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Ephemeral films

8,641–8,688 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 JULIEN BRYAN'S " SEIGE " 1939 GERMAN INVASION OF POLAND & DESTRUCTION OF WARSAW 34444 Film Released in February 1940, the first non-German produced footage covering the start of World War II, the film became for many viewers their first glimpses… Internet Archive REPUBLIC F-105 THUNDERCHIEF PROMOTIONAL FILM for TACTICAL AIR COMMAND 60324 Film This promotional film for the F-105 Thunderchief fighter bomber was made by Republic Aviation to showcase the aircraft's utility for Tactical Air Command… Internet Archive SAUCE FOR THE GANDER 1940 HOTPOINT APPLIANCE SALES FILM w/ ALAN LADD (REEL 1) 10674 Film Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Made by the… Internet Archive " DAIRY FARM TO DOOR " 1960s MILK PRODUCTION DAIRY INDUSTRY EDUCATIONAL FILM XD13324 Educational This agriculture educational film was produced by Charles Cahill & Associates in the 1960s. At the beginning of the reel, a young boy appears on screen… Internet Archive " STAR SPANGLED CITY " WASHINGTON D.C. TRAVELOGUE 1965 AMERICA! TV SHOW EPISODE PART 2 AMERICA! XD14584 Film This episode of the television show “America!” from 1965 (the second of a two part episode) showcases lesser known locations and attractions in the Washington… Internet Archive City College To SFSU Walk N Talk May 28 2022 2022 · Talk The final Urban Forum: Walk n Talk of Spring 2022, we started at CCSF and heard from longtime Labor Studies chair Bill Shields, followed by Marcy Rein,… Internet Archive Presidio April 10 2021 Walk And Talk 2021 · Talk A "Walk and Talk," featuring Lew Springer (assoc. director of Natural Resources at the Presidio National Park) and Joel Pomerantz (thinkwalks.org and Seep… Internet Archive A Fortnight at Nine Fathoms 1970 · Film A Fortnight at Nine Fathoms Internet Archive Genetics: Man the Creator 1971 · Educational · 19 min Predicts various effects of genetics in years to come Internet Archive SECRET REPUBLIC F-105 THUNDERCHIEF ARMAMENT CAPABILITY SPIN TEST 79334 Film Made by Republic Aviation around 1960, this F-105 Thunderchief promotional film — originally classified "Secret" according to a card at the end — focuses on… Internet Archive WWII U.S. ARMY & MARINE CORPS HAND TO HAND COMBAT PART 3 DISARMING TECHNIQUES TRAINING FILM 79444a Film Made during WWII, this black & white U.S. Army film is about hand to hand combat techniques and is part 3 in a series. It includes various techniques for… Internet Archive U.S. NAVY SMALL BOAT NAVY IN VIETNAM OPERATION GAME WARDEN 80924 Film The Small Boat Navy (Navy film MN-10387) is a short 1968 film from the U.S. Navy that offers viewers a look at how the U.S. Navy uses small boats to create… Internet Archive 1970s BOEING 929 JETFOIL PROMO FILM HYDROFOIL SHIP (SWEDISH LANG.) 97204 Film This historic film (with foreign language soundtrack -- Swedish?) shows the Boeing 929 Jetfoil, aa passenger-carrying waterjet-propelled hydrofoil design by… Internet Archive Keep Them Safe, Keep Them Happy 1939 · Short · 1 min A 1939 British theatrical advertisement for a charity project to raise money for a Christmas treat for evacuated children. Internet Archive CONVECTION CURRENTS & "WORLD OF OIL" HOW AND WHERE OIL IS FOUND SHELL OIL PETROLEUM XD12174 Educational Here are two color educational films released by British Gas and the Shell Oil corporation. The first "Convection" was part of a British Gas educational film… Internet Archive " FINGER WAVING TECHNIQUES " 1960s HAIRDRESSER / BEAUTY SALON STYLIST TRAINING FILM XD13234 Film This 1965 film released by the International Institute of Coiffure Designers shows Mary Madden teaching the audience how to do different finger wave styles.