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Ephemeral films

8,593–8,640 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 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… Internet Archive THE NIKE HERCULES MISSILE SYSTEM STORY U.S. ARMY MIM-14 SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE SYSTEM 60784 Film This 1960 color public relations film by the U.S. Army is to educate the public on the benefits of having the Nike-Hercules (MIM-14) surface-to-air missile… Internet Archive WINGS OVER THE WEST INDIES PAN AM SIKORSKY S-40 AIRCRAFT 77634 Film This charming 1930s travelogue, WINGS OVER THE WEST INDIES, shows a trip through the Caribbean aboard a Pan Am flying boat — the Sikorsky S-40. This one (if… Internet Archive 1964 PAN AM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA & LAS VEGAS TRAVELOGUE 79414 Film This 1964 color travelogue film visits Hollywood, Yosemite, and San Francisco in California, as well as Las Vegas in Nevada. It was produced by Columbia… Internet Archive PRIMITIVE LIFE IN NORTHERN EGYPT 1940s SILENT FILM 46764 Film Made by the RWU (see below), this silent German film shows the lives of farmers (or "Fellah") living in Northern Egypt near Cairo and likely dates to the… Internet Archive A Quiet Evening With Mother Goose 1999 · Educational Children's poetry dramatizations. Internet Archive WWII ERA DODGE BROTHERS AMERICAN PATRIOTIC FILM "LAND OF THE FREE" 26574a Film Presented by the Chrysler Corporation’s Dodge Division, and produced by Wilding Picture Productions, Land Of The Free is a 1940 film that gives a look at the… Internet Archive INDUSTRY ON PARADE RAILROAD STEAM LOCOMOTIVES TO DIESEL ENGINES LUCITE CONTACT LENSES 65624c Film This early black and white film is one of a 1950-1960 television series Industry on Parade, produced by the National Association of Manufacturers; an Arthur… Internet Archive U.S. ARMY RIOT CONTROL TECHNIQUES OPERATIONS 1965 FORT BELVOIR TRAINING FILM TEAR GAS 82974 Film Filmed five years before the shootings of unarmed students at Kent State University by members of the Ohio National Guard, this 1965 black and white film is… Internet Archive WWII RESTRICTED FILM FIGHTING LICE LOUSE CONTROL 22744 Film This is a British training film, revised by the U.S. Army Signal Corps for use in American basic training. In this film, lice are seen, their breeding… Internet Archive Free French Air Force In WWII "France Flies Again" & Aleutians Campaign 74042 Film This WWII newsreel contains two segments. The first, "France Flies Again" shows the hand-off of P-40 Warhawk aircraft to the Free French Air Force (French:… Internet Archive Record: "Marcy Sings to Children" 1965 · Film SEEKING SOUND FILMSTRIPS FOR PRESERVATION. Sound filmstrip was a 35mm film-based still image educational media format used in schools and industry. I am the… Internet Archive 1944 U.S. ARMY AF PILOT TRAINING FILM “ TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS PART 1: THE TAKE OFF ” 29154 Film This WWII training film takes a look at the procedure for a proper take off in accordance with the US Army Air Force. It follows a narrative of a bushy eyed… Internet Archive Your Children's Sleep 1948 · Educational · 21 min A 1948 British instructional film for parents. Produced by the Realist Film Unit for the Central Office of Information. Internet Archive SOVIET SPACE PROGRAM PROPAGANDA FILM VOSTOK 3 & 4 "STAR BROTHERS" PART 2 61334 Film This rare color film entitled STAR BROTHERS takes a look at the Soviet space program in the 1960s. It's an interesting counterpoint to NASA produced films of… Internet Archive PASSENGER PLANES & JET AIRPLANES 1958 DOCUMENTARY TV SHOW 74812 Documentary "Age of the Jet" dates to 1958 and is chock full of historic footage of aviation's earliest days, including excerpts from the film "Coast to Coast in 24… Internet Archive 1940s CHICAGO ILLINOIS SANTA FE TRAIN TRIP & CITY TOUR 46494 Film This film, Let's See Chicago