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Ephemeral films

7,201–7,248 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 Trio: Rubinstein, Heifetz, and Piatigorsky 1952 · Educational Shows Artur Rubinstein, Jascha Heifetz, and Gregor Piatigorsky chatting informally and rehearsing the Schubert B-flat trio and the Mendelssohn D-minor trio Internet Archive DOPE 117 1989 · Film · Subtitles Ron Siegel ... KQED Drugs the Deluge. No liner notes available. Internet Archive Dec 5 2018 Movements Of Movements 2018 · Film Editor Jai Sen of Movements of Movements joins Shaping San Francisco and YOU for an open discussion. Breaking with our usual format, this entire evening is a… Internet Archive Operation Dominick - Petit 110020 2017 · Film Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2uwnui0_Ys Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-13 Internet Archive YESTERDAY'S NEWSREEL MARCONI & BROADCAST RADIO 1930s FASHIONS 53494 Newsreel This “Yesterday’s Newsreel” 1950s TV show (episode 40) offers the viewer “television highlights of the news of yesteryear” by providing vintage clips of… Internet Archive EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE FLORIDA 1960s AIR SHOW & F-100 SUPER SABRE AIRCRAFT 88904 Film Produced by North American Aviation, this 1960s film FIREPOWER shows the annual Eglin Air Force Base air show, featuring WWI, WWII era and post-Korean War jet… Internet Archive “YOUTH IN CRISIS” WWII ERA JUVENILE DELINQUENCY DOCUMENTARY FILM REFORM SCHOOL XD39124 Documentary This 1943 black and white staged documentary film examines the issue of juvenile delinquency in the context of the World War II effort, framing a shortage of… Internet Archive Hunting Alligators & Crocodiles Seminoles Indians Silent Film 84084 Film Made in the 1940s, this silent Castle Film shows members of the Seminole tribe, as well as South Americans, hunting and wrestling alligators, crocodiles and… Internet Archive " EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER WANTED IN A 16mm PROJECTOR " RCA 1600 16mm FILM PROJECTOR PROMO 17045b Film "Everything You Ever Wanted in a 16mm Projector" is an RCA promotional film made for the RCA 1600, probably in the mid-1960s. Yes, everything . . . brilliant… Internet Archive "THE BOUNDLESS SEAS" 1970s OCEAN SCIENCE & OCEANOGRAPHY RESEARCH FILM ALVIN SUBMARINE 47495 Film Made for the U.S. government, this 1979 color educational film "The Boundless Seas" presents a panoramic, as well as logical and dramatic view of the… Internet Archive BATTACK / BATAK PEOPLE OF SUMATRA MALAYSIA 1929 HARVARD UNIVERSITY ANTHROPOLOGY FILM 79904 Film This black & white silent educational film is a study of the Battak people of Sumatra, Indonesia, conducted by the Anthropology Department of Harvard… Internet Archive DOPE 480 2005 · Film · Subtitles Tookie Williams executed. See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive WWII COMBAT BULLETIN NO.40 ATTACK ON MANILA HARBOR & INVASION OF PHILIPPINES 25574 Film In the U.S. military’s Combat Bulletin No. 40 from 1945, viewers see footage from the Allied forces attack on Manila Harbor, the first landing on Luzon,… Internet Archive "SPLIT SECOND SHIFTS BY CATERPILLAR" D8 BULLDOZER TRACTOR POWERSHIFT TRANSMISSION PROMO 52514 Film Made by the Caterpillar Corporation "Split Second Shifts" promotes their new D8 tractor bulldozer and the legendary Powershift transmission. The single-lever… Internet Archive Neurological Examination of the One-Year-Old 1960 · Educational · 29 min Establishes standards for examination of infants at the age of one year. Shows normal and abnormal responses to tests Adviser, Richard S. Paine Internet Archive Strategy of the Achiever 1977 · Educational Presents a story about a yacht skipper and his crew who recover from a losing streak to win first place in an ocean race, despite rough weather and tough… Internet Archive WWII GERMAN NEWSREEL MAY 1941 PARATROOP