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Ephemeral films

8,545–8,592 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 " AMERICA'S BUSIEST RIVER " 1950s MARCH OF TIME TV EPISODE MONONGAHELA RIVER COAL BARGES 15035 Film This episode of the "March of Time" TV show is a profile of America's busiest river; the Monongahela. It focuses on the movement of coal down the river. It… Internet Archive “ADRIATIC SPLENDOR” 1955 CROATIA & YUGOSLAVIA TRAVELOGUE OPATIJA, PULA, SINJ, RAB, MOSTAR 15454 Film This black and white 1955 travelogue documents seaside towns along the Adriatic Coast in the aftermath of World War II, showing natural landmarks, historic… Internet Archive "ALL OF ONE COMPANY" HMS COVENTRY ROYAL NAVY 1980s RECRUITING FILM 48274 Film "All Of One Company" is a 1980 documentary showing daily life aboard the ill fated HMS Coventry—including daily chores, mock drills, and resupplying at… Internet Archive 1960s WHALE HUNTING IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC DOCUMENTARY FILM HARPOONS & TNT 64774 Documentary Made for the home market, this Castle Films production depicts the dangerous job of whale hunting. The footage shown dates to the late 1950s / early 1960’s… Internet Archive SAFE DRIVING: ADVANCED SKILLS AND PROBLEMS 1951 DRIVER'S ED TRAINING FILM PH45254 Film This black and white 1951 educational classroom film produced by David A. Smart for Coronet Films provides instructional pointers on driver’s safety, using… Internet Archive Violent Youth: The Unmet Challenge 1975 · Educational Presents various approaches to dealing with juvenile crime by examining the cases of two serious offenders who are confined to a maximum security facilities… Internet Archive " DISCOVERY GOES TO PORTUGAL " 1970 DISCOVERY TV SHOW EPISODE w/ BILL OWEN LISBON XD30472 Film This episode of the TV show, Discovery ‘70, dates to the year 1970. Discovery (in several incarnations) was an innovative historical, cultural and educational… Internet Archive " THE GRAND CANYON " (1968) EDUCATIONAL / TRAVEL FILM WITH BILL OWEN ARIZONA NATIONAL PARK XD30512 Educational “The Grand Canyon” (1968) is a color travel film made for ABC News and Public Affairs popular series Discovery ‘68. Produced with cooperation of the National… Internet Archive 1950s EGYPTIAN FAMILY HOME MOVIES ASLOUGY DOWNTOWN CAIRO GREAT PYRAMID & SPHINX XD3152 Home movie This film shot by Dr. E. H. Eassa, a physician in the Egyptian Air Force, Shows his middle-class family, their friends and their activities in the 1950s and… Internet Archive Behavioral Counseling: An Introduction, 8 -- Counseling Techniques: Self as a Model 1974 · Educational Demonstrates an approach to counseling used at the University of California, Santa Barbara Internet Archive Expanding Common Wealth Oct 9 2019 2019 · Film Rejecting the paradigms of capitalist San Francisco, let’s look at a radically expanded Common Wealth, starting here, but with implications for our entire… Internet Archive Who Cares? The Counselor's Role in the American School 1973 · Educational · 28 min A series of vignettes portraying a wide variety of actual counselor situations. Intended to create a better understanding of the counselor's role in the… Internet Archive Walk In - Sneak Preview - BW CURTAINS Short This clip is only about 45 seconds long. Suggestion: insert this clip at the beginning of any group of trailers when making a double-feature dvd. Internet Archive Your Children And You 1946 · Documentary · 27 min 1946 British educational film, intended for parents. Produced by the Realist Film Unit for the Central Office of Information. Internet Archive THE STORY OF QUEEN KAPIOLANI CHRISTIAN MISSION TO HAWAIIAN ISLANDS "TONGUES OF FIRE" 75784 Film Made in the year 1958 by Cathedral Films, one of the premiere Christian film producers of the era, TONGUES OF FIRE purports to tell the true story of the… Internet Archive "THE MODERN MARINE" 1967 U.S. MARINE CORPS