presented by the Santa Fe Railroad to promote trans-continental travel. It (:08) takes viewers on a trip to Chicago from Los… Internet Archive 1965 U.S. NAVY TRAINING FILM "REPLENISHMENT AT SEA" TRANSFER OF MEN & SUPPLIES 21694 Film The 1965 U.S. Navy training film Replenishment At Sea (MN-10037a) reviews the basic elements for a replenishment operation conducted at sea. The film covers… Internet Archive " SEE YOURSELF IN A PONTIAC " 1956 PONTIAC STRATO-STREAK & STAR CHIEF PROMOTIONAL FILM 67764 Film This black and white promotional film, produced for Pontiac dealers by the Jam Handy Corporation, opens with a title card featuring the stylized profile… Internet Archive SILENT SERVICE TV SHOW PILOT EPISODE "THE JACK AT TOKYO" 82894 Film Hosted by Rear Admiral Thomas Dykers, THE SILENT SERVICE was an early TV show that showcased the activity of the U.S. Navy's submarine force in WWII. This… Internet Archive “THE BUILDING OF RADIO CITY ” 1932 VINTAGE RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL CONSTRUCTION (REEL 5) 89914 Film This brief vintage film features the construction of Radio City Music Hall in New York City off Sixth Avenue. The film was shot by Walter H. Kilham, Jr., a… Internet Archive NASA KSNN - Space Flight Physical Changes Film NASA Kids Science News segment explaining how astronauts' bodies change in space. Internet Archive AMERICA! TV SHOW w/ JACK DOUGLAS AMPHICARS GLIDERS GOLDEN KNIGHTS LACEY DOLL MUSEUM XD14574 Film One of the more memorable episodes of Jack Douglas' non-fiction "America!" TV show, "Criss Cross Caravan" presents a breakneck tour across dozens of unusual… Internet Archive 1975 CHEVROLET MONZA, CHEVY NOVA AND VEGA PROMO FILM 19984 Film This short film will take a look at Chevrolet’s 1975 Nova, Monza 2+2 and Vega. It is filmed in commercial style to inform viewers of their updated models. All… Internet Archive Your Child And Asthma 1998 · Film From Kaiser Permanente. In Cantonese Internet Archive 77434 NASA Apollo Digest Testing Apollo Film This NASA film, made before the Apollo 11 mission, shows the testing of various spacecraft components, starting with mock-ups of the various systems including… Internet Archive SOVIET BORDER GUARDS RUSSIAN ARMY COLD WAR PROPAGANDA MOVIE 78324 Film Made in the wake of the Prague Spring, WE BORDER TROOPS is a Soviet film directed at the members of the Soviet Army who are tasked with defending the nation's… Internet Archive Desert People 1968 · Educational · 30 min Internet Archive ELEMENTARY TYPING 1970s CLASSROOM TEACHING FILM UNDERWOOD TYPEMASTER MANUAL TYPEWRITER 15494 Film Produced by Moreland-Latchford Productions, Ltd this informational film from 1971 titled “Elementary Typing” teaches the basics of becoming a good typist. The… Internet Archive 1973 U.S. NAVY TRAINING FILM “CODE OF CONDUCT” FOR PRISONERS OF WAR OPERATION HOMECOMING 26804 Film This is a training film was created by the U.S. Navy and the Dept. of Defense to educate inductees about the Code of Conduct for prisoners (:09). The film… Internet Archive CLASSIC DRIVER'S EDUCATION SCARE FILM "THE LAST DATE" 89454 Educational Directed and produced by Lewis Collins, starring Joan Taylor, and funded by the Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company, "The Last Date" is one of the most… Internet Archive CIVIL DEFENSE A PRIMER FOR SURVIVAL COLD WAR FALLOUT FILM w/ DAVE GARROWAY 89744 Film One of many U.S. Government films made in the wake of the detonation of the H-Bomb, CIVIL DEFENSE A PRIMER FOR SURVIVAL attempts to reassure an anxious public… Internet Archive The Racing Cyclist 1966 · Documentary · 12 min A 1966 British documentary about bicycle racing and bicycles in general. Produced by an unknown production company for the Central Office of Information… Internet Archive INTRODUCTION TO THE AETNA DRIVOTRAINER SYSTEM 1960s DRIVER'S ED SIMULATOR TRAINING FILM XD80825 Film This film presents an introduction to the Drivotrainer, a