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Ephemeral films

6,625–6,672 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 1980s COLD WAR GERMAN NAVY & SUBMARINE FILM 20294 Film Made in the 1980s, this German Navy film shows the submarine service including life aboard a submarine. We don't speak German and are not well educated about… Internet Archive 1939 GERMAN NEWSREEL SIGNING OF STEEL PACT CONDOR LEGION RUSSO-FINNISH WAR 139194a Newsreel Made for the home market during WWII, this silent German newsreel shows the signing of the Steel Pact and the role of German troops in Finland as part of the… Internet Archive “ THE FIGHT FOR THE SKY ” 1945 WWII AIR COMBAT OVER EUROPE EIGHTH AIR FORCE RONALD REAGAN 81724 Film “The Fight for the Sky” is a WW2 propaganda documentary commissioned by the US government in order to display victories of the Allied Air Forces over Europe… Internet Archive Working Out The Pilates Way Film "Basic mat exercises which condition and realign the entire body" -- description from box. Internet Archive Model SF: Collectively Shaping the City 2018 · Film Public Knowledge artists-in-residence Bik Van der Pol have pulled a New Deal scale model of the City—based on 1938 aerial photographs—out of storage crates… Internet Archive Kenya Boran Part 2: Education 1974 · Educational · 32 min Directed by David MacDougall and produced by the American Universities Field Staff. Adviser: Paul Baxter Focuses of the life of Peter Boru, a… Internet Archive The Shoemaker (El Zapatero) 1976 · Educational Produced by Jerome Mintz A poor shoemaker in Andalusia, Spain, faces the unexpected dilemma of staying in his native village or moving to the city. His… Internet Archive 20474 Admirals In The Making Annapolis Film This film, produced by the Department of Defense, takes you to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. It gives you a peek at what life was like for… Internet Archive Lunar Orbit Rendezvous Film Discusses the groundwork conducted by the Mission Planning and Analysis Division in perfecting lunar rendezvous techniques. To license this film and get a… Internet Archive JESSE SPALDING SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES 1933 CHICAGO SILENT FILM 51394 Film Dating to the year 1933, this silent film from the Chicago Public School System under Superintendent of Schools, Dr. William J. Bogan celebrates "A Century of… Internet Archive 1950s U.S. NAVY TRAINING FILM AIRCRAFT GROUND ACCIDENT PREVENTION 81064 Film This late 1950s / early 1960s unclassified black and white United States Navy Training Film is about preventing aircraft accidents. Various military aircraft… Internet Archive Free to Choose: 7 -- Who Protects the Consumer? Part 2 1979 · Commercial Features a discussion among Milton Friedman and guests as follow-up to part 1. Participants include Kathleen O'Reilly of the Consumer Federation to America… Internet Archive What's the Score (1962) 1962 · Educational · 28 min What's the Score (1962) Shows how the human body acts as a natural clock when internal circadian rhythms initiate specific responses and behavior. Internet Archive The Violent Universe, Part 2 Educational · 30 min The Violent Universe Part 2 A comprehensive report of astronomical theories, research, and discoveries. Visits thirty astronomers at their observatories… Internet Archive SOVIET ROCKET LAUNCH & SPACE FLIGHT EDUCATIONAL FILM 52224 Educational Dating to the 1960s, this Soviet film shows some of the USSR's manned rockets and the Baikonur Cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan. It was the world's first and… Internet Archive DOPE 235 1993 · Film · Subtitles See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive MANHATTAN WATERFRONT 1930s NEW YORK CITY DOCUMENTARY 85404 Documentary This 1938 documentary short MANHATTAN WATERFRONT, was made by the Van Beuren Corporation and released by RKO. The film provides terrific views of Manhattan… Internet Archive VINTAGE VW VOLKSWAGEN TV COMMERCIALS VW BUG BEETLE MICROBUS KARMANN GIA XD13824 Commercial These vintage Volkswagen commercials from the 1960s and 1970s promote the Bug, Karaman Gia and microbus. They were created by Doyle Dane Bernbach, an ad… Internet Archive [Bowman Dairy and Egg Promo film] 1943 · Educational A film, apparently about the Bowman Dairy, its operations and delivery, and egg farming. To license this film and get a higher quality version for… Internet Archive This Union Cause 1962 · Film Traces the history of the labor movement and describes major events and leaders who helped build trade unions and secure high standards of living, economic… Internet Archive All My Buttons 1973 · Educational · 28 min Describes various activities of a retarded boy who is attempting to find an independent life in the community in order to illustrate problems associated with… Internet Archive Yevtushenko: A Poet's Journey 1969 · Educational · 28 min An intimate look at the internationally popular Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, viewing his philosophy of the universality of human love and creativity, his… Internet Archive Fat Burning... Mommy Style! 