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Ephemeral films

6,241–6,288 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 Taliesin East 1952 · Educational · 10 min Taliesin East SummaryDepicts the home of America./ia metadata taliesineast --ap near Madison, Wisconsin. Scenes of Frank Lloyd Wright's home near Phoenix,… Internet Archive DOPE 112 1989 · Film · Subtitles See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive DOPE 245 1992 · Film · Subtitles DNA Testing See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive The Doctor 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 HOW TO USE A 1960s DITTO MACHINE MIMEOGRAPH SPIRIT DUPLICATOR PHOTOCOPIER 43624 Film This 1960s instructional film shows how to use an early kind of photocopy machine called a spirit duplicator. The film also shows a photocopy machine (1:20),… Internet Archive HOW A STEAM ENGINE WORKS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE PRINCIPLES 61024 Film This black and white instructional education short film The Steam Engine (as it applies to locomotives) was produced by Young America Films (Centron… Internet Archive Yanks Bomb Tokyo 1942 · Newsreel · 10 min Yanks Bomb Tokyo Internet Archive 1940s LAPD POLICE MOTORCYLE PATROLMAN RECRUITMENT FILM HARLEY DAVIDSON PANHEAD MOTORCYCLE 54074 Film The Los Angeles Police Department presents “Your Traffic Officer,” a late 1940s black-and-white training film that shows what it takes to be a motorcycle… Internet Archive Debe's Tantrum 1966 · Educational Director, photographer, John Marshall Dilai has planned to gather sweet berries with her sister and to leave her five year old son Debe, behind with his… Internet Archive Judge Ben B. Lindsey 1964 · Educational Presents a profile of Judge Lindsey, who attacked child labor, political corruption, and social conditions in Colorado in 1901. As a result, Lindsay was… Internet Archive Telemarketing: 3 -- Techniques for the Phone Sales Rep 1983 · Educational Teaches telephone sales representatives how to utilize a checklist of activities to follow during pre-call, call, and post-call sales efforts. Offers useable… Internet Archive Operation Dominic - Harlem 108507 2017 · Film Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiKBI_Zg0J8 Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-13 Internet Archive 1944 GERMAN GUN CAMERA FILMS FW-190 vs. B-17s, B-24s WWII AIR RAIDS OVER GERMANY Film This silent film footage is from the gun cameras of German fighter planes intercepting Allied aircraft including B-17s in the skies of Europe. The films were… Internet Archive 1950’S TRANSISTOR TRAINING FILM " SEMI-CONDUCTORS: DIODE AND TRIODE FUNDAMENTALS ” Film Made for the U.S. Army, this late 1950s / early 1960s film features the fundamental principles of diodes and triodes. It was presented by The Bray Studios… Internet Archive A CHRONICLE OF THE AMERICA'S JAZZ AGE "THE GOLDEN 20s" DOCUMENTARY 30264 Documentary A Chronicle of America's Jazz Age is a 1950 American documentary film produced by Richard de Rochemont. The film is narrated by Frederick Lewis Allen, Robert… Internet Archive DOPE 371 2003 · Film · Subtitles E.D.R.: Dateline, Mark Leno See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive Nation To Defend 1952 · Film Explains why throughout the history of the United States men have been willing to fight when the nation's ideals of freedom were threatened. Shows how… Internet Archive Changing Organizations: Designing for People and Purpose 1978 · Educational · 26 min Professor Jay W. Lorsch uses selected organizational examples to illustrate the contingency theory of management. Explains that the type of structure that an… Internet Archive Mainstreaming in Action 1980 · Educational Title from data sheet Guide, Bill Eyman; collaborator, William Heaney Shows several elementary and secondary classrooms in public schools as teachers work… Internet Archive 1950s HOME MOVIE OLD TUCSON ARIZONA MOVIE SET LITTLE BRITCHES RODEO RODEO PARADE 53664 Home movie This silent, color film is a home movie shot in the early 1950’s and shows views of the Old Tucson movie set, the Little Britches Rodeo, and the Tucson Rodeo… Internet Archive HISTORY OF SOUND MOVIES & TRANSITION FROM SILENT ERA "LISTEN TO THIS" 1978 AT&T MOVIE 66464 Film This color and black & white educational film is about how sound came to be in the movies. Copyright is 1978. The film was made by AT&T as part of its public… Internet Archive "THE FIGHTING LADY" *RESTORED VERSION* USS YORKTOWN IN WWII EDWARD STEICHEN DOCUMENTARY 21154 Documentary "The Fighting Lady" is one of the great documentaries to emerge from WWII. Shot in 1944, it was directed by famed photographer Edward Steichen and narrated by… Internet Archive PowerPoint 97 Advanced 1997 · Film "In this video you will learn: PowerPoint Central, Working with Drawing Objects, Sound, Video and Animation, Enhancing the Actual Presentation, Sharing… Internet Archive Stop, Look And Think 1962 · Film Focuses on pedestrian safety rules for children by pointing out the variables involved in braking an automobile and explaining the importance of