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Ephemeral films

9,457–9,504 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 " SECURITY THROUGH SEA POWER " 1957 U.S. NAVY USS SARATOGA AIRCRAFT CARRIER STRIKE FORCE 76094 Film This 1958 U.S. Navy film "Security Through Sea Power" shows the USS Saratoga (CVA-60) and an attack carrier task force armed with missiles and jet aircraft,… Internet Archive Restricted WWII Film Axis Saboteurs In North Africa 78574 Film This classified WWII film, shot by the 12th Combat Camera Unit and released by the Office of Strategic Services, shows the activities of Axis Saboteurs… Internet Archive JOE LOUIS "BROWN BOMBER" VS. MAX SCHMELING BOXING MATCHES 83854 Film This film shows two fights between Joe Louis the "Brown Bomber" and Max Schmeling. The first fight between Louis and Schmeling took place on June 19, 1936, at… Internet Archive The Volga 1977 · Educational · 58 min Internet Archive JEROME ARIZONA GHOST TOWN 1960s SILENT TRAVEL FILM 46774 Film This well-made silent film, was made by Ray Winn, slightly assisted by Ken Mershon. It was shot on a Bolex 16mm camera. Originally intended to be a short film… Internet Archive YESTERDAYS NEWSREEL 20TH CENTURY SPANISH CIVIL WAR WRIGHT DRAGONFLY PLANE ALBERT EINSTEIN 61114 Newsreel This Yesterday’s Newsreel film (episode 19) offers the viewer “television highlights of the news of yesteryear” by providing vintage clips of famous people… Internet Archive 1950s WOMEN'S BEAUTY & FASHION FILM WOMAN'S FIGURE AND POSTURE "THE FASHIONABLE FIGURE" 62734 Film A late 1950s or early 1960s Contempé Production, The Fashionable Figure is a short video report from Harper’s Bazaar and special reporter Elaine Lynn on the… Internet Archive " SUN SEA AND SAILS " 1948 SAILBOAT RACING, SCHOONERS & TALL SHIPS CASTLE FILMS 72452 Film "Sun Sea and Sails" (1948) is a special interest short about sailing which was released by the Castle Films company, a popular maker of 16mm films for the… Internet Archive " THE BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR " 1957 EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY & BRAIN RESEARCH EDUCATIONAL FILM XD7587 Educational Warning: This historic film contains images of experiments that used animals as test subjects, which some viewers may find disturbing. This 1957 educational… Internet Archive 1950s HOME MOVIES AMERICAN FAMILY’S CHRISTMAS EVE & XMAS DAY CELEBRATIONS 67025 Home movie This silent home movie shows a family’s Christmas celebrations from 1951-1954. It mostly focuses on the children, with each Christmas starting with them… Internet Archive WWII DAMAGE CENTER TRAINING FILM METACENTER IN STABILITY 87614 Film In the 1945 Department of the Navy film, DAMAGE CONTROL describes the effect on the metacenter of changes in the value of "G" relationship of metacenter… Internet Archive Help Yourself 1950 · Short · 11 min A 1950 British short film about a burglar. Cast includes John Salew and Michael Balfour. Produced by Public Relationship Films for the Central Office of… Internet Archive 1950s INTERSTATE HIGHWAY PROMOTIONAL FILM "We'll Take the High Road" MD78014 Film Produced in 1957 by the American Road Builders Association, “We’ll Take the High Road” is presented as a public service announcement, the films touts the… Internet Archive Speaking of Britain 1967 · Documentary · 25 min A 1967 short documentary about present-day Britain (my writing skills are dismal, so I can't write a better description than that). Produced by James… Internet Archive “ FINDING INFORMATION ” 1960S EDUCATIONAL FILM LIBRARY RESEARCH & CARD CATALOG XD12264 Educational Presented by Churchill Films, this short educational film produced by Waterman Productions from sometime during the 1960s titled “Finding Information”… Internet Archive EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE 1950s STOCK FOOTAGE REEL XF-92A, F-4, F-100, F-102, F-104 AIRCRAFT XD31061 Film This brief film displays some of the innovative