… Internet Archive BRITISH NORTH BORNEO 1937 DOCUMENTARY FILM BY MARTIN JOHNSON 53894 Documentary Osa Johnson presents Martin Johnson’s last picture — “Borneo” — a 1937 film by the husband-and-wife team of documentary filmmakers captured during a trip to… Internet Archive Alcoa Clips 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 EARLY RUSSIAN MAINFRAME COMPUTER DEMONSTRATION PUNCHCARD ERA FILM 51774 Film Made in the 1960s, this silent Russian film (actually -- it is a sound film but we have not yet been able to make a transfer of the magnetic sound, hope to do… Internet Archive Brzee Meditation Film Explains and demonstrates the significance of specific terms and sounds in meditation. Discusses changing the structure of ignorance etc. by chanting. Internet Archive “ LSD-25 ” 1967 EDUCATIONAL, ANTI-DRUG SCARE FILM CALIFORNIA HIPPIES & ACID TRIPS XD4655 Educational This 1967 color “scare” film, written and directed by Dr. David W. Parker and produced by Professional Arts, Inc. takes lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) as… Internet Archive "HERITAGE OF THE USS HORNET" 1970 U.S. NAVY HISTORY FILM REVOLUTIONARY WAR to WWII 80934 Film Heritage of the Hornet is a short 1970s film from McDonnell Douglas that looks at the heritage of the McDonnell Douglas F-18 Hornet—a heritage that is a… Internet Archive “ CZECHOSLOVAKIA COMES BACK ” 1957 AMERICAN RELIEF FILM POSTWAR REBUILDING EDVARD BENES XD45474 Film This 1957 B&W film by American Relief for Czechoslovakia, Inc. highlights reconstruction and aid efforts post-WWII with narration calling for provision of… Internet Archive VICTORY IN THE WEST GERMAN INVASION OF BELGIUM, HOLLAND & FRANCE 1940 PART 3 of 4 (Print 2) 17264 Film Sieg im Westen (Victory in the West) is a 1941 German propaganda film the shows Hitler's greatest military victory -- the Blitzkrieg conquest of Holland,… Internet Archive NASA APOLLO PROGRAM / SATURN V / APOLLO 11 DAILIES 34132 Film These are historic, silent films of the Apollo 11 mission, created for use by the worldwide press in 1969. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first… Internet Archive What Is Discipline, Anyway? 1973 · Educational Educational philosophers in a montage of answers offer a wide variety of viewpoints on school discipline, what it is, and some ways of achieving it within a… Internet Archive HISTORY OF WEST BERLIN FROM END OF THIRD REICH TO BERLIN WALL "BERLIN: TEST FOR THE WEST" 45654 Film "Berlin: Test for the West" is an Encyclopedia Britannica film that traces the history of the city from the end of WWII and the fall of the German Reich… Internet Archive A-6 INTRUDER ANY WEATHER...ANY TIME GRUMMAN ALL WEATHER INTERCEPTOR 81134 Film This circa 1976 film opens with a montage of world leaders including President Gerald R. Ford, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and Soviet leader Leonid… Internet Archive 1970s TEHRAN, IRAN 8mm HOME MOVIES TEHRAN STREET SCENES XD7532 Home movie This amateur-shot, 8mm home movie dates to the mid-1970s, and shows scenes from Tehran with the Alborz mountain range visible in the distance. The Tehran… Internet Archive "THE STORY OF NAVAL AVIATION" 1961 U.S. NAVY PROMO FILM USS ENTERPRISE AIRCRAFT CARRIER 46364 Film Dating to 1961, this U.S. Navy film celebrates fifty years of naval aviation (:10). It opens with footage of supersonic aircraft (:28) and the aircraft… Internet Archive 1937 SANTA FE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRAIN TRIP TO NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA & CALIFORNIA 65005 Home movie This early Kodachrome, silent 16mm home movie dates to 1937. It shows a trip West made by an American tourist by Santa Fe passenger train. These type of trips… Internet Archive 1939 WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC " SUMMER STORM " ELECTRICAL GRID & POWER DISTRIBUTION FILM 67874a Film This black & white educational film is about how electricity is distributed from power stations in a modern community. This film is from 1939 and was… Internet Archive 1948 U.S. NAVY FILM “ WHAT HAPPENS DURING FILM PROCESSING ” STILL PHOTOGRAPHY DARKROOM 88664 Film