crossing only… Internet Archive Remnants of Frontier Life 1941 · Educational · 20 min Against a background of local music, a rural Carolina family living in the Great Smokies reveal their daily routines, technology, and art. They demonstrate… Internet Archive WWII COMBAT FATIGUE & IRRITABILITY PTSD U.S. NAVY FILM 29504 Film Made during WWII in 1945, this United States Navy training film looks at Combat Fatigue Irritability, or shell shock, now known as PTSD. This is a very rare… Internet Archive 1932 LAKE PLACID WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES IIIrd OLYMPICS MD86554a Film This historic, silent film shows highlights of the 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games, held in Lake Placid, New York. The… Internet Archive DOPE 253 1996 · Film · Subtitles See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive Drive-in: Starts Wednesday-Tapestry Film runs only a few seconds. suggestion; insert clip anywhere in group of trailers when creating drive-in dvd. Internet Archive Near Misses. Why? Film For telephone linemen (and other telephone company employees) to avoid unsafe activities - such as using a blowtorch to unfreeze a manhole, etc. Uses… Internet Archive Youth Building At Wilberforce 1939 · Film On activities at the NYA work experience center, Wilberforce University, Ohio. Shows classes in woodwork, metal crafts, machine shop, cooking, and… Internet Archive Creating a Children's Book 1971 · Educational Narrator, Don Messick; music, Mark Shinbrot Depicts Jolly Roger Bradfield's method of creating children's books. Shows how he gets his ideas, begins… Internet Archive Philosophies of Education: Education for Life Adjustment (1961) 1961 · Educational · 28 min Philosophies of Education: Education for Life Adjustment (1961) Professor Florence Stratemeyer explains the twofold purpose of education: first to help young… Internet Archive Space Shuttle: A Remarkable Flying Machine 1981 · Educational NAS 1.43/7:Sh9/17 Title from data sheet Issued also as videorecording Describes in detail the first space shuttle flight. Shows the lift-off, in-flight… Internet Archive Operation Teapot - Tesla 28644 2017 · Film Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvxa71DE-f0 Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-13 Internet Archive We've Got It Film A motivational film for Coca-Cola deliverymen on cleaning their displays and "fronting" the product name in order to boost sales. Follows Chicago and rural… Internet Archive VIETNAM WAR in LAOS HOME MOVIES SHOT BY MEMBER OF THE RAVENS KRT 72852 Home movie These extraordinary Super 8mm home movies from the Vietnam War, come from a member of the "Ravens". The Raven Forward Air Controllers, also known simply as… Internet Archive “PYGMIES OF AFRICA” 1939 MBUTI PEOPLE CENTRAL AFRICA / CONGO PYGMY DOCUMENTARY 66014 Documentary This 1939 black and white classroom film produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Films in collaboration with H.C. Raven of the American Museum of Natural History… Internet Archive " IRANIAN SNAPSHOTS " 1952 SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY DOCUMENTARY FILM CREW TEHRAN IRAN POINT FOUR 69404 Documentary Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Browse our products on Amazon:… Internet Archive Americana Game SF State 1968 Short · 5 min Former SDS activist Bruce Hartford describes how the local chapter at San Francisco State College created a game called "Americana" on the commons prior to… Internet Archive Protecting Your Stomach with Cytotec (Misprostol) 1990 · Film Information about Cytotec (Misprostol) - a drug for prevention of gastric ulcers. Internet Archive Youth Jobs And Defense 1937 · Film On NYA work training projects. Boys work on milling machines and lathes, make dies, forge and shape metal for army cots, cut and shape sheet metal for oil… Internet Archive Leisure 2000 1972 · Educational · 28 min Robert Lee discusses the probable emergence of more leisure time in our future and the demands it will make upon us. Examines the growing trend toward… Internet Archive The Informant 1974 · Educational · 24 min Photographed and directed by John Marshall Carolyn Carr, Frank Galvin, Eliot Tarlin, Marilyn Wood During the course of questioning, a suspect offers his… Internet Archive Operation Dominick - Swanee 105018 2017 · Film Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5zgJHsUIvc Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-13 Internet Archive 1939 - 1940 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR IN COLOR FUTURAMA EXHIBIT (8mm film) 69754 Film This silent film shows the New York World's Fair of 1939-1940. The Fair, which covered the 1,216 acres (492 ha) of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (also the… Internet Archive DOPE 244 1994 · Film · Subtitles See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive 1965 BRITISH DOCUMENTARY FILM “HOMAGE TO WINSTON CHURCHILL” 15584 Documentary This documentary film shows a brief glimpse into the highly influential life of Winston Churchill. It focuses on his burial ceremony and the impact it held…