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Ephemeral films

6,385–6,432 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 THE CAUSES AND IMMEDIATE EFFECTS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR WWI THE GREAT WAR 29894 Film This educational film from 1940 gives viewers a brief overview of the causes of the First World War, a recap of the war, and the political-geographical… Internet Archive Gray Brechin New Deal In San Francisco June 14 2023 2023 · Film Gray Brechin presents a far-ranging overview of the New Deal and its legacy in San Francisco. Public works include parks, public art, schools, the zoo, roads… Internet Archive Shaw vs. Shakespeare: 2 -- The Tragedy of Julius Caesar 1971 · Educational CLV Intended audience: senior high students George Bernard Shaw discusses his interpretation of the character of Julius Caesar as compared to that of… Internet Archive DOPE 466 2005 · Film · Subtitles Bush's lies, cont'd. See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive Mr Wizard - How Blood Circulates 1963 · Film Mr Wizard explains by model and by examination of a calf heart how the heart functions. Demonstrates how to make a simple stethoscope. We digitized and… Internet Archive Media Probes, Episode 4 : The Future 1982 · Educational How various media affect the way people live and think is explored in this informative magazine-style survey that includes documentary, animated and… Internet Archive VICE ADMIRAL CHARLES ROSENDAHL U.S. NAVY DIRIGIBLES & BLIMPS USS AKRON USS MACON SHENANDOAH 20224 Film This 1930’s era newsreel short “Sky Giants”, opens with a shot of a dirigible, probably USS Shenandoah, floating overhead. The film recounts the early era of… Internet Archive U.S. Coast Guard Search And Rescue HH-52A Helicopters In action 79044 Film This 1960s Sikorsky Aircraft film, made for the U.S. Coast Guard, shows the activities of the Coast Guard along Atlantic and Pacific shores. The film includes… Internet Archive Transportation - First Aid Training Film Details proper handling and transporting casualties, stressing careful examination and correct treatment before movement of the injured is attempted. Displays… Internet Archive The Night Sky, Episode 4: Conversation with John Dobson Film This video presents the inventor of the “Dobsonian” low-cost telescope and founder of the San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers. John Dobson discusses his work… Internet Archive Cheechako's First Day 1978 · Educational Title from data sheet Producer, Derek W. Muirden A documentary focusing on Cheechako, a 4-month-old polar bear cub, as he comes out of his den under the… Internet Archive Land-Use Change in Southern Ontario 1977 · Educational Produced by the BBC for the British Open University Analyzes the historical and geographical factors involved in land-use change, focusing on the takeover of… Internet Archive Pottery in the Gold Coast 1945 · Educational Shows the technique of pottery making at Achimota College's experimental training center at Alajo, where methods developed in other countries are merged with… Internet Archive I Will Fight No More Forever, Part 1 Educational · 55 min · Subtitles Internet Archive Our Solar System (Espanol version) 1992 · Film A brief introduction to the solar system by children for children. Internet Archive The Power of Your Body: How to Relieve Lower Back Pain 2000 · Film "Easy daily exercises to be performed on your bed that will return you to a normal life. Exercise program of 10 minutes a day will change your life" --… Internet Archive 1925 MGM METRO GOLDWYN MAYER STUDIO TOUR CULVER CITY CALIFORNIA HOLLYWOOD MOVIE MAKING 62364 Film This extraordinary silent film dates to 1925 and presents a tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in Culver City, California — today the Sony Pictures… Internet Archive 1950s INTERSTATE HIGHWAY PROMOTIONAL FILM "We'll Take the High Road" 62784 Film Produced in 1957 by the American Road Builders Association, “We’ll Take the High Road” is presented as a public service announcement, the films touts the… Internet Archive " LSD INSIGHT OR INSANITY?" ANTI-DRUG SCARE FILM LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE (LONG VERS) XD85094zzz Film This is the extended version of the 1968 16mm color film "LSD: Insight or Insanity?" It was directed by Max Miller for Bailey Films warns of the potential… Internet Archive Is A Career In The Professions For You? 1973 · Film Covers key career opportunities in the professional world of work. Provides teenagers with an overview from which to choose their careers. To license this… Internet Archive Recovery In New Jersey Circa 1937 1937 · Film On WPA projects in New Jersey. Reel 1, the Dana mansion in the Palisades Interstate Park is dismantled. In Roosevelt Park, ditches are dug and pipe laid for a… Internet Archive Justice Delayed, Justice Denied 1971 · Educational Narrator, Eric Sevareld Shows that the rise in population and the explosion of crime have resulted in court congestion. Explores plea bargaining and… Internet Archive Managerial Control 1981 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Supervisors and middle managers With an ocean-going freighter as a backdrop, demonstrates