and experimental aircrafts of the 1950’s at the well-known Edwards Air Force Base. The footage likely dates to… Internet Archive Citizen Science And Extinction Culture Feb 8 2017 Shaping San Francisco Public Talk 2 2017 · Talk Doing science and making culture are increasingly intertwined as more and more amateur naturalists crowdsource the multi-layered experience of life on this… Internet Archive Seafaring Logistics Nov 19 2025 2025 · Film The term “supply chain” is part of our everyday vocabulary since the pandemic impacted world trade, and even more so now with tariffs impacting transnational… Internet Archive HUMPHREY BOGART WORLD WAR II AMERICAN RED CROSS PROMOTION "REPORT FROM THE FRONT" 55314 Film Hollywood star Humphrey Bogart expressed his disappointment on multiple occasions about being too old to serve in WWII, but the veteran actor did his part… Internet Archive "GERMANY AWAKES" 1933 NAZI GERMANY DOCUMENTARY REEL 3 73652 Documentary Created in 1933 by the newly-ascendant Adolph Hitler, "Deutschland Erwacht!" is a recounting of life in Germany after WWI and up until the handover of power… Internet Archive A Star To Call Home 1995 · Film Internet Archive THE LUNAR SAMPLES OF APOLLO 11 MOON MISSION 78114 Film This historic NASA film documents the handling and care of moon rocks returned to Earth from the Sea of Tranquility by the astronauts of Apollo 11. The Lunar… Internet Archive “ MARDI GRAS PARADE AND BULLFIGHT ” 1940s LIMA, PERU HOME MOVIE 42964 Home movie This silent amateur film, a home movie shot in the 1940s, brings viewers a slice of life from Lima, Peru -- for what we believe to be the Mardi Gras parade… Internet Archive " MANNED SPACEFLIGHT: GEMINI RENDEZVOUS MISSIONS " 1960s NASA ANIMATED EDUCATIONAL FILM 68324 Cartoon This film depicts the NASA manned space Gemini Program; specifically the rendezvous missions which took place in the mid-sixties. It depicts the lead up to… Internet Archive 1953 U.S. ARMED SERVICES INFORMATION FILM " THE PHILIPPINES " MANILA 83224 Film The Philippines is an Armed Forces Information Film (no. 48) newsreel from 1953 that gives a very brief overview of the recent history, people, government,… Internet Archive BRITISH WWII WEAPON, AMMUNITION, TANK, WARSHIP & AIRPLANE PRODUCTION FILM 85604 Film This fascinating WWII British propaganda film directed by Montgomery Tully, BEHIND THE GUNS, provides a fascinating look at wartime production of guns,… Internet Archive " CRASH AND LIVE " 1950s DRIVER'S EDUCATION FILM w/ COL. JOHN PAUL STAPP CAR ACCIDENTS 90734 Educational “Crash and Live” is a sort of public service announcement meets public relations presentation about the improvements in automobile safety in the mid 1950s.… Internet Archive Bampton Shows The Way 1941 · Documentary · 5 min A 1941 British documentary about a "Food Education Week" held in Bampton, Devon. Produced by the Realist Film Unit for the Ministry of Information. Internet Archive " AN INDIAN DURBAR " 1926 COURT OF SIR HARI SINGH MAHARAJA OF KASHMIR (SILENT FILM) XD10654a Film Released by Eastman Kodak as part of the Cinegraph Film Library in 1926, this short silent film by Herford Tynes Cowling, A.S.C. shows the Indian durbar or… Internet Archive "TOMMY" 1940s CHILDREN'S SOCIAL GUIDANCE FILM HOW TO BE A NEAT, GOOD BOY XD13084 Educational This color educational film "Appreciating Our Parents" is about hoping your parents and being a good child. This is circa 1950. Opening: a boy named Tommy… Internet Archive WWII ERA U.S. NAVY CORPSMAN TRAINING FILM BOMB BLAST & BURN INJURIES XD13694 Film This color U.S. Navy educational/training film from WWII, PERSONNEL DAMAGE CONTROL, BOMB BLAST AND BURNS is about how to deal with bomb blasts and care for… Internet Archive 1940 HOME MOVIE "DOWN IN DIXIE" WASHINGTON D.C. TO VIRGINIA, FLORIDA, HAVANA CUBA TRIP XD14294 Home movie This wonderful, silent color home movie film shows an epic trip made in the late 1930s or early 1940s from Washington, D.C. across