Made in 1948 by the De Frenes Company, this U.S. Navy training movie breaks down the steps that must be taken for proper film processing and shows each of the… Internet Archive OUR ENEMY THE JAPANESE (FILM 2) WWII PROPAGANDA FILM W/ JOSEPH GREW 48284 Film "Our Enemy—The Japanese” is the second of three 1943 short training films produced by the United States Navy and Office of War Information to provide… Internet Archive THE CIVIL DEFENSE EMERGENCY HOSPITAL DURING NUCLEAR WAR 28112 Cartoon Created in the 1950s, this animated film describes the Civil Defense Emergency Hospitals, later renamed Civil Defense Packaged Disaster Hospitals. These were… Internet Archive 1974 LAING OFFSHORE FILM “THE BIG TOW” GRAYTHORPE I OIL RIG BP NORTH SEA FORTIES OILFIELD 55444 Film This film depicts the towing of Graythorpe I (later known as Forties Alpha) as it heads to be installed in the North Sea in the BP’s Forties oilfield. The… Internet Archive EARLY JACQUES COUSTEAU FILM A TOUR OF A REEF SHARKS 61814 Film One of a series of silent short films made just after WWII by a young Jacques Cousteau ...AUTOUR D'UN RECIF (Tour of a Reef) is an impressive introduction to… Internet Archive “NASA MANNED SPACE FLIGHT QUARTERLY REPORT, 19” 1967 APOLLO PROGRAM FILM APOLLO IV MISSION 67984 Film This NASA documentary film is a quarterly report from the Manned Space Flight program that dates to late 1967. The film starts with shots of workers around a… Internet Archive In Which We Live - Being The Story Of A Suit Told By Itself 1943 · Short · 12 min An unusual 1943 British film which tells the story of a man's suit, told by the suit itself. Produced by Public Relationship Films for the Ministry of… Internet Archive FEATURES OF BELL & HOWELL FILMO 70DL 16mm MOTION PICTURE CAMERA LOADING & OPERATION XD46204 Film Made for film students and budding cinematographers, this silent film gives instructions about the features of the Bell & Howell 70-DL motion picture camera,… Internet Archive GENERAL MOTORS 1970s HIGH SPEED CAR CRASH TESTS with AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT 50244 Film NOTE: We could use some help identifying the types of cars used in these tests. Please if you know the models leave information in the comments below thanks!… Internet Archive INSIDE RUSSIA: SIBERIA 1948 EDUCATIONAL FILM BURYAT PEOPLE SOVIET UNION IRKUTSK CITY 53624 Educational This silent film, entitled "Inside Russia: Siberia" was produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films in 1948, and focuses on the area of Siberia around Irkutsk… Internet Archive 1940s SPECIAL EFFECTS PHOTOGRAPHY & ILLUSIONS FILM " CAMERA MAGIC " OPTICAL PRINTER 89584 Film This wonderful 1940s movie from Castle Films shows some of the classic illusions that can be created with a still and motion picture camera. The film starts… Internet Archive Food And Baseball Walk N Talk May 20 2023 2023 · Talk The Last Urban Forum Walk'n'Talk of Spring 2023 season, this is on the twin themes of Food and Baseball! Billed originally as a Mission District walk, we… Internet Archive Social Housing October 22 2025 2025 · Film What we’re doing on housing isn’t working. We’ve upzoned, streamlined, deregulated. We’ve chased the promise of supply-side solutions. And still, the crisis… Internet Archive Tell Them I'm a Mermaid 1983 · Educational Seven handicapped women tell their stories with music, song, dance and laughter Internet Archive " HOOK DOWN, WHEELS DOWN " U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIERS IN WWII PART 1 21564a Film Produced in the early 1970s, "Hook Down, Wheels Down" was one of the most comprehensive (and expensive) films made by the U.S. Navy. It covers the history and… Internet Archive HAWAIIAN ISLAND AND BEACHES HOME MOVIE FOOTAGE 1960s OAHU ALOHA AIRLINES 61004 Home movie This 1960s color home movie footage depicts a tourist vacation to Hawaii, showing sandy beaches, blue Pacific coastlines, a visit to a pineapple farm, and…