2002 · Film "This innovative fat-burning cardio workout was specially designed by 'The Mommies' as the cure for the common workout video" -- description from box. Internet Archive Portrait Of A Gardener 1993 · Film "Create your own perennial paradise with Elsa Bakalar, celebrated perennial garden designer and teacher... Follow along as Elsa shows you, step by step, how… Internet Archive 1968 "OUTLOOK SOUTHEAST ASIA" VIETNAM WAR ERA ANTI-COMMUNIST FILM 67974 Film This black & white educational film from the Vietnam War era is about Southeast Asia and what's going on in those countries looking to stave off Communism.… Internet Archive STS-64 Special Events 1994 · Film CNN’s John Holliman interviews astronauts aboard Discovery during the STS-64 mission. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film… Internet Archive Operation Teapot - Tesla 28604 2017 · Film Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl9p0JVbhdY Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-13 Internet Archive WORLD WAR I GERMAN U-BOAT U-35 SILENT DOCUMENTARY FILM 29632 Documentary Created during WWI, this silent, tinted documentary film presents the exploits of the U-35 with inter title cards in English. SM U-35 was a German U 31-class… Internet Archive 20354 Castle Films End Of A U Boat Film This German propaganda movie was part of a U.S. Navy archive compiled during WWII, and acquired by Periscope Film. This film celebrates the German U-boats,… Internet Archive " HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS U.S.A. " 1953 LONG HAUL TRUCKING, RURAL ROAD MAINTENANCE & REPAIR FILM 69064 Film This 1953 film "Highways and Byways, U.S.A." was made by the "Farm Roads Foundation" as part of a surreptitious public awareness campaign by the Western… Internet Archive Comprehensive Blending Film Awesome film about how to use a Hamilton Beach blender. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality versions of the film can be purchased for stock… Internet Archive Etching and Color Intaglio: A Close-Up of the Medium 1973 · Educational Produced by printmaker George Johanson and filmmaker Manson Kennedy Detailed demonstration includes traditional techniques of etching, engraving, and… Internet Archive People's Firehouse No. 1 1979 · Educational · 26 min Narrator: Robert Lacativa Cinematography, Larry Bullard ; editor, Stephanie Palewski A small, New York City community gathers together to oppose the closing… Internet Archive STS-67 Special Events Resource Tape, Part 2 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 A Family Affair 1950 · Short · 15 min A 1950 British documentary intended to encourage people to become foster parents. Produced by the Crown Film Unit for the Central Office of Information. Internet Archive " TALL MAN FIVE FIVE " STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND CONVAIR B-58 HUSTLER SONIC BOOM FILM 72012 Film Created by Convair in the early 1960s to promote the B-58 Hustler supersonic bomber, this film shows its role with Strategic Air Command as one part of… Internet Archive "WHY TAKE A CHANCE?" 1950s GENERAL TIRE AUTO ACCIDENT SCARE FILM w/ ART GILMORE 75994 Educational Featuring actor Art Gilmore -- who narrated the 1950s TV show "Highway Patrol", this scare / sales film by General Tire presents the various features of the… Internet Archive A Continuing Responsibility 1968 · Educational Editor: Roger Hart As demonstrated in the Woodlawn Organization in Chicago, Alinsky's technique creates on-going organizations firmly rooted in the community Internet Archive Controlling the Behavioral Side Effects of Chemotherapy 1983 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Nurses and social workers Examines conditioned behavioral disorders in chemotherapy patients and documents the… Internet Archive Ethics: Part B 1975 · Educational Designed to make police officers more aware of the kinds of interpersonal difficulties with which they must learn to deal. Four events are re-created and… Internet Archive Grand Openings 1980 · Commercial Filmmaker, Howard Silver SITE, a New York architectural firm, creates innovative buildings that challenge the viewer's expectations of how buildings should… Internet Archive Learning About Thinking and Vice Versa 1971 · Educational Director, Joe Koenig Educator Eleanor Duckworth demonstrates children's thinking processes through classic Piaget-type interviews held during a workshop for… Internet Archive The Street 1976 · Educational From the book by Mordecai Richler. Animated film which tells of a family's summer-long deathbed vigil in the Jewish section of Montreal. Conveys the… Internet Archive Wilderness of Zin 1959 · Educational "A report on the Louis M. Rabinowitz archaeological expedition in the Negev." Producers, Samuel Elfert and David Anderman; director, Fred Steinhardt; writer,… Internet Archive Wynn Bullock, Photographer 1978 · Educational CREDITS: Director, Thom Tyson SUMMARY: Interweaves Wynn Bullock's personal reflections on his creative search as a photographer with the struggle that he and… Internet Archive "GERMANY AWAKE!" 1933 DOCUMENTARY ADOLF HITLER AS CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY NAZI PARTY REEL 2 73642 Documentary Created in 1933 by the newly-ascendant Adolph Hitler, "Deutschland Erwacht!" is a recounting of life in Germany after WWI and up until the handover of power… Internet Archive 1950s U.S. NAVY FILM SEAPOWER IN THE MISSILE AGE REGULUS MISSILE USS FORRESTAL COLD WAR 26434 Film This U.S. Navy propaganda film from the late 1950s shows the threat of Soviet expansion and U.S. efforts to contain it while giving viewers a look at the U.S.… Internet Archive Farmers' Market 1996 · Film Heart of the City Farmers' Market in UN Plaza, San Francisco