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Ephemeral films

7,729–7,776 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 At the Winter Sea Ice Camp: Part 4 1967 · Educational · 35 min Portrays the indoor winter activities of the Netsilik: children playing, adults making household utensils, playing games, engaging in songs and drum… Internet Archive 1930s VISIT TO KOREA & DUTCH INDONESIA HOME MOVIE FILM SOUTH KOREA 62374 Home movie Shot in between 1926 and 1935 by an unknown cameraman, this extraordinary silent home movie shows a visit to South Korea and Indonesia. In Seoul, at this time… Internet Archive DOPE 374 2003 · Film · Subtitles War on Iraq See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive THE BIG PICTURE PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE IN KOREAN WAR 35012 Film One of the classic episodes of the U.S. Army's TV show "The Big Picture", this episode looks at the use of psychological operations to sap enemy morale. At… Internet Archive 1953 LIFE IN THE SAHARA DESERT FILM BEDOUINS, ARTESIAN WELLS & OASIS DOCUMENTARY 46554 Documentary Life In The Sahara is a short 1953 film from Encyclopaedia Britannica Films that gives viewers a glimpse of life in the Sahara Desert in the 1950s, touching… Internet Archive Storytelling And Memory Keepers October 2 2019 2019 · Film We bring together story shapers, story sharers, and story collectors for this evening taking a close look at oral histories and memory keeping. Susan… Internet Archive Transparency Preparation for the Overhead Projection System 1979 · Educational Presented by: Visual Products Division/3M, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Safety: Help Is Just A Phone Call Away" 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 " BATTLE OF THE DNIPRO RIVER" 1943 SOVIET PROPAGANDA FILM EASTERN FRONT DNIEPER UKRAINE 57584 Film Made in the post-war period by the Soviet film bureau, this historic propaganda movie shows the Battle of the Dnieper in 1943. This operation took place in… Internet Archive Diary of a Student Revolution 1969 · Educational · 59 min Internet Archive LIFE IN CALIFORNIA IN THE 1800s RANCHO LAS SALINAS EDUCATIONAL FILM 58914 Educational This color film about Rancho Las Salinas (once located in the present day Monterey Bay area) was made in 1949. It is narrated from the standpoint of Don… Internet Archive THE AMERICAN DREADNOUGHT: USS NEW JERSEY HISTORY OF U.S. NAVY BATTLESHIPS 21614 Film Written by historian Richard Hough and presented by the U.S. Navy, the late-1960s film The American Dreadnought gives viewers a brief history of the American… Internet Archive JACQUES COUSTEAU 1955 UNDERWATER PETROLEUM PROSPECTING EXPEDITION " STATION 307 " 70644 Film Made in 1955 and written, shot and edited by the great film director Louis Malle, STATION 307 is an early Jacques Cousteau movie. It shows a research… Internet Archive U.S.O. Public Service Announcement Commercial Public service announcement for the U.S.O. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC . Internet Archive WORLD WAR I AT SEA GERMAN NAVY BATTLE OF JUTLAND GREAT WAR (SILENT FILM) Film This silent newsreel footage shows the naval actions in World War I (WWI), including the German High Fleet engaging the British Royal Navy at Jutland.… Internet Archive 1940s DEATH VALLEY CALIFORNIA & NEVADA TRAVELOGUE MOVIE 50874 Film This silent color 1940s travelogue film “Death Valley Ancient and Modern (Historic Death Valley)” is a Paul Hoefler Productions. The film opens with the… Internet Archive Photographs and Circles of Summer 1968 · Educational Photographs: Summer and ducking season activities at a summer cottage in New England during the 1890's. Filmed from pictures in a commemorative album,… Internet Archive “ EXPERIMENT: CLOSE-UP OF MARS ” 1964 NASA MARINER 4 IMAGING / CAMERA SYSTEM JPL CALTECH XD45534 Film This 1966 color film, directed by Mauri Goldberg for National Educational Television documents and dramatises the process by which a camera system was… Internet Archive Adaptation of Female Anubis Baboons to Social System of Hamadryas Baboon 1970 · Educational Two experiments in Eastern Ethiopia examine the adaptation of female Hamadryas and female Anubis baboons to the social system of male Hamadryas baboons Internet Archive Imitation 1966 · Educational · 33 min Demonstrates the scales for psychological development of gestural and vocal imitation with infants ranging in age from ten weeks to two years. J.McV. Hunt Internet Archive Ultrasonic Method 1 1981 · Educational Describes nondestructive testing, a method of examining materials for strength and soundness without compromising the integrity of the material. Looks at the… Internet Archive Reboot Special Fast Forward The Making Of Reboot 1991 · Film This is the Making of Reboot TV Series. Internet Archive 1974 SUPER OUTBREAK " DAY OF THE KILLER TORNADOES " NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 85544 Film This color educational film is a documentary events of April 3, 1974, when one hundred and forty-seven deadly twisters swept through Kentucky, Ohio, and… Internet Archive AV Geeks 1000 minute show.. Film 12-23-23 1000 minute streaming show to celebrate the 1000th episode of our lunch time show. We watched: Common Animals of the Woods (EB) Frog and Toad… Internet Archive THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE IN WWII LE JOURNAL DE LA RESISTANCE FRENCH RESISTANCE 52684 Film This black and white film “Le Journal de la Resistance” (The Journal of Resistance) by the France Libre Actualites (France Libre News) is entirely in French.