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Ephemeral films

6,721–6,768 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 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… Internet Archive Through All Time: The American Search for Community, Part 2: Pleasure Domes and Money Mills 1977 · Educational Produced by KPBS, San Diego State University Visits resort and recreation boom towns, including Breckinridge, Colorado; Lahaina, Hawaii; and Gillette,… Internet Archive Through Conflict to Negotiation 1968 · Educational · 15 min A community action group in Rochester, New York, confronts the community's largest employer on the issue of corporate responsibility and the employment of… Internet Archive "THE FIRST FIVE DAYS" 1980s EF-111 ELECTRONIC WARFARE AIRCRAFT PROMO NATO vs. WARSAW PACT 23124 Film Produced in the 1980s at the peak of Cold War paranoia, this Grumman Aerospace film discusses the theoretical first five days of air combat that would occur… Internet Archive 9th INFANTRY DIVISION IN VIETNAM 1968 U.S. ARMY BIG PICTURE DOCUMENTARY 81974 Documentary This 1968 Big Picture TV-746 color film about the 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam was presented by the U.S. Army. The soldier narrator holds a book about the… Internet Archive Iron Educational · 6 min We learn about how important iron is to our health thanks to wonderfully dated songs and dance.. Made for new mothers. We digitized and uploaded this film… Internet Archive DOPE 118 1989 · Film · Subtitles Koop-"20/20"...J.Baez..Space Station...1989 Internet Archive COLLISION AND FIRE S.S. SEA WITCH U.S. COAST GUARD TRAINING FILM 78724 Film This film CV SEA WITCH AND SS ESSO BRUSSELS COLISSION AND FIRE is a report on a terrible incident that occurred in New York habour. On June 2, 1973, just… Internet Archive WORLD WAR II LIBERATION OF ROME ITALIAN CAMPAIGN DOCUMENTARY (print 2) 81754 Documentary Made in late 1944 by the U.S. Army Pictorial Service, "The Liberation of Rome" depicts the successful Allied advance into Rome, freeing it from German control… Internet Archive Who Lives With You? Film Explains how parasitic worms can invade your body if you don't wash your hands and you use the out of doors as a bathroom. See also Ro-Revus Talks About Worms Internet Archive Visual Programming in Data Flow Environments 1992 · Cartoon The Distinguished Lecture Series IV Recorded April 10, 1992 Craig Upson, Silicon Graphics Inc. Visual Programming in Data Flow Environments Sponsored by… Internet Archive It's Up to You 1959 · Educational Shows what happens when a workman carelessly discards safety glasses, operation for removal of metal from eye, and types of safety eyeware Internet Archive Filmstrip: "The Fight" 1975 · 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 PRIVATE SNAFU "SPIES" WWII CARTOON CHUCK JONES 76164 Cartoon A brilliant cartoon, Spies is part of the Private Snafu series of animated shorts produced by Warner Bros. during World War II. Released in 1943, the cartoon… Internet Archive CAIRO EGYPT & LUXOR 1940s TRAVELOGUE MOVIE GREAT PYRAMID KING TUT 85984 Film Made by Castle Films, "Land of the Pyramids" shows views of Egypt and Cairo as it appeared in the 1940s when it was a "shining example of 20th Century… Internet Archive “ WORLD WAR II: BACKGROUND AND CAUSES ” 1963 EDUCATIONAL FILM RISE OF NAZI PARTY & FASCISM 70294 Educational In this classroom film from 1963, a filmmaker and an historian discuss the background issues leading into the beginning of World War II, starting with the… Internet Archive FIRE FIGHTING ABOARD AIRCRAFT CARRIERS U.S. NAVY TRAINING FILM 27954 Film This U.S. Navy fire training film was produced by Technical Communications, Inc. in 1969 and is an overview of the fire fighting course for men assigned to… Internet Archive Whatever Is Fun 1973 · Cartoon A bad tempered King wants to know why he never has any fun. Internet Archive Granby's Primates: A Captive Life 1983 · Educational Narrator, Jeff Kaye ; music, Andy Waggoner An experiment performed by Granby Zoo in Quebec shows how primates require a stimulating zoo environment to… Internet Archive Walter Kerr on Theater 1970 · Educational STUDY GUIDE AVAILABLE (CLICK HERE) Walter Kerr comments on excerpts from five plays performed by top professionals. Mr. Kerr clarifies characteristics unique… Internet Archive Operation Castle - Koon 24604 2017 · Film Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMUpYQiObUM Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-13 Internet Archive Everybody Knows 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 1940s AFRICAN AMERICAN SOUNDIES FATS WALLER RED ALLEN LOUIS ARMSTRONG MILLS PANORAM XD13584 Film This 1940s collection of "soundies" -- musical films that were the era's equivalent of a music video -- features wonderful performances by African American… Internet Archive “ DRUGS AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ” 1972 ANTI-DRUG SCARE FILM NARCOTICS & DRUG ABUSE XD43304 Film This anti-drug film from 1972 uses abstract and modernist animation styles and techniques to depict the effects of different drugs (both legal and illegal) on… Internet Archive Presidents Flood Relief Committee Inspects Inundated Areas 1936 · Film Harry Hopkins and other members of President Roosevelt's flood relief committee inspect flood relief activities in Pennsylvania. The committee