ASSAULT ON ISLAND OF CRETE 10824a Newsreel Produced for the home market, this silent German newsreel shows the German assault on Crete, also known as the Battle of Crete or "Operation Mercury". The… Internet Archive 1945 PRIVATE SNAFU WWII CARTOON " A FEW QUICK FACTS ABOUT FEAR " 95904a Cartoon One of a series of short cartoons in the "A Few Quick Facts" series, "About Fear" was released in 1945 and directed by Osmond Evans. Featuring the character… Internet Archive "THE POLICE FILM" 1971 DISTRUST OF LAW ENFORCEMENT BY MINORITY & HIPPY COMMUNITIES FILM 98554 Film Produced by Avanti Films, distributed by Macmillan Films, Inc., and directed by Max Miller, this 1971 film titled “The Police Film,” is a social commentary… Internet Archive Learning Excel 97: Beginning 1997 · Educational "In this video you will learn: Introduction to Excel (22 min); Data Entry (39 min); Changing Worksheet Appearance (14 min); File Management (14 min);… Internet Archive " AERONAUTIC ANTICS " EARLY AVIATION FOOTAGE - FLYING MACHINES, BARNSTORMERS, STUNT PILOTS 72722 Film This silent black-and-white compilation film titled “Aeronautics Antics” from 1973 showcases some of the most ridiculous flying machines ever constructed. It… Internet Archive BASIC TYPEWRITER HISTORY, TYPING METHODS & POSTURE 1940s MOVIE 49344 Film “Basic Typing Methods” is a 1943 black-and-white Encyclopedia Brittanica film produced under the supervision of the Bureau of Aeronautics for the Division of… Internet Archive "ALL FOR ONE" AIR FORCE NOW EPISODE A-1 SANDYS HH-53 HELICOPTER RESCUE IN VIETNAM 75522 Film This episode of "Air Force Now", titled "All For One" dates to 1972. It focuses on the rescue of Capt. Gerald Lawrence on August 20, 1972. It includes… Internet Archive " THE CAUSES AND IMMEDIATE EFFECTS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR " WWI THE GREAT WAR PART 2 47234 Talk This film, the second part of "Causes and Immediate Effects of the First World War", displays events such as the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, the Armistice of the… Internet Archive “ THE RETURN OF PRIVATE YOUNGBLOOD ” 1968 REPATRIATION & BURIAL OF A VIETNAM WAR SOLDIER 89634 Film This 1968 documentary "The Return of Private Youngblood" was made during the Vietnam War. It examines the return of the body of PFC Boyd James Youngblood, who… Internet Archive "POSTCARDS FROM DALMATIA" 1960s CROATIA & MONTENEGRO TRAVELOGUE FILM 66094 Film Postcards From Dalmatia is a colorful 1960s travel film promoting tourism along the coast of what is now Croatia and Montenegro. The film opens with titles… Internet Archive Sabotage! 1942 · Short · 1 min A 1942 British theatrical public service announcement informing viewers how to avoid wearing out clothes. Produced for the Ministry of Information. Internet Archive THE STORY OF MEASURING TIME 1964 CORONET FILM SUNDIAL HOURGLASS CLOCKS PH31104 Film The Story of Measuring Time: Hours, Minutes, Seconds, is a black and white film copyrighted in 1964. This film was produced by Coronet Films (also known as… Internet Archive The Dramatic Story Of Life After Jesus: In The Footsteps Of Christ Film " The story of life after Jesus comes alive in this beautifully filmed re-telling straight from the pages of your Bible... witness the first days after… Internet Archive 30 Miles An Hour 1949 · Short · 1 min A 1949 British "public information film" advising how to drive safely. Starring Richard Massingham, and directed by Michael Law. Look carefully and you'll… Internet Archive " THE OPERATOR AND SAFETY " 1940s BUS DRIVER TRAINING FILM Film Created by the Federal Security Agency and the United States Office of Education Division of Visual Aids in the 1940s, "The Operator and Safety" is a bus… Internet Archive 1960s PUNCHED CARD DATA PROCESSING / KEY PUNCH MACHINE IBM 029 COMPUTER "THE KEY PUNCH" 62464 Film This late 1960s educational color film (#14-677) provides an operational overview for