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Ephemeral films

6,673–6,720 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 1965 1st CAVALRY DIVISION AIRMOBILE IN VIETNAM INFANTRY 26154 Film This color documentary, titled “I Am a Soldier,” was part of a series called “The Saga of Western Man” shown on ABC in 1966. Filmed in 1965 during the Vietnam… Internet Archive RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR WHITE ARMY vs. RED ARMY 1919 ANTON DENIKIN 48784 Film This Soviet propaganda film recounts the crucial events of 1919 with the White Army battling the Red Army for control of Russia. Narrator: In the summer of… Internet Archive Universal Studios Florida - Experience the Magic of the Movies 1990 · Film Internet Archive G.M. HIGH SPEED CAR CRASH AIR BAG TEST w/ CRASH TEST DUMMIES 86494 Film Dating to the 1970s, this silent film shows a crash test performed by General Motors during early tests of air bags. This particular test is for a front… Internet Archive Is A Career As A Technician For You? 1971 · Film Presents an overview of technicians at work in industrial, commercial, scientific and agricultural settings. Shows role of technician as key assistant to… Internet Archive A Place to Live 1978 · Educational Producer and director, Fred James; cinematographer, James Lieu Highlights the Shelter Institute in Bath, Me., which teaches people to build homes that are… Internet Archive In Love With Paris 1996 · Film "Journey to Paris, the City of Light." -- description from box. Internet Archive FACTS ABOUT FALLOUT "3 FEET OF DIRT FOR SURVIVAL" NUCLEAR WAR 83304 Film Produced by Byron for the Office of Civil Defense, this 1955-vintage film illustrates some of the FACTS ABOUT FALLOUT from nuclear explosions. It was… Internet Archive DOPE 132 1989 · Film · Subtitles Berlin wall, Kitty Dukakis, Florida prisons, Hairspray Internet Archive 25844 Battle Of Leyte Film We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell… Internet Archive POST CHERNOBYL DISASTER UKRAINIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY & RADIOLOGICAL DEFENSE FILM 54964 Film Made in the aftermath of the Chernobyl Disaster in 1986, this bizarre Ukranian government film attempts to alleviate some of the worry that civilians must… Internet Archive Air 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 Breeding Biology of Black Woodpeckers 1961 · Educational Shows selection of nest site by a pair of black woodpeckers, digging nest cavity in a tree trunk, and then care of young through various stages to fledging.… Internet Archive Equal Justice Under Law: 1819 -- McCulloch v. Maryland 1977 · Educational Produced by WQED, Pittsburgh A dramatization of a landmark case heard by the Supreme Court of Chief Justice John Marshall: Can states tax the operations of… Internet Archive Nell and Fred 1972 · Educational · 28 min Produced for the program Challenge for Change/Société nouvelle in cooperation with departments and agencies of the Government of Canada Producers, George… Internet Archive What Is Sound 1949 1949 · 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 U.S. NAVY SEVENTH FLEET IN KOREAN WAR, FORMOSA CRISIS, COLD WAR (see also 64554 -- second print) 73492 Film Made in 1957 by the U.S. Navy about the Seventh Fleet, this historic film shows the activities of the 7th during the Korean War, and during the Formosa Crisis… Internet Archive NASA HIGHLIGHTS OF 1967 NEWSREEL SATURN V ROCKET 76474 Newsreel Made in 1967, this Aeronautics and Space Report was produced by NASA. Just ten years after the launch of Sputnik, this film shows some of the preparations for… Internet Archive Drive-in: On With The Show - Lightbox Short Only a few seconds long. Sugestion: insert this clip between the last preview and the first feature of you double feature dvds. You could also use this clip… Internet Archive Sixty Years Of Fashion 1960 · Documentary · 18 min A 1960 British documentary about women's fashion during the first 60 years of the 20th century. Very, very lighthearted. Produced by Basic Films for the… Internet Archive Judgment on the Water 1986 · Educational Pinpoints major causes of boating accidents and shows how to operate a small boat safely Internet Archive STS-67 Special Events Rescource Tape, Part 1 1995 · Film (April 18, 1995) Astronauts onboard STS-67 are interviewed by WKRC-TV while in orbit. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film… Internet Archive 1950s/1960s " IBM GIRLS " WOMEN IN DATA PROCESSING AND MANAGEMENT / MAINFRAME COMPUTERS 17684 Film Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Browse our products on Amazon:… Internet Archive Operation Pluto Oil Across The English Channel World War II 76994 Film Made by the British Ministry of Information in 1944, this film shows Operation Pluto — meaning Pipe-Lines Under The Ocean. This scheme was a daring operation… Internet Archive Nine to Get Ready: Newborn Care (1966) 1965 · Educational · 29 min Nine to Get Ready: Newborn Care (1966) Dr. Margaret Mead, anthropologist of the American Museum of Natural History, presents a pictorial record of the rapid… Internet Archive The History of U.S. Foreign Relations: Part 1 -- An Age of Revolutions 1972 · Educational · 30 min Uses paintings, political cartoons, and scenes of historic locations to portray the diplomacy of the American Revolution through the early Federal period.