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Ephemeral films

6,145–6,192 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 1942 CURTISS WRIGHT AIRCRAFT ENGINE PROMOTIONAL FILM "WRIGHT BUILDS FOR SUPREMACY" 85004 Film This black and white documentary, Wright Builds for Supremacy, is a film on how to create and build Curtiss-Wright aircraft engines, and was probably produced… Internet Archive Give the Lady What She Wants Film Promotional film for GATX railroad cars. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have… Internet Archive Liftoff to Learning: All Systems Go! Film Examine the human physiologic changes that occur in astronauts while they are in microgravity and see how the human body re-adapts to Earth’s environment.… Internet Archive From Toxins To Teaching 2000 · Film "Meeting a community need through service learning. Funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation."-- description from box. (Date estimated) Internet Archive Red Sea Case Study: 2 -- The Geophysics 1979 · Educational Presenter: Ian Gass, Peter Styles Presents a causative model, based on deductions from geological evidence of how and why the Red Sea formed, which may be… Internet Archive The Shop Accident 1968 · Educational Eric Dancy, Laurie Aragon, Thomas Crandall, Jay Wells Dramatizes provisions of the 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act. Stresses sections important to… Internet Archive "IN THE WAKE OF THE ARMIES" UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION (UNRRA) 85884 Film Produced in 1944, "In the Wake of the Armies" briefly explains the purpose of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and shows… Internet Archive “THE TEN COMMANDMENTS” 1956 FEATURETTE / PREVIEW HOSTED BY DIRECTOR CECIL B. DEMILLE XD39164 Film This ten minute featurette from 1956 serves as an extended preview of Cecil B. DeMille’s forthcoming epic drama “The Ten Commandments,” narrated by DeMille… Internet Archive 1945 “ WINGS FOR THIS MAN ” TUSKEGEE AIRMEN 332nd FIGHTER GROUP AFRICAN AMERICAN PILOTS 24814 Film “Wings for this Man” is a 1945 film produced by the U.S. Army Air Forces First Motion Picture Unit, narrated by a pre-presidential Ronald Reagan. It promotes… Internet Archive Manned Spacecraft Center Where Tomorrow Begins Short · 30 min Depicts the role of the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center in the nation’s space flight programs from Mercury, Gemini and Apollo through Skylab and programs of the… Internet Archive Federal Theatre In San Diego 1936 1936 · Film Shows, without subtitles, actors being auditioned in the Federal Theatre Project's San Diego office. Sets are constructed. A crowd arrives to witness the FTP… Internet Archive Peavie Days 1934 · Film This film documents Civilian Conservation Corps activities as the Berryman camp in Missouri. It shows camp personnel; the arrival of new enrollees; building… Internet Archive Central Place Theory 1977 · Educational 920 feet Executive producer, Michael Philps; producer, Graham Turner; commentator, Dr Roy Lewis Examines the important features of Christaller's central… Internet Archive If I Can Do This, I Can Do Anything 1984 · Educational Narrator: Teddy Kennedy, Jr Looks at the downhill ski competition in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for the physically disabled Internet Archive Old Treasures from New China 1976 · Educational Directors and writers, Shirely Sun, Peter Wang; narrator, James Earl Jones; cinematography, Robert Primes; editor, Lionel Craven Portrays China's evolution… Internet Archive Silk Makers of Japan 1961 · Educational · 16 min The silk industry, as a vital economic contributor to Japan's prosperity. Silkworm culture is shown, including the hatching and raising of caterpillars to… Internet Archive STS-67 Special Events Resource Tape, Part 3 1995 · Film (April 18, 1995) Representatives of the the United States Navel Academy interview the astronauts of STS-67 while they are in orbit. To license this film and… Internet Archive The Sydney Opera House 1976 · Educational Presents an aesthetic and factual study on the Sydney Opera House, including comments on the architect, design, politics, costs, building time, and other… Internet Archive Tooth And Rocky: Micro Mini Rovers 1991 · Film This short video demonstrates the prototype robots Tooth and Rocky 3. They are considred as alternatives to larger Mars rover concepts. David Miller, a JPL… Internet Archive 1968 U.S. MARINE CORPS CHIEU HOI "OPEN ARMS" PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM VIETNAM WAR 25384 Film This U.S. Marine Corps film from the Vietnam War in 1968 documents the Chieu Hoi / Chi'u H i Program (loosely translated as "Open Arms"), a psychological… Internet Archive " THE EXECUTIONERS " NUREMBERG TRIALS OF WWII GERMAN WAR CRIMINALS (PART 2) 93614 Film "The Executioners", aka "Hitler's Executioners", dates to 1961 and was based on articles by Joseph J. Heydecker and Johannes Leeb in "Münchener Illustrierte".