examines… Internet Archive Claire Falkenstein 1977 · Educational Chronicles the public and private life of American sculptor Claire Falkenstein. Samples public opinion and professional criticism of her work and shows the… Internet Archive Nine to Get Ready: Growth of the Fetus (1966) 1965 · Educational · 28 min Nine to Get Ready: Growth of the Fetus (1966) The second lesson on Hamlet. Maynard Mack recounts the story of Hamlet, introduces the major characters, and… Internet Archive My Trip to Washington 1980 · Educational Directed and produced by Jerry Holway Long- and short-exposure pixillation transforms the nation's capital into a Coney Island bumper-car ride. Finalist,… Internet Archive People in Crisis 1978 · Educational Deals with the importance of coordinating a hospital's efforts to assure timely and efficient patient discharges. Illustrates hospital and patient benefits… Internet Archive 1945 U.S. ARMY REPORT ON ATOMIC BOMBING OF JAPAN "THE ATOM STRIKES" 25042 Film Produced in 1945, "The Atom Strikes" was created by the U.S. Army Signal Corps Pictoral Division shortly after the end of the Second World War. It documents… Internet Archive 1949 DESERT NOMADS ARAB TRIBES in SAHARA DESERT of FRENCH MOROCCO 61664 Film This black and white documentary film from 1949 was produced by Louis de Rochemont Associates, Inc., distributed by United World Films, Inc, directed by John… Internet Archive 1930s PRE-WAR HONOLULU, HAWAII HOME MOVIE ROYAL HAWAIIAN HOTEL WAIKIKI BEACH 60904 Home movie Shot by an unknown American, this 16mm silent home movie shows a visit to Hawaii and in particular Honolulu and its environs. It dates from the pre-war era,… Internet Archive 1940s WILLYS JEEP PROMOTIONAL FILM -- THE JEEP FAMILY OF 4 WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES 76174 Film Willys, the “World’s Largest Manufacturer of Utility Vehicles,” presents the “Jeep Family of 4-Wheel Drive Vehicles and Special Equipment,” a circa 1954… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Robots in Industry" 1985 · 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 1930s PAN AM AIRLINES CLIPPER SERVICE PROMOTIONAL FILM GUAM MACAO WAKE ISLAND 30054 Film This film is a fragment of a travelogue apparently made by Pan Am Airlines just prior to WWII, "High Road in the Sky". At this time Pan Am offered Clipper… Internet Archive WORLD WAR I GERMAN NAVY IN COMBAT SMS MOWE NEWSREEL 73722 Newsreel This rare silent newsreel shows some of the activities of the German Navy during the First World War. The film begins with shots of seaplanes on patrol over… Internet Archive "THE STORY OF EDDIE RICKENBACKER ” WORLD WAR I ACES OF ACES 94th AERO SQUADRON DOGFIGHTS 84664 Film This film presents American ace of aces Eddie Rickenbacker. It details his early youth, career as a race car driver and his service in WWI. The film opens and… Internet Archive " MARIJUANA " CLASSIC 1960s ANTI-DRUG FILM w/ SONNY BONO XD10644 Film The Film Library, Department of Human Resources and BFA Present, Marijuana, An Avanti Films Production, Los Angeles, California. This is a 1960’s era, color… Internet Archive CONSTRUCTION OF LINCOLN CENTER NEW YORK CITY "THE PLACE AND THE IDEA" DOCUMENTARY XD45324 Documentary This color film from 1968 documents the construction of New York City’s famed Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, a massive urban renewal project that saw… Internet Archive Pietro Alioto Ice Cream And Prohibition 2014 · Film Josephine and Regina Alioto recount the story of Pietro Alioto and his candy and ice cream parlor at Lombard and Mason, 1910-1930s. Internet Archive Bay Bridge 1940s LLSF 2015 1940 · Film Footage of traffic on upper deck of Bay Bridge, c. 1940. Two sets of three lanes go in either direction in this era, with the big bulky cars of those years… Internet Archive Harriet 1978 · Educational Produced by Jeffrey Weber for United Methodist Communications Harriet Kerr, a widow in her forties, talks about her twenty-year marriage to a minister, his… Internet Archive Kentucky Pioneers 1969 · Educational Second edition With teacher's guide Collaborator, Allan Eckert Focuses on one family's travels to Kentucky in 1790. Explains that rich Kentucky land lured… Internet Archive Phobias 1971 · Educational Produced by the BBC Two psychiatrists explain why people get phobias and describe methods used in treatment. People discuss what it is like to have a phobia Internet Archive The Flour Mill House 1970 · Educational Portuguese dialogue with English subtitles Credits: Director, Geraldo Sarno Summary: Portrays the farming and harvesting of manioc, used in the making of… Internet Archive RICHARD E BYRD "DISCOVERY" 1933-35 EXPEDITION PART 2 74332 Film Also known as "Into Little America", this film shows Admiral Richard E. Byrd's second expedition to the South Pole. Paramount Pictures sent two cameramen… Internet Archive WWII ERA ROYAL NAVY BRITISH FLEET FAIREY SWORDFISH SILENT FILM 28344 Film This silent movie shows the ships of the Royal Navy just prior to WWII and includes footage of destroyers throwing depth charges, an aircraft carrier with… Internet Archive POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE POLIO DISEASE DR. JONAS SALK IRON LUNG 77964 Film Made by the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis, this film shows the war against Poliomyetis, and the introduction of the vaccine developed by Dr.…