RECRUITING FILM USMC 75542 Film Made in 1967, "The Modern Marine" shows United States Marine Corps recruits undergoing basic training in the United States. Various specialties are shown as… Internet Archive WWII AIRCRAFT ENGINE CARBURETOR TRAINING FILM 1940 78384 Film This restricted War Department “official training film” was produced in 1940 by the United States Army Signal Corps in collaboration with the Chief of the Air… Internet Archive Crunch and Munch Commercial 1980 · Commercial Television commercial for Crunch and Munch Internet Archive " TEN FATHOMS DEEP " 1952 JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU EARLY SCUBA DIVING FILM 20172 Film This novelty film "Ten Fathoms Deep" (1952) shows Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his revolutionary SCUBA equipment. Shot in the earliest era of Cousteau's… Internet Archive SILENT SERVICE TV SHOW "THE NAUTILUS STORY" SUBMARINE RECONNAISSANCE MISSION TO TARAWA 19544 Film "The Nautilus Story" is one of the many episodes of the classic TV show "The Silent Service," produced by California National Productions in Hollywood. This… Internet Archive NASA 1963 PROJECT GEMINI FILM "ALL SYSTEMS GO" PROJECT MERCURY 79934 Film Presented by NASA, ALL SYSTEMS GO is a 26 minute film that was created in March, 1963 about the construction, testing, and documentation of the Gemini III… Internet Archive NORTHROP F-18 HORNET PROTOTYPE AT PARIS AIR SHOW 1977 "ODYSSEY 1977" 81794 Film This color educational/promotional film is about the new Northrop F-18 prototype Navy Hornet jet, which was displayed at the 32nd Annual Air and Space… Internet Archive Nuttin For Christmas 1990 · Film Internet Archive The Weather Machine: Part 2 1975 · Educational · 58 min Introduced by David Powitt Internet Archive The Price of Change 1982 · Educational · Subtitles English narration with Arabic dialog and English subtitles Internet Archive PAN AM AIRLINES WINGS TO SPAIN 1960s TRAVELOGUE MOVIE (Print 1 - scratched) 43734 Film This 1969 color film about Spain is one of a series of Pan Am Airlines travelogues produced by F.D. and I.L. Kay as a Film Authors Production. El Escorial was… Internet Archive "ADVENTURES IN MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA" 1950s AMATEUR MADE TRAVELOGUE FILM PART 2 47864 Film This epic reel of beautifully shot, silent home movies, entitled "Adventures in Mexico and Central America", were created by Sam Arner during the 1950s. The… Internet Archive NEWS EVENTS OF 1954 DIEN BIEN PHU ARMY-MCCARTHY HEARINGS PUERTO RICAN TERRORISTS 74912 Film This educational film ‘Focus on 1954’ presents a look through at the news highlights of the year and includes footage of a young John F. Kennedy, Marilyn… Internet Archive "A GIRL NAMED GALILEA" 1950s NATION OF ISRAEL TRAVELOGUE FILM HAIFA TEL AVIV JERUSALEM 86894 Film This color educational film is about an ex military officer seeking a woman in Israel. It gives the viewer a tour of some of the country of Israel. There is… Internet Archive 1951 U.S. ARMY INTELLIGENCE SCHOOL ANALYSIS OF SOVIET UNION & ITS PEOPLES USSR RUSSIA 87704 Film This educational film is about the Soviet Union present day. It was made in 1951 by the United States Army Strategic Intelligence School as part of its… Internet Archive “ ATOM SMASHING & DISCOVERY OF THE NEUTRON ” ATOMIC PHYSICS EINSTEIN RUTHERFORD CAVENDISH 95634 Film This black and white educational film from the United Kingdom is part four of a five part series entitled “Atomic Physics - An Historical Approach” from 1947.… Internet Archive Ecology Emerges: Doris Sloan Feature · 1 h Doris Sloan, professor emeritus UC Berkeley in Geology, long-time Bay Area resident, once involved in the effort to stop the Bodega Bay Nuclear Plant, founder… Internet Archive " THE AMERICAN WOMAN IN THE 20th CENTURY " 1964 WOMEN'S HISTORY DOCUMENTARY PART 2 XD4978 Documentary From the 1900s to the 1960s, this 1964 documentary, produced by the great David Wolper, explores changes in American women's economic, political, and social… Internet Archive 1952 PORTRAIT OF IRAN / PERSIA TRAVELOGUE FILM PERSEPOLIS TEHRAN SHIRAZ 19384 Film Encyclopedia Britannica films presents, Iran. In collaboration with Professor William Haas, produced by Kenneth Richter. This is a 1952, black and white film.