driver's education simulator produced by the automobile insurer Aetna. The Drivotrainer dates as far… Internet Archive ANZIO LANDINGS IN ITALY, MONTE CASSINO, RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE IN ROMANIA WORLD WAR II NEWSREEL 70842 Newsreel This WWII newsreel shows news events of early 1944, in particular the Allied landing in Anzio, Italy and the drive towards Rome. It includes footage of the… Internet Archive Delta Airlines Convair 880 Jet Aircraft 1960's Promotional Film 78564 Film INTRODUCTION TO A CHAMPION showcases Delta Airlines' new aircraft, the Convair 880. Although the aircraft was successful for Delta, it proved a commercial… Internet Archive " AIR FORCE NOW " VIETNAM WAR PRISONERS OF WAR (POWS) RETURN TO USA OPERATION HOMECOMING 48254 Film This extraordinary film about American POWs is one of a series of "Air Force Now" magazine type movies made for the U.S. Air Force in the 1970s and 1980s.… Internet Archive MAY, 1945 U.S. COAST GUARD DIGEST #1 WWII NEWSREEL FATE OF LST 884 SPARs OKINAWA 52044a Newsreel U.S. Coast Guard Motion Picture Digest May 1945 is a silent newsreel-style film of the events of World War II in April and May 1945 that involved the U.S.… Internet Archive 1940s GENERAL ELECTRIC DOCUMENTARY MANUFACTURE OF MAZDA LAMPS & LIGHT BULBS 65785 Documentary American Tempo is an industrial documentary detailing the manufacture of General Electric’s Mazda lamps and various other light bulbs. The film opens with… Internet Archive "THE PRICE OF PEACE AND FREEDOM" 1970s COLD WAR DEFENSE GAP BETWEEN SOVIET UNION & FREE WORLD 67074 Educational This Cold War era color (with B&W segments) educational film is about the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact's threat towards the United States and the Free… Internet Archive "I LIVE IN HAWAII" 1960 HAWAII EDUCATIONAL FILM OAHU HONOLULU PINEAPPLE INDUSTRY 69444 Educational This brief narrative film delivers a look into life in Hawaii during the 1960's; Hawaii officially became a U.S. state in 1959 and tourism boomed in the… Internet Archive ATOMICS INTERNATIONAL MERCURY RANKINE CRU / SNAP PROGRAM NUCLEAR REACTOR FOR SPACE FLIGHT 72274 Film This short mid-1960s film from Atomics International, a division of North American Aviation, Inc., gives viewers a look at the July 1964 power conversion… Internet Archive 1944 WAR DEPARTMENT REPORT GRAN SASSO RAID AXIS MILITARY STRENGTH WWII SUPPLY & LOGISTICS 86334 Newsreel Dating to early 1944 and prior to the D-Day invasion, this WWII newsreel prepared by the Office of Strategic Services assesses enemy strength, and looks at… Internet Archive 1940 TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN COLOR (SILENT FILM) 19474 Film The 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge, the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge, was a suspension bridge in the U.S. state of Washington that spanned the Tacoma Narrows… Internet Archive " THE ATOM UNDERGROUND " NUCLEAR FRACKING OF NATURAL GAS ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION 32212 Film Produced by Handel Film Corporation, “The Atom…Underground” is a 1960s color documentary film profiling Project Gasbuggy and Project Plowshare, which were… Internet Archive U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IMPORT & EXPORT 1960s INDUSTRIAL FILM 46084 Film “The Longest Street” is an early 1960s color film that explores international trade — which, we are told at mark 00:36 , involves not only the trading of… Internet Archive Russia Strikes Back 72512 Film Dating to 1943, this WWII newsreel shows the Battle of Stalingrad and the fierce winter fighting that turned the tide of WWII in the East. Also seen in this… Internet Archive 1930s TOUR OF SHANGHAI & NORTH CHINA RICKSHAWS CHINESE JUNKS GREAT WALL BEIJING 98064 Film This silent film shows a tour of China and was likely shot in the early 1930s as a promotional film for a tourism company. Some title cards are marked…