programming the key punch on the IBM 029 Key Punch machine, which was… Internet Archive NAZI GERMAN SILENT PROPAGANDA / EDUCATIONAL FILM BORDERS OF GERMANY 1871- 1935 75352 Educational Made during the time of Hitler's Third Reich, this silent educational film (made to have a script read over it while it played) shows the varying borders of… Internet Archive Greene Valley Grandparents 1974 · Educational Shows the work of the foster grandparent program at the Greene Valley Developmental Center in Greeneville, Tenn. Tells how retired businessmen, mechanics,… Internet Archive Warning in the Dark 1958 · Educational Discusses the obstacle sense of the blind as revealed through experiments conducted at the Institute of Experimental Psychology, Innsbruck, Austria. E.J.… Internet Archive " URANIUM PROSPECTING " 1950s NUCLEAR INDUSTRY PROMO FILM GEIGER COUNTER ATOMIC ENERGY 66054 Film Uranium Prospecting is a documentary promoting the everyday fortunes that may be made hunting for the rare element uranium-235. The film shows the methods of… Internet Archive Fitness Wins: 4 And 20 Fit Girls 1940 · Documentary · 10 min A 1940 British documentary about exercises for women. Directed by Mary Field, with commentary spoken by E.V.H. Emmett. Internet Archive 1930s VICHY FRANCE TRAVELOGUE MOVIE SOURCE CELESTINS SPRING WATER 53674 Film This black and white film is in French and highlights Vichy France. The hair and clothing cross 1930s/1940s styles but with no mention of war, it either… Internet Archive COLD WAR SOVIET UNION TRAVELOGUE LENINGRAD AND MOSCOW 78664 Film Made for the home market in the 1950s, this silent travelogue shows Moscow and Leningrad in the Soviet Union. Certainly designed as a piece of propaganda, the… Internet Archive [Dixie Cup Magician] Film Outtakes for a Dixie Cup commercial featuring a magician. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality versions of the film can be purchased for stock… Internet Archive U-BOAT FOOTAGE ALLIED ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE ATTACK U-29 SINKS BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER 20354c Newsreel This short compilation of WWII footage related to U-boats consists of two parts -- first a partial Castle Films newsreel about the Battle of the Atlantic, and… Internet Archive ANTARCTICA -- THE PRICELESS LABORATORY 1960s RESEARCH FILM BY DOUGLAS AVIATION 29484 Film Produced by the Douglas Aviation Company in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, the mid-1960s film The Priceless Laboratory gives viewers a glimpse of Antarctica… Internet Archive WWII U.S. NAVY FLIGHT SAFETY CARTOON " MARGINAL WEATHER ACCIDENTS " GRAMPAW PETTIBONE 34154a Cartoon This black and white animated training film of the United States Navy emphasizes the importance of avoiding undesirable weather for the sake of preventing… Internet Archive 1944 “ WHY WE FIGHT BATTLE OF BRITAIN ” FRANK CAPRA PROPAGANDA FILM REEL 1 81914 Film This propaganda film is the first of two reels and is nr. 4 out of 7 episodes in a series titled “Why We Fight” by Frank Capra. This episode titled “The… Internet Archive Suez in Perspective 1957 · Short · 18 min A 1957 British propaganda film which tries to put a positive spin on the Suez crisis. Produced by British Movietone for the Central Office of Information.… Internet Archive YESTERDAY'S NEWSREEL PROHIBITION & BOOTLEGGING 59354 Newsreel “Yesterday’s Newsreel “Benny Sent me,” provided viewers “television highlights of the news of yesteryear” by providing vintage clips of famous people and… Internet Archive Rome Falls to Allies Film Silent Castle film of the World War II. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have… Internet Archive Doing Business in Japan: Negotiating a Contract 1976 · Educational · 35 min Provides an analysis of the negotiation process exploring such elements as language and communication, cultural and pragmatic disparities of background,…