… Internet Archive Visit to the Sepulcher (Visitatio Sepulchri) 1979 · Educational Title from data sheet Shows a performance of the 12th-century music drama entitled Visitatio Sepulchri which relates the Gospel story of the first Easter.… Internet Archive ATTACK ON THE MARSHALL ISLANDS BATTLE OF TARAWA 22294 Film This fascinating WWII film shows the campaign in the Marshall Islands in 1943-1944, with the strategic importance of the islands described — hitting the… Internet Archive Friendship Seven 1962 · Educational · 53 min · Subtitles Documents the historic space flight of John Glenn. Internet Archive Cold War Royal Navy Documentary "1400 Zulu" 71062 Documentary Created in 1965, "1400 Zulu" is a classic British propaganda and recruiting film that profiles the Royal Navy's operations around the world: from the… Internet Archive TRUE ADVENTURE TV EPISODE " SERPENT CULT " LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY SNAKE HANDLING CHURCH XD14364 Film This color educational film is an episode of the 'True Adventure' series that features a religious community in Kentucky that performs ecstatic demonstrations… Internet Archive UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD BIG BOY STEAM LOCOMOTIVE FILM 71522 Film A tribute to the "Big Boy" locomotives produced by Union Pacific, "Last of the Giants" shows the end of a memorable era in Western Railroading. The "Big Boy"… Internet Archive WWII U.S. Navy Gun Camera Footage Strafing Japanese Ships 81384 Film This silent film footage comes from a U.S. Navy fighter aircraft in the Pacific Theater in WWII. It was shot by a 16mm "gun camera" linked to the aircraft's… Internet Archive 1942 WORLD WAR II DOCUMENTARY "PATTERN FOR VICTORY" 88214 Documentary Released in November of 1942, PATTERN FOR VICTORY shows scenes of the first year after American entry into World War II. It was produced by Paramount News.… Internet Archive One To Grow On- Prologue 1973 · Educational Outlines the methods and goals aimed at in achieving an understanding of the mental health aspects of student-teacher relationships. We digitized and uploaded… Internet Archive Our Big, Round World - Concepts For Geography 1953 · Film Shows how the relation of the earth to the sun influences time differences, seasonal changes, and regional climate. We digitized and uploaded this film from… Internet Archive Free to Choose: 7 -- Who Protects the Consumer? Part 1 1979 · Commercial Milton Friedman, in the seventh segment of the series, presents evidence to support his view that most government consumer-protection activity hurts consumers… Internet Archive “ PERSONAL HYGIENE FOR BOYS ” 1952 CORONET FILMS HEALTH CLASS EDUCATIONAL SHORT XD4605 Educational This 1952 black and white educational classroom short by Coronet Films uses a dialogue between an unseen narrator and a skeptical youth to dramatise the good… Internet Archive F.B.I. DURING WORLD WAR II "BATTLE OF THE UNITED STATES" DOCUMENTARY FILM 24284 Documentary In this Army – Navy Screen Magazine newsreel, we learn about THE BATTLE OF THE UNITED STATES. In this film from 1944, we see narrator J. Edgar Hoover… Internet Archive Dope 136 1989 · Film · Subtitles Panama Invasion See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive Drugs in Hawaii: 1989-90 1989 · Film · Subtitles See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive Christmas Sing-A-Long 1989 · Film Internet Archive U.S. NAVY FIGHTER RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON VC-61 "THE EYES OF THE FLEET" 76184 Film EYES OF THE FLEET tells the story of the U.S. Navy's Composite Photo Squadron VC-61 at Miramar Naval Air Station. Made in the year 1953, the film shows the… Internet Archive "THOMPSON SUBMACHINE GUN" 1942 U.S. ARMY TOMMY GUN INSTRUCTIONAL FILM FOR INFANTRY 25524 Educational This WWII U.S. Army film from 1942 describes the operation of the Thompson Submachine Gun. The Thompson submachine gun (nicknamed the Thompson) is an American… Internet Archive "TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD " 1917 BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION SERGEI EISENSTEIN VLADIMIR LENIN Part 1 79474a Film This black & white educational silent film is about the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 Russia. This is part 1 of the film OCTOBER re-edited in this version and… Internet Archive World In A Camera Film French president visits, Eisenhower visits french and us troops, MacArthur is called home, golf, atomic power plant in Canada. This film can be purchased on… Internet Archive WWII U.S. GOVERNMENT CARTOON "INSECTS AS CARRIERS OF DISEASES" WALT DISNEY 76154 Cartoon Made by the Walt Disney Company for the Office of Inter-American Affairs' Health for the Americas organization in 1944, INSECTS AS CARRIERS OF DISEASE… Internet Archive President and Congress 1961 · Educational Cataloged from data sheet Traces the development of the relationship between the President and Congress, emphasizing the difference in the President's…