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Ephemeral films

8,689–8,736 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 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… Internet Archive YESTERDAY'S NEWSREEL BOXING PROMOTER TEX RICKARD EVERGLADES HIGHWAY ACCORDIAN SCHOOL 65694 Newsreel This Yesterday’s Newsreel film (episode 82) offers the viewer “television highlights of the news of yesteryear” by providing vintage clips of famous people… Internet Archive 1939-1940 SAN FRANCISCO & GOLDEN GATE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION HOME MOVIE SUTRO BATHS 67184 Home movie Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Shot by an… Internet Archive “ UNCLE JIM’S DAIRY FARM ” 1963 NATIONAL DAIRY COUNCIL FILM MILK PRODUCTION 86754 Film This film from the 1960’s is an educational short which follows the story of two city kids who spend the summer on their Uncle Jim’s farm with their two… Internet Archive AV Geeks And Found Footage Festival 1 13 2021 Film AV Geeks 16mm Lunch Streaming Show with guest, Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher from Found Footage Festival. Found Footage Festival clips Patch the Pony filmstrip… Internet Archive 1978 SUNSET BLVD. HOME MOVIE FOOTAGE TOWER RECORDS BUILDING TRAFFIC BYES (SILENT) XD44214 Home movie This raw, silent footage shows scenes from Hollywood Blvd. and the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles and Hollywood, California circa 1978. The film begins with… Internet Archive The Secret Love of Sandra Blain 1971 · Educational Internet Archive CASTLE FILMS NEWS PARADE OF 1944 NEWSREEL (SILENT VERSION) 20634 Newsreel This 1944 Castle Films silent newsreel shows action highlights from WWII, including the invasion of France by Allied forces on D-Day. Tens of thousands of… Internet Archive " HELLO BERLIN " 1980s WEST BERLIN, GERMANY TOURIST TRAVELOGUE FILM BERLIN WALL (GERMAN) XD1251 Film This lyrical German film was created as a colorful advertisement to promote tourism in the city of Berlin in what was then West Germany. It opens as the sun… Internet Archive " MUSCLE POWER FOR PLANES " 1950s AIRCRAFT FOOTAGE RYAN FIREBEE, REGULUS MISSILE, C-130 44484 Film "Muscle Power for Planes" was the name of an industrial film made for the Allison Division of General Motors in 1956. Unfortunately, the film appears to be… Internet Archive "MACHINE SHOP WORK" WWII MACHINIST BLUEPRINT READING & FINISHING TRAINING FILM 50254 Educational Made during WWII by the U.S. Office of Education, part of the Federal Security Agency, this training film was one of a series used to educate wartime factory… Internet Archive Astrovac - Zero Gravity Personal Body Wash Unit Film Silent film that demonstrates the Astrovac - Zero Gravity Personal Body Wash Unit - for use on NASA space missions. We digitized and uploaded this film from… Internet Archive DrugsandYouth: The Challenge Film "This exciting new production is designed for you as a parent, educator, or employer. It provides the most current information available on drugs and alcohol,… Internet Archive Princess Margaret in Mauritius and East Africa 1957 · Documentary · 17 min A 1957 British documentary showing Princess Margaret on tour. Produced for the Central Office of Information. Internet Archive Unit Beat Policing 1968 · Short · 22 min A 1968 British short film showing the "unit beat" form of policing. This film was created, unless I'm mistaken, to be shown to new police officers as part of… Internet Archive STS-31: Postflight Press Conference 1991 · Talk Press conference with the crew of STS-31 describing mission highlights. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes,… Internet Archive Ecology Emerges: Sylvia McLaughlin Feature · 48 min An interview with one of the cofounders of Save The Bay in the early 1960s, Sylvia McLaughlin. This is part of Shaping San Francisco's oral history project… Internet Archive Little Miss Muddlehead 1943 · Commercial · 1 min A 1943 British theatrical advertisement for Rinso, a popular laundry soap. WW2-themed. I do not know the copyright status of this film. Internet Archive PENN CENTRAL RAILROAD 1968 PROMOTIONAL FILM "CALL US PENN CENTRAL" MD Film “Call Us Penn Central” is a circa 1968 color promotional film about the Penn Central Transportation Company, a railroad company created by the 1968 merger of… Internet Archive Anti NRA Anti Mass Shooting Demonstration San Francisco 20180324 145403 2018 · Film During the national marches against the NRA and the accelerating madness of mass shootings, San Franciscans turned out in large numbers to join the protest.… Internet Archive 1956 CHEVROLET STOCK CAR RACING PROMOTIONAL FILM "THE BIG WINNER" 87434 Film The 1956 short Chevrolet film, “Chevrolet Action Release No. 3: The Big Winner,” produced by Jam Handy, takes a look at Chevrolets and their performance in… Internet Archive Young Dr. Freud 1976 · Educational · 1 h 37 min Internet Archive 1944 U.S ARMY-NAVY SCREEN MAGAZINE WWII ARMY NAVY FOOTBALL GAME G.I. BILL 66604 Film This 1944 film is the combination of two Army sponsored short film segments titled “G.I. Bill of Rights” and “The Army Navy Game of 1944” respectively. The… Internet Archive " THE PERFECT DRUG " 1970s NARCOTIC DRUG SCARE FILM w/ BEAU BRIDGES 17824 Film This color educational/ "scare" film is about the history of drug use and was made in 1971. It is called THE PERFECT DRUG FILM. Title card: A MacMillan Films… Internet Archive NASA Apollo 16 Mission To The Moon Highlands 71932 Film Featuring astronauts John Young, Charles Duke Jr. and Ken Mattingly, this publicity film describes the Apollo 16 mission and its goals. Apollo 16 was the… Internet Archive CHEVROLET CORVETTE HIGH SPEED CRASH TEST w/ AIRBAGS 89114 Film This silent test film shows the results of a high speed crash test on a fourth generation Chevrolet Corvette, and features various angles of the impact… Internet Archive 1963 LAS VEGAS HOME MOVIES HOTEL FLAMINGO CASINO FREMONT STREET NEON SIGNS PIONEER CLUB 65054 Home movie This well produced, silent, 1963 home movie shows views of Las Vegas, Nevada including Fremont Street and the famous Pioneer Club, Hotel Fremont, Golden… Internet Archive U.S. NAVY THEORY OF LEAD ACID STORAGE BATTERY TRAINING FILM 25634 Film This is a 1959 United States Navy Training Film that shows in detail, by use of animation, how chemical energy is converted into electrical energy to produce… Internet Archive 1948 CARIBBEAN ISLANDS TRAVELOGUE PUERTO RICO, VIRGIN ISLANDS, JAMAICA, CUBA, ST. THOMAS 49354 Film This 1948 color travelogue is a quick look at the Caribbean Islands of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Trinidad, Jamaica, and Cuba. Photography and… Internet Archive " WEST BERLIN; A CITY TO LIVE AND WORK IN " 1980s WEST GERMANY PROMOTIONAL TRAVELOGUE Film This vibrant West Berlin travelogue was created in the waning years of the Cold War. It shows a sweeping view of the city in the 1980s. Viewers witness the… Internet Archive " YOUR SHIP IN ACTION " CLEVELAND CLASS LIGHT CRUISER WWII COLOR DOCUMENTARY FILM 20364 Documentary Presented by the U.S. Navy, this WWII-era color film "Your Ship in Action" shows the construction and launch of a Cleveland class light cruiser, USS Denver… Internet Archive "RIDING THE CREST" 1940s VINTAGE HAWAII & SURFING MOVIE WAIKIKI BEACH HONOLULU 44874 Film This short documentary explores the vibrant and deeply rooted sporting culture of Hawaii, centered around the natural beauty and power of the ocean. It… Internet Archive Welcome To The San Francisco Bay Area Film "A close-up look at the San Francisco Bay Area and what it has to offer" -- description from box. Internet Archive Eureka Valley Walk N Talk Sept 18 2021 2021 · Talk A half dozen stairways, open spaces, and incredible views and gardens all across the upper slopes of Eureka Valley and Corbett Heights, above the Castro, and… Internet Archive LIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASH AFTERMATH PIPER CUB & SUPER CUB CANADA BRADLEY AIR SERVICES 48324 Film This film, a silent home movie from Canada (we don't know who shot it), shows aftermaths of a couple of small plane crashes in the frozen tundra of the North.