… Internet Archive “ OPENING THE ERA OF OUTER SPACE ” 1950s EARLY SPACE RACE FOOTAGE SOVIET SPUTNIK SATELLITE 72922A Film This film features highlights of the early era of the Soviet space program and presents the launching of Sputnik and Laika. This satellite launching set of… Internet Archive DOPE 102 Film · Subtitles See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive Eleanor Roosevelt 1960 · Educational Eleanor Roosevelt speaks with William Atwood, senior editor of LOOK MAGAZINE, about political obligations of the citizen, practical mechanics of politics, her… Internet Archive The Night Holds Its Flag | A Filmic Walk in Long Island City, Queens (2025) 2025 · Film The Night Holds Its Flag — Long Island City, Queens — September 24, 2025 This filmic walk records Long Island City, Queens, during a rain-soaked night in… Internet Archive 1930s EDUCATIONAL FILM THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN : CULTURE AND INDUSTRY (SILENT MOVIE) XD47914 Educational This 1930s black and white silent short educational film produced by FILMSETS Inc., a division of the DeVry Corporation, highlights the various industries of… Internet Archive [High School Institute - Super Hippie] Film An early 1970s youth film workshop. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC . Internet Archive Warm-Up to Psychodrama 1968 · Educational "Unrehearsed Group Behavior In An Actual Class." "With Abel K. Fink, Professor of Education." Producer, Frank Hengerer; director, Art Schaefer; chief… Internet Archive Operation Teapot - Tesla 28608 2017 · Film Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV6HlbsqenQ Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-13 Internet Archive Operation Teapot - Tesla 28603 2017 · Film Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9D-TTK4n0E Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-13 Internet Archive Operation Teapot - Tesla 28616 2017 · Film Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ9PmDU6eRc Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-13 Internet Archive PUNCH CARD COMPUTER DATA PROCESSING OVERVIEW IBM 029 KEY PUNCH MACHINE 65014 Film This late 1960s educational color film (#14-676) provides step-by-step operational instructions for the IBM 029 Key Punch machine, which was introduced in… Internet Archive Drive-in: Thur,Fri,Sat-Red Curtain Film runs only a few seconds. suggestion; insert clip anywhere in group of trailers when creating drive-in dvd Internet Archive WALL STREET HISTORIC FILM NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE "BEHIND THE TICKER TAPE" 72892 Film Dating from 1957, "Behind the Ticker Tape" tells the story of the American Stock Exchange (now NYSE), showing how securities sales have evolved over the… Internet Archive " STREAMLINED " 1940s SILVER STREAK ZEPHYR STREAMLINE MODERNE RAILROAD TRAIN PROMO FILM MD86524 Film Made in the 1940s, this short film highlights the effort to introduce streamlining into the American railroad industry. It begins with a brief recap of the… Internet Archive The Violent Universe, Part 1 Educational · 29 min The Violent Universe Part 1 A comprehensive report of astronomical theories, research, and discoveries. Visits thirty astronomers at their observatories… Internet Archive 1995 Astronaut Candidate Training - Water Survival Training Part C Short · 24 min 1995 Astronaut Candidate Training - Water Survival Training Part C To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact… Internet Archive ACM CHI 98 1998 · Film "This program is a compilation of 11 videos and 6 video figures. Videos have written summaries in the CHI 98 Summary. Video figures are linked to papers in… Internet Archive A Communication model. [motion picture] 1967 · Educational · 29 min Narrator, James C. Bostain Considers the ways a message is delivered and different ways it can be received or perceived. Explores the role of the perceiver… Internet Archive A Voice Cries Out 1966 · Educational · 28 min Pictures the sculpture and architecture of Florence, Italy. Reviews the history of the Medici family. Exposes the forces which encouraged and undermined the… Internet Archive What's in the News, Space #6: Spaceship Earth 1993 · Film (May 7, 1993) Episode #6 of What’s in the News, Science focuses on the earth’s ecosystems. This program is intended for grades 4-7. To license this film and… Internet Archive Ecology Emerges: Linda Weiner2 Feature · 45 min Part of Shaping San Francisco's "Ecology Emerges" series of interviews, in this one Linda Weiner describes her involvement with the northern California… Internet Archive DOPE 237 1994 · Film · Subtitles See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive 1960 TOUR OF NEW YORK CITY TIMES SQUARE RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL SS UNITED STATES MD52954 Film This beautiful circa Easter 1960 Kodachrome color, silent film, was shot by an amateur filmmaker. It crosses the line between a professional documentary and a… Internet Archive 1937 CONSTANCE BENNETT " DAILY BEAUTY RITUALS " WOMEN'S SKIN CARE & MAKEUP XD13954 Film This 1937 color film, in which Hollywood actress Constance Bennett “presents her daily beauty rituals” provides general tips for women’s skin care and makeup… Internet Archive RICHARD E BYRD "DISCOVERY" 1933-35 EXPEDITION PART 1 74322 Film Also known as "Into Little America", this film shows Admiral Richard E. Byrd's second expedition to the South Pole. Paramount Pictures sent two cameramen… Internet Archive Life Another Way 1983 · Educational · 56 min Documentary on Beryl Potter, who when she became disabled, overcame her depression and founded the Scarborough Recreation Club for the Disabled. FOR FURTHER… Internet Archive A New Way to Lift 1971 · Educational With teacher's guide Demonstrates the technique for safe lifting developed by Dr. B. T. Davies. Shows the palmar grip, the proper position of back, chin,…