1940s MUSIC VIDEOS CAB CALLOWAY LOUIS ARMSTRONG FATS WALLER XD38984c Film This collection of 1940s music videos, also known more widely as "soundies", was released by Official Films. It features some outstanding performances by… Internet Archive “THE MARLBORO STORY” 1969 PHILIP MORRIS BIG TOBACCO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN LEO BURNETT AGENCY 65934 Film This 1969 color “puff piece” on the history of the Marlboro cigarette brand chronicles the origins of one of history's greatest ad campaigns. Made as a brag… Internet Archive The Christophers TV Program Film A TV program where Father Keller interviews guests. Salesman from Marx toy company explains the importance of educational toys versus novelty toys, pianist… Internet Archive LSD INSIGHT OR INSANITY ACID TRIP SCARE FILM WITH SAL MINEO 85094 Film Directed by Max Miller, LSD: INSIGHT OR INSANITY is one of the classic anti-drug films. Dating to 1967 and featuring images of hippie youths and mini skirt… Internet Archive Be-Ta-Ta-Kin 1955 · Educational Surveys the cliff dwellings, animal pens, grindstones, and communal religious gathering place of the Anasazi Indians. Examines their cultivation of corn on… Internet Archive Botanic Man: 5 -- Land of Opportunity 1978 · Educational Studies the adaptations of plants on botanically unique and isolated New Zealand which, because it has no large predators or herbivores, serves as a museum of… Internet Archive Elephant 1971 · Educational Directors, Peter Chermayeff, Jane Chermayeff A nonnarrated film photographed in Tsavo National Park in Kenya that follows one elephant herd's daily… Internet Archive Jerusalem of Heaven and Earth: City of David 1983 · Educational Producer, Douglas Stanley ; directors, John Jacob and Richard Tombelson ; music Frank Strangio Shows modern Israeli archaeologists excavate the site they… Internet Archive Bronze: River of Metal 1972 · Educational · 29 min Discovered in the third millenium B.C., bronze is one of the most versatile of metals, used for sculpture, jewelry, tools, weapons, money, and household… Internet Archive Editing a Film: Synge's "The Well of the Saints" 1975 · Educational Producer and director, Larry Yust, collaborator, Clifton Fadiman Explains the job of the film editor by using examples of the editing of the Encyclopaedia… Internet Archive L'Arrivee a Paris 1951 · Educational Producer, Benjamin M. Tayler A French language instruction film. Follows the activities of two college students from the United States who have come to Paris… Internet Archive Public Places 1980 · Educational Film exploration of seven unusual works designed by SITE, a New York architectural firm. Interviews with the public indicate their reaction to the buildings,… Internet Archive Quilting Women 1976 · Educational An appreciative examination of the art of quilting, showing women of previous generations, as well as of today, as they practice and comment on various… Internet Archive See What I Can Do 1976 · Educational Produced and directed by Dr. Alice M. Schwartz. Deposited by the Art and Music Education Department, The Pennsylvania State University Designed for art… Internet Archive Training at the Peking Circus 1976 · Educational Title from data sheet Producers, Joris Ivens, Marceline L. Loridan A behind-the-scenes look at the Peking Circus, showing various performers rehearsing… Internet Archive Transactional Analysis: A Demonstration of Individual Therapy -- Art 1973 · Educational 882 feet Producer, John M. Whiteley, Joan Z. Cohen This demonstration of Tranactional Analysis begins with the client, Art, violently expressing the anger… Internet Archive “ ALASKA: THE LAST FRONTIER ” 1940s HOME MOVIE SEATTLE KETCHIKAN JUNEAU CORDOVA 44594 Home movie This silent, amateur travelogue film dates to the 1940s and was shot by an unknown American filmmaker who journeyed north from Seattle via steamship. The film… Internet Archive SOVIET WAR MEMORIAL FILM WORLD WAR II EASTERN FRONT 77544 Film This Soviet film looks back on the bitter fighting in the Eastern Front of World War II. It features a great deal of footage of the ill-fated German advance… Internet Archive Great Railway Journeys of the World: Confessions of a Train Spotter 1980 · Educational Producer, Roger Laughton Michael Palin, actor and writer of the Monty Python troupe, is also a railway enthusiast, having spent countless hours of his… Internet Archive " THE AMERICAN WOMAN IN THE 20th CENTURY " 1964 WOMEN'S HISTORY DOCUMENTARY PART 1 XD4979 Documentary Produced by David L. Wolper, this TV special "The American Woman in the 20th Century" dates to 1964. This groundbreaking documentary explores changes in… Internet Archive Bridge Building With The CCC 33.585 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 Pygmies of Africa 1939 · Educational · 19 min With teacher's guide Collaborator, H. C. Raven Depicts the pygmy in his native habitat performing tasks. Mainly concerned with securing food. Describes the… Internet Archive Television: Line by Line 1970 · Educational English language version of the film: Zeile für Zeile Shows an animated presentation of the physics and technical basis behind the production of television… Internet Archive "SWEDEN" 1930s EASTMAN CLASSROOM FILM STOCKHOLM FILIPSTAD GOTHENBURG (SILENT) XD59874 Film Produced by Eastman Teaching Films, Inc. of Rochester, NY in the 1930s, this black and white silent educational film titled “Sweden” takes the viewer on a… Internet Archive PARIS FRANCE 1946 POST-WWII TRAVELOGUE "LETTER FROM PARIS" 89284 Film This black & white educational/promotional film is about post-WWII Paris, what it offers to you, and how it is coming back after the second World War. It was…