… Internet Archive THE STORY OF GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR "I SHALL RETURN" DOCUMENTARY 46484 Documentary “I Shall Return” is an episode of The Greatest Drama that tells the story of General Douglas MacArthur, from his days at West Point until his forced… Internet Archive "BLACK GIANT" 1930s TUNGURAHUA VOLCANO ERUPTION ECUADOR TRAVELOGUE MOVIE 50064 Film “The Magic Vault / Black Giant” is a black-and-white feature following an expedition with Commander George Dyott in the 1930s. (Dyott was a British pioneer… Internet Archive UKRAINE USSR SOVIET TRAVELOGUE FILM COLD WAR ERA 54194 Film This Soviet produced, English language film from 1982 presents the Soviet Socialist Republic of Ukraine with its many factories, industry, and thriving… Internet Archive HELL'S ANGELS RE-RELEASE MOVIE TRAILER HOWARD HUGHES & JEAN HARLOW MOVIE PREMIERE 63474 Film This re-release trailer for Hell's Angels, the classic film by Howard Hughes, features images from the movie as well as coverage (:59) of the world premiere… Internet Archive Niagara Falls Film Niagara Falls silent We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone Cinema 16mm Archive. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the… Internet Archive "CATTLE COUNTRY" 1944 DOCUMENTARY ON CATTLE INDUSTRY & BEEF PRODUCTION IN ALBERTA, CANADA 45724 Documentary One of a series of films released by the National Film Board of Canada under the "Canadian Work and Wealth" series and then distributed in the United States… Internet Archive “PROJECT GEMINI MISSION CONCEPT” 1960s NASA ANIMATED PROMO FILM 66884 Cartoon This animated NASA educational film describes the Gemini Program Mission concept. The Gemini program took place between NASA’s Mercury and Apollo eras in the… Internet Archive PAN AM AIRLINES “ NEW HORIZONS: CALIFORNIA ” 1968 TRAVELOGUE LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO (print 2) 72792z Film This 1968 color in-flight film from Pan American Airlines offers a tourist’s travelogue look at the state of California, depicting notable natural and… Internet Archive " RAILROAD BUILDERS " CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD PROMONTORY, UTAH 85304 Film This film about the construction of the first Transcontinental Railroad in the United Staes opens with images of the 1,500 miles of desert and plain which… Internet Archive Bold Decisions Film Traces the history of aviation from its beginning through the major wars. Focuses primarily on contributions of American leaders to the progress and… Internet Archive UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD NORTHWEST EMPIRE 1950s OREGON & WASHINGTON STATE PORTLAND TACOMA MD67714 Film The Union Pacific Railroad sponsored this 1952 travelogue, Northwest Empire, to promote travel to and around the states of Oregon and Washington. The film… Internet Archive BIOGRAPHY OF ELEANOR ROOSEVELT FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1945 XD49474 Film This black and white documentary assembles photos and newsreel footage of Eleanor Roosevelt, exploring her changing roles as political advisor, First Lady,… Internet Archive GEORGE S. PATTON AND THE THIRD ARMY 1960 DOCUMENTARY FILM 25894 Documentary “Patton and the Third Army” is an episode of the documentary series “The Twentieth Century” originally airing March 20, 1960. Hosted by revered newsman Walter… Internet Archive WORLD WAR II SOVIET PARTISAN OPERATIONS BEHIND GERMAN LINES 48864 Film This post-WWII Soviet propaganda film (entirely in Russian) pays tribute to the role played by partisan groups in fighting the invading German Wehrmacht…