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Ephemeral films

6,529–6,576 of 19,489 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 KODAK FILM FILM PAPER STORY PHOTOGRAPHY INDUSTRIAL MOVIE 65304 Film This 1980 color educational film, “The Film/Paper Story” was presented by the Eastman Kodak Company. A clown applies white, red, and black face paint. He puts… Internet Archive Froggie Went a-Courtin' 1981 · Cartoon A delightfully animated sing-a-long presentation of the folk song about a frog that marries a mouse Internet Archive Slime Molds: 3- Identification 1961 · Educational · 22 min Slime Molds: 3- Identification Presents the current state of knowledge about the effects of cigarette smoking on people's health. Shows research that is being… Internet Archive " A DAY OF FIGHTING ON THE WESTERN FRONT " WORLD WAR ONE FILM ARTILLERY & TRENCH WARFARE (Print 2) 73822 Newsreel This German World War I silent newsreel shows activities along the Western Front. The exact year and places depicted are unknown. Following the outbreak of… Internet Archive F-14 TOMCAT AIR COMBAT TOP GUN MIRAMAR NAVAL AIR STATION 22334 Film Made by Grumman to promote the new F-14 Tomcat, this film takes place at Miramar, California and Fighter Town USA. At mark 0:33, Fighter Town USA is seen with… Internet Archive Audubon's Florida Wildlife 1978 · Educational Director, Ellsworth Grant; narrators, Jon Huberth, Zabelle White; editors, Robie Hubley, Jon Huberth Explores the relationships that connect several species… Internet Archive Day Care for a Kibbutz Toddler 1973 · Educational · 23 min Producers and directors, L. Joseph Stone, Jeannette G. Stone Shows the individualized, nurturant care given to four toddlers by a metapelet (caretaker) in a… Internet Archive The Vascular System of the Palm Rhapis Excelsa: 1 -- The Mature Stem 1980 · Educational Produced by the Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film Shows the growth habit, morphology, and anatomy of the small palm Rhapis excelsa. Explains… Internet Archive The Bibleman Show - Silencing the Gossip Queen 1996 · Film Internet Archive 16mm HOME MOVIE SHOT DURING OCCUPATION OF JAPAN ZUSHI, KANAGAWA PROVINCE KAMAKURA 24134 Home movie This silent, 16mm home movie was shot by American serviceman in Japan during the era of the Occupation (1945-1952). It shows footage of what we believe to be… Internet Archive Invasion of Ryukyus - Battle of Okinawa, Operation Iceberg, World War II Stock Footage 20400 Film Silent film showing the start of the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa. This was the largest amphibious… Internet Archive Every Part Of Town 1962 · Educational · 14 min A Red Cross representative convinces Sam Donaldson that the Red Cross is important to every part of town. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V… Internet Archive USS NIMITZ CVN-68 1980 AIRCRAFT CARRIER & F-14 OPERATIONS & CAPABILITIES "SEA LEGS" 81344 Film "Sea Legs” is a 1980 film produced by the US Navy in cooperation with Grumman Aerospace Corporation and details aircraft carrier landings. It features… Internet Archive Cronkite Report: The Drug Dilemma 1995 · Film · Subtitles See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive 1944 US ARMY TRAINING FILM “ARMY NAVY SCREEN MAGAZINE NO. 38” 45554 Film This film is from a series called ‘Army Navy Screen Magazine” which ran from 1943 to 1946. These were bi-weekly shorts shown to American military personnel… Internet Archive " A TOUCH OF CALIFORNIA " 1960s AMERICAN AIRLINES FILM LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO SAN DIEGO 96714 Film This is a 1960s era color movie, presented by American Airlines. The film is a promotional piece on California. Footage is taken from major sites and the… Internet Archive VICTORY IN THE WEST GERMAN INVASION OF BELGIUM, HOLLAND & FRANCE 1940 PART 2 of 4 (Print 1) 83974 Film Sieg im Westen (Victory in the West) is a 1941 German propaganda film the shows Hitler's greatest military victory -- the Blitzkrieg conquest of Holland,… Internet Archive Sulphur Film Shows how sulfur is extracted from the earth and process. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com… Internet Archive Sooper Goop 1989 · Educational VHS-Standard play Cameraman, Wally Bullock ; animation, Jim Duffy [and others] ; music, Joseph Byrd Ages 6 to 13 Presents a fast-paced animated story in… Internet Archive 1930s AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSICAL SOUNDIES BESSIE SMITH ST. LOUIS BLUES JAMES P. JOHNSON XD44594 Film These three early musical short subjects (1929-1933) feature rare filmed performances by African American luminaries of the Jazz Age, including Besie Smith,… Internet Archive 1940s “SOUNDIES” REEL: LAMBETH WALK, SONGS OF THE SOUTH, “DINAH” w/ BOB HOWARD XD45374a Film This reel compiles 4 distinctly different short musical featurettes which touch variously on anti-fascism, racist minstrelsy, and underrepresented black… Internet Archive 1954 SOUTH AFRICA TOURISM TRAVELOGUE JOHANNESBURG DURBAN MUIZENBERG KRUGER PARK XD45654 Film This 1954 color tourism film directed by Harold C. Weaver and narrated by E.V.H. Emmett for the South African Tourist Corporation provides a travelogue view… Internet Archive WWII U.S. ARMY CARTOON " PRIVATE SNAFU / THE HOME FRONT " BY DR. SEUSS WITH MEL BLANC 82134a Cartoon One of 26 Private SNAFU (Situation Normal, All F*cked Up) cartoons made by the U.S. Army Signal Corps to educate and boost the morale of the troops. The SNAFU… Internet Archive Crofters 1944 · Documentary · 22 min A 1944 British short documentary about a farming area in Scotland. Produced by Greenpark Productions for the Ministry of Information. Internet Archive A Forest Playground 1936 1936 · Film This film is on Maryland's Patapsco Forest State Park. The footage shows the park's forests and streams and a close-up of Avalon Dam on the Patapsco River.