the South through Virginia… Internet Archive 1970s SUPER 8mm FILM PHAROAHS LOWRIDER CAR CLUB HOME MOVIE FOOTAGE CHICANO / HISPANIC CULTURE 16944 Home movie Shot by a member of a lowrider car club -- possibly called the Pharoahs or the Ambassadors -- in the 1970s, this color home movie shows a ribbon cutting… Internet Archive PRIVATE SNAFU vs. ZIKA VIRUS & MALARIA CLASSIC WWII CARTOON 45964 Cartoon Made during WWII and shown to the troops, this Private SNAFU cartoon "It's Murder She Says" has a definite purpose -- to encourage Allied troops to use… Internet Archive 1950s CUBA & ISLAND OF MARGARITA CARIBBEAN ST. PETERSBURG TRAVELOGUE FILM 53084 Film World Acquaintance Films presents “Cuban Holiday” — the first of three short travel films that once aired on ABC TV. Filmed in cooperation with the Cuban… Internet Archive 1960s AVIATION / AIRPLANE MECHANIC & MAINTENANCE CAREERS 58854 Film NOTE: AUDIO ON THIS FILM IS SUBSTANDARD DUE TO WATER DAMAGE. The 1964 short film Aviation Mechanic, produced by MPO, promotes the profession of the aviation… Internet Archive MIM-72A CHAPARRAL SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE AND M163 VULCAN MINI GUN SYSTEM HISTORIC FILM 71612 Film Made by the Aberdeen Proving Ground, this film gives a history of the development of the MIM-72A/M48 Chaparral as well as the M163 Vulcan Air Defesne system.… Internet Archive U.S. Army "The Big Picture" TV Show Operation Amigo 73742 Film Hosted by Ray Morgan, THE BIG PICTURE was the U.S. Army's TV show. This episode , "Operation Amigo" show civic action at work in Latin and South America… Internet Archive [Home Movie - Cats, Etc Part 2] Home movie [Home Movie - Cats, Etc Part 1] Filmed in North Carolina. Maybe Elizabeth City or New Bern. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality versions of… Internet Archive The Runaway Railway Educational · 56 min Internet Archive THE IBM MAINFRAME COMPUTER & MARKETING 1960s SALES DATA ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS 59594 CF Film This 1960 B&W film by the Editors of Fortune revolves around the executives in a marketing company deciding whether or not to buy an EDP (electronic data… Internet Archive U.S. AIR FORCE THUNDERBIRDS " CROSS OVER " F-100 SUPER SABRE TOUR OF LATIN AMERICA PART 2 15164 Film This color promotional film is about the U.S. Air Force Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, making a tour of Latin America including Guatemala,… Internet Archive YESTERDAY'S NEWSREELS WWI GERMAN U-BOATS HOG ISLAND CONCRETE SHIPS ROPE WEAVING WORLD WAR ONE WWI SHIPPING 65564 Newsreel Yesterday’s Newsreel Ships For Peace is a black and white film created in the late 1940’s and early 1950s. This film is one of the episodes of “Yesterday’s… Internet Archive CHICAGO CUBS BASEBALL TEAM SPRING TRAINING ON CATALINA ISLAND 73924z Film Created for the home market in the year 1940, this silent newsreel film shows the Chicago Cubs Baseball Team in Spring Training mode on Catalina Island. Most… Internet Archive " SAFETY IN AIRCRAFT LINE OPERATIONS " 1954 U.S. NAVY TRAINING FILM A-1 SKYRAIDER Film This 1954 U.S. Navy training film MN 9301 highlights safety in aircraft line operations. U.S. Navy planes taxi onto the runway, including A1D Skyraiders.… Internet Archive Bob In The Pound 1943 · Short · 2 min A brief "follow the bouncing ball" WW2 musical short from Britain. I assume this was produced for the Ministry of Information. Internet Archive Cultural Care Assesment American Polish Informant Film Lecture/interview of Dr Madeleine Leininger and graduate student at Wayne State University on Transcultural Nursing. Dr Leininger teaches Professional Nursing… Internet Archive HENRY FORD'S MIRROR OF AMERICA LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES 1914-1945 FORD AUTOMOBILES MD62470z Film Automaker Henry Ford left behind a massive gift to the United States in the form of a vast non-fiction film collection, recorded from 1914-1945. Henry Ford’s…