… Internet Archive FORD MOTOR COMPANY "THE AMERICAN ROAD" COLOR SEGMENT FROM 1970s 72712 Documentary Created in 1953, "The American Road" is an epic documentary that tells both the history of the automobile in America and the story of the Ford Motor Company.… Internet Archive 1963 INDIANAPOLIS 500 SPEED TRIALS & CRASH FILM BOBBY UNSER 74862 Film Released by Esso Oil Company as part of their promotional efforts, GENTLEMEN START YOUR ENGINES! is a profile of the Indianapolis 500 Motor Speedway set… Internet Archive “ BOLD JOURNEY: INDIANS OF THE ANDES ” 1957 ADVENTURE IN ECUADOR TSÁCHILA & JIVARO TRIBES 10644 Film ABC's pioneering travelogue / adventure program "Bold Adventure” presented stories from all over the world to a rapt audience in the mid-1950s. Equipped with… Internet Archive “BITUMINOUS COAL” 1928 EASTMAN EDUCATIONAL FILM PITTSBURG COALFIELD MINES& MINING (SILENT) 18454 Educational This 1928 silent educational short produced by Eastman Classroom Films depicts operations at a coal mine near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, showing minecarts,… Internet Archive CAMERAMEN AT WAR BRITISH OFFICE 22474 Film Made during WWII by the British Ministry of Information, CAMERAMEN AT WAR was produced by the Realist Film Unit with support of various newsreel companies,… Internet Archive "BLUEGRASS" 1965 KENTUCKY TRAVELOGUE KENTUCKY DERBY COLONEL SANDERS PADUCAH 68024 Film This color educational film is about the state of Kentucky. There is no copyright at the beginning or end of the film so the date of the production remains… Internet Archive "PLANETARY GEARS PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION" U.S. ARMY M47 PATTON TANK TRANSMISSION SYSTEM 85464 Film A U.S. Army training film circa 1953, the first of a two part instructional video describing the advancements of planetary gears (used in the newer tanks such… Internet Archive CASTLE FILMS DENMARK - THE FAIRY TALE LAND 1964 COPENHAGEN TIVOLI GARDENS 86874 Film This color educational film, "Denmark The Fairy Tale Land" is about the country of Denmark. Copyright 1964 and released by Castle Films. Opening: Castle Films… Internet Archive "THE WORLD OF TOMORROW" 1939 OPENING OF NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR (SILENT FILM) 89644 Film Silent film showing footage from the New York World's Fair, the "World of Tomorrow" in 1939-1940. The film shows President Franklin Roosevelt officially… Internet Archive General Motors Report to Stockholders Film A report about General Motor's efforts to make safer less polluting cars. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks Archives. Email us at… Internet Archive 1960s PATRIOTIC INDUSTRIAL FILM FOR CHEVROLET AMERICAN MAKER MD43094 Film Produced for Chevrolet by the Jam Handy Organization, this film "American Maker" features the notable voice over actor Marvin Miller. Similar to the structure… Internet Archive "PARADISE DITCH" DELAWARE DIVISION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA CANAL LEHIGH RIVER DOCUMENTARY Documentary Shot over a period of 25 years by one cameraman Roy Creveling, "Paradise Ditch" shows the Delaware Division of the Pennsylvania Canal. After the canal was no… Internet Archive "FLIGHT OF FAITH 7" USA'S 4TH MANNED ORBITAL FLIGHT PROJECT MERCURY GORDON COOPER JR. XD47804 Film This 60s-era NASA film "Flight of Faith 7" is a documentary about the final flight of Project Mercury. Faith 7 was launched May 15th, 1963 from Cape Canaveral…