the analogy between the… Internet Archive THE U.S. NAVAL OBSERVATORY ATOMIC CLOCK DETERMINATION OF TIME & LOCATION 78394 Film Made in 1970, this U.S. Navy film presents the mission of the U.S. Naval Observatory in context of the era of space exploration, the creation of the atomic… Internet Archive “THE HERITAGE OF SLAVERY” LANDMARK 1968 SLAVERY, CIVIL RIGHTS & RACE RELATIONS DOCUMENTARY XD8162 Documentary This 1968 documentary hosted by George Foster and produced by CBS looks at the oppressive legacy of slavery in the United States over 100 years after its… Internet Archive " WAR IN EUROPE " 1939 CASTLE FILM WWII GERMAN INVADES POLAND DECLARATION OF WAR BY FRANCE 51424 Film This silent film was released by Castle Films in 1940 for the home market. It shows the outbreak of "War in Europe" with the German invasion of Poland, which… Internet Archive Under One Roof Film UndeStudy of three poor families, one white and two black, in Carolina. The women talk about the economic, physical and psychological problems resulting from… Internet Archive Communicating with Deaf - Blind People 1964 · Film Demonstrates through actual conversation with six deaf-blind people the five most commonly used methods of communicating with deaf-blind individuals in the… Internet Archive Mountain View Cemetery Liam O' Donoghue Oct 24 2023 2023 · Film Liam O'Donoghue, host of East Bay Yesterday, presents a humorous and rich tour of the illustrious Mountain View Cemetery which opened in Oakland in the 1860s.… Internet Archive Seattle WTO Shutdown 20th Anniversary 2019 · Film On November 30, 1999 the World Trade Organization was prevented from meeting in Seattle by unprecedented phalanxes of self-organized protesters who filled the… Internet Archive Operation Teapot - Tesla 28610 2017 · Film Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgQyEtgjYYk Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-13 Internet Archive So Goes A Nation: Lawyers & Communities Film "Explores three innovative approaches to community lawyering in the New York City metropolitan area." -- description from box. Internet Archive " LABOR COMES OF AGE " U.S. LABOR MOVEMENT & UNIONS, GREAT DEPRESSION 1960s SCHOOL FILM XD49764 Film “Labor Comes of Age” is a black and white 1960s short from Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc. that focuses on the history of the United States labor movement… Internet Archive Sound Fundamentals Of Acoustics 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 [Assorted commercials] Commercial [Assorted commercials] We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone Cinema 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about… Internet Archive DOPE 203 1992 · Film · Subtitles See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive CLARK GABLE WORLD WAR II "COMBAT AMERICA" RAW FOOTAGE 29392 Film Dailies from the Clark Gable documentary film "Combat America" shot in WWIIThese raw film "dailies" are from the 1943 Clark Gable documentary film "Combat… Internet Archive U.S. NAVY COMBAT CAMERA & PHOTOGRAPHERS PACIFIC THEATER WWII (see 81884 for complete film) 81834 Film This silent footage from WWII was shot by U.S. Navy combat cameramen for use in a wartime production entitled "Sunset in the Pacific" (see film 81884). This… Internet Archive Green Life & Green Power: How to use your Juice Extractor 2000 · Film "How to use your Juice Extractor. Techniques, Tips, and information to help you get the most from your juice extractor" Internet Archive Barbara Linden 1971 · Educational Produced by NET Barbara Linden, artistic director of the Theatre Workshop in Boston, performs with her company in scenes from an environmental theater piece… Internet Archive Dealing with Problem People: The Forgetter 1969 · Educational A four-part workshop designed to help supervisors and workers recognize personality traits that are detrimental to output and morale. Presented against a… Internet Archive Museum 1979 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: General Records the activities and functions which take place behind the scenes in museums throughout the United… Internet Archive Preparing Today For Your Tomorrow 1988 · Educational Preparing Today For Your Tomorrow Description: Covers four students who share what they learned about careers while visiting NASA’s Langley Research Facility.… Internet Archive What Is Poetry? 1963 · Educational · 8 min -----Another issue. b&w Attempts to answer the question What is poetry? by comparing a news report and a poem, explaining that the news report is objective,… Internet Archive U.S. MARINE CORPS 1965 USMC VIETNAM WAR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 76304 Film This film proudly shows the USMC operating at the best of its abilities in conflict zones, with brave men struggling against enemies, and working hard to save… Internet Archive Developing Great Touch - By Dave Pelz 1994 · Film Golf putting training video. Internet Archive America:2 -- Home Away From Home 1972 · Educational · 53 min · Subtitles Internet Archive Did You Ever See A Dream Talking 1943 · Short · 6 min A 1943 British comedy short film about war savings. Starring popular actor Claude Hulbert. Produced by Ealing Studios.