… Internet Archive U.S. NAVY FILM "SHARKS: THE DANGER IN THE SEA" CHEMICAL, AUDIO & NON-LETHAL REPELLENTS (Print 2) 57884 Film Featuring Dr. H. David Baldridge who accumulated a great deal of data about shark attacks and wrote the book "Shark Attack" (1978), as well as other experts,… Internet Archive Astounded At The Past Short · 27 min The airplane and NASA program 13. Astounded at the past. This video covers the expanse of aviation research and technology development, beginning with the… Internet Archive This Land Film About the National Park Service. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality versions of the film can be purchased for stock footage purposes.… Internet Archive TRAINING OF ARMED MERCHANT MARINE SAILORS DURING WORLD WAR II FILM 78854 Film Made during WWII by the British Ministry of Information, this Merchant Marine film was directed by J.B. Holmes, and compares to other films of the era… Internet Archive 1970s NASA RADIO CONTROLLED DRONE & REMOTELY PILOTED VEHICLE TESTS 27434 Film This historic film, which is silent, shows NASA research projects in the 1970s with unmanned aircraft, drones, and remotely piloted vehicles. The film begins… Internet Archive THE NATURE OF COLOR 1946 EDUCATIONAL FILM with DR. IRA M. FREEMAN in KODACHROME PH61744 Educational This 1946 color film “The Nature of Color” by Coronet explores the basics of the physics of color. Coronet produced and distributed many documentary shorts,… Internet Archive " DRUG ADDICTION " CLASSIC 1951 DRUG USE SCARE FILM XD12644a Film This black & white educational film is about the perils of drugs. This is a 1951 film. Opening credits but the title "DRUG ADDICTION" has been cut off… Internet Archive Women Of Los Siete 2019 · Film 50 years after the arrest of seven young men from the Mission District galvanized a movement, women gather who were active in creating the multi-faceted… Internet Archive Indigenous Culture And Shellmounds Oct 23 2019 2019 · Film 250 years ago, life along the edges of what we now know as San Francisco Bay changed forever when the Portola Expedition came upon this hidden magnificent… Internet Archive OFFICIAL FILMS NEWS THRILLS OF 1942 VOL. 4 OPERATION TORCH NORTH AFRICA RUSSIAN FRONT 55724 Film This film from 1942 depicts parts of the North Africa Campaign of WW2, as well as from the Allied forces' advance on New Guinea. It is presented by Official… Internet Archive " THE GREAT GATTI " EXPLORER & FILMMAKER COMMANDER ATTILIO GATTI SHOWS OFF HIS NEW YORK HOME 67284 Film This 1950s film from Sterling Television "Dear Diary" -- apparently part of a series -- features journalist Inga Rode. It was directed by Roy Creveling and… Internet Archive NASA APOLLO PROGRAM APOLLO 7 MISSION DOCUMENTARY FILM (Print 2) 76454 Documentary Created by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1968, this color film, “The Flight of Apollo 7,” touts the preparation and ultimate… Internet Archive YESTERDAY'S NEWSREEL EARLY HOLLYWOOD EDISON MOVIE CAMERA TYPING CONTEST TRAIN WRECK 94844 Newsreel This black and white film is one of the episodes of "Yesterday's Newsreels", an early 1950s TV show made from the General Newsreel collection. It features… Internet Archive Jason And The G Men - "G" As In Men 1997 · Film Pre-release promotional video from christian swing/jazz band. Internet Archive NASA APOLLO 8 MISSION APOLLO PROGRAM 1968 EARTHRISE GO FOR TLI (TRANS-LUNAR INJECTION) Print 2 55384 Film This official NASA film takes the viewer inside the December 1968 launch of Apollo 8. Apollo 8 became the first manned spacecraft to leave Earth orbit, reach… Internet Archive Military Policeman 1961 · Short · 7 min A fun British film from 1961 created to encourage teenage boys to become military policemen. A Film Workshop production for the Central Office of Information. Internet Archive Andrew Wyeth 1980 · Educational This film explores Wyeth's seemingly realistic paintings and sets them against the landscape and people of Pennsylvania and Maine, the two places where this… Internet Archive " CHICAGO CENTURY OF PROGRESS" 1934 HOME MOVIE OF CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR XD49724 Home movie “Chicago Century of Progress” (1934) is a silent, black-and-white home movie that was apparently made by someone of Czech origin (title card in Czech). The… Internet Archive How to Manage by Results: 2 -- The Individual Manager in the MBO System 1979 · Educational Attention is focused on techniques of managing for results rather than just on developing objectives. Based on "How to manage by results" by Dale McConkey Internet Archive Lunar Habitat Construction Shack Evaluation Film This 9-minute video shows the evaluation of a ILH (Initial Lunar Habitat) model also called a Construction Shack that would potentially house six astronauts… Internet Archive " A RAILROAD REPORT TO AMERICA " 1950s RAILROAD FILM PENN STATION PASSENGER TRAINS XD14754 Film This film, dating probably to the early 1950s, demonstrates modernization efforts on the railroads as a shift from steam powered locomotives, to diesel… Internet Archive ”THE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE” 1982 BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS DOCUMENTARY MONDIAL HOUSE XD47854 Documentary Produced by Ronald Spencer and Pacesetter Productions, this British Telecom promo film explains the evolution of telecommunications in Great Britain, starting… Internet Archive QED - The Magic Picture Show 1983 · Film