… Internet Archive Incitement to Reading 1965 · Educational Unstaged record of a combined first and second grade liberal open classroom where reading is taught by capitalizing on the children's own significant… Internet Archive Predatory Behavior of the Grasshopper Mouse 1974 · Educational Uses slow-motion photography to examine how the grasshopper mouse attacks its prey. Evaluates the role of experience in its handling of beetles, crickets, and… Internet Archive "SEVEN SPLENDORS OF PERSIA" 1960s IRAN TRAVELOGUE TEHRAN SHAH MOHAMMED REZA PAHLAVI 11474 Film This episode of Jack Douglas’ television series Across the Seven Seas, “Seven Splendors of Persia,” joins American travel filmmakers Clifford and Bunny Kamen… Internet Archive "THE CITY" 1939 DEVELOPMENT OF AMERiCAN CITIES & URBAN PLANNING DOCUMENTARY FILM 90594 Documentary The short 1939 documentary The City is a “plea” for residential planning and presents ways to remold cities to better accommodate the demand for housing and… Internet Archive " ELECTRONICS IN JAPAN TODAY " 1980s JAPANESE HIGH TECH INDUSTRY DOCUMENTARY COMPUTERS VCR XD13854 Documentary This color educational film is about how electronics in Japan are being made and used. This was made in 1980. A speeding express train. The train is… Internet Archive INCREDIBLE PSYCHEDELIC WWII WAR BOND FILM / AURORATONE MOVIE 27044 Film Made during WWII, this incredible U.S. Treasury Department movie showcases the Nazi's passion for banning books, art and music that displeased them. The film… Internet Archive FRENCH INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM & DIEN BIEN PHU 72662 Film This 1962 episode of the TV show "The 20th Century" presents the story of the French involvement in Indochina and the devastating collapse at Dien Bien Phu.… Internet Archive Communicating Management's Point of View (1965) 1965 · Educational · 22 min Communicating Management's Point of View (1965) The composition of music on magnetic recording tape to be performed through loudspeakers is examined by its… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Violence in the Home: An American Tragedy" 1977 · 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… Internet Archive Life of a Queen 1960 · Documentary · 15 min A 1960 British documentary about Queen Elizabeth II. Produced by Associated British-Pathé for the Central Office of Information. Note: the footage used in… Internet Archive " PACIFIC FRONTIER " U.S. NAVY SEVENTH FLEET IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC VIETNAM WAR MALAYSIA 76104 Film This informational film titled “Pacific Frontier” is produced and presented by the United States Navy and dates to the year 1964 before the Vietnam War was in… Internet Archive 1941 WAR DEPT. FILM SAFEGUARDING MILITARY INFORMATION w/ EDDIE BRACKEN & GINGER ROGERS 79244 Film Created by the U.S. Army Signal Corps in the months leading up to Pearl Harbor, and through the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science's fledgling "Research… Internet Archive [Home Movie - Unknown F] Home movie 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 Exchange Place 1975 · Educational CAST: Don Jordan CREDITS: Directors and editors, Marc DeRossi, Gary Gasgarth; writer, Gary Gasgarth SUMMARY: Mime Don Jordan enacts a series of sketches… Internet Archive Jerusalem of Heaven and Earth: City of Islam 1983 · Educational Looks at the Arab heritage, at worship in the historic Al Asqa Mosque and at life at home and in the bazaars Internet Archive SF Natural Areas II Bike Tour Sept 30 2023 2023 · Film Part two of the Natural Areas Bike tour that we started with Part One in April 2023. Hosted by Peter Brastow (Bob Hall is injured and could not join, sadly),… Internet Archive The Interview: The Right Person for the Job 1984 · Educational Demonstrates the interviewing process from start to finish, including writing a job description, screening initial applicants, preparing appropriate… Internet Archive Operation Dominic - Housatonic 120250 2017 · Film Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG1dXFsbYZA Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-13 Internet Archive “ BING CROSBY’S WASHINGTON STATE ” 1968 TOURISM TRAVELOGUE SEATTLE SPOKANE TACOMA XD4564 Film This 1968 color tourism film from Cinecrest Motion Pictures, hosted by the voice of singer/actor Bing Crosby takes a travelogue approach to showing historic… Internet Archive Crew Film Crew Internet Archive [1st Camera Test NBC] Film Test footage of a new film 16mm camera. Features street scenes of New York City. We digitized and uploaded this silent film from the Orgone Cinema 16mm… Internet Archive HISTORIC NASA FILM APOLLO 13 "HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM" 34062 Film This historic NASA film, "Houston We Have A Problem" tells the story of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission. Apollo 13 was the seventh manned mission in the… Internet Archive Cleansing The Sinner 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…