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Ephemeral films

3,937–3,984 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 One Man's Madness (1974) 1974 · Educational · 31 min One Man's Madness (1974) Promo on the making of the motion picture Fame featuring Alan Parker. Internet Archive Drive-in: shock Hit #1 Film runs only a few seconds. suggestion; insert clip at beginnig of a pair of trailers (horror movies). use with clip "Shock Hit #2" Internet Archive Black Holes of Gravity 1973 · Educational · 29 min Shows how to cut and print a two-color design. Includes details of transferring the design, cutting, proofing, correcting, registering for color and printing… Internet Archive DART (Dexterous Anthropomorphic Robotic Testbed) 1994 · Film (December 20, 1994) This 30 minute NASA Technology News Video Release contains a series of shots demonstrating the DART (Dexterous Anthropomorphic Robotic… Internet Archive “ SKYSCRAPER ” CONSTRUCTION OF 666 5TH AVE. NEW YORK CITY 1959 DOCUMENTARY MD40784 Documentary This 1959 sponsored documentary directed by Shirley Clarke uses experimental montage techniques to dramatize the construction of the 666 Fifth Avenue… Internet Archive 1967 VIETNAM WAR DAILIES 9TH INFANTRY DIVISION MEKONG DELTA PATROL OPERATIONS 83414 Film This color silent film footage was shot during the Vietnam War and shows day to day operations of members of the 9th Infantry Division ("Old Reliables"). All… Internet Archive From Cradle to Classroom: Part 2 Educational · 25 min From Cradle to Clasroom: Part 2 Discusses the ill-fated Weimar Republic, set up by forward-looking Germans after World War I, and sent to its death in 1933 by… Internet Archive Learn Access 2000 For Windows 95 2000 · Film Instructional video on how to use Access 2000 for Windows 95. -- description from box. Internet Archive Machines 1950 · Film Demonstrates simple machines and how they work to lighten man's work. Includes wheel-and-axle, lever, inclined plane, pulley, wedge and screw. To license this… Internet Archive Thoroughly Modern Millions 1969 · Film Look at the wasteful consumer culture - planned obsolescence, packaging, commercialization of holidays. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality… Internet Archive Fall Line 1981 · Educational Title from data sheet Made in Australia Compares body movements in four relatively new sports: skateboarding, surfing, skiing, and hang gliding Internet Archive Swedenborg: The Man Who Had to Know 1978 · Educational Title from data sheet Lillian Gish Narrator, Eddie Albert Dramatizes key events in the life of Emanuel Swedenborg, including his breakthroughs in anatomy… Internet Archive The Impossible Bird 1980 · Educational · 26 min Richard Attenborough This film, full of interesting facts about the haughty-looking ostrich, was made in Kenya with zoologist Lew Hurxthal who lived with… Internet Archive Outdoors In The Garden State 1937 1937 · Film On New Jersey's State parks. Reel 1 shows views of rivers, lakes, and other points of interest in Palisades Interstate Park, High Point Park, Watchung… Internet Archive Rouge, The 1962 · Film Shows the men and machines at the Rouge plant of the Ford Motor Company at Dearborn, Mich., describing the major steps in the manufacture and assembly of… Internet Archive Age of Uncertainty: 2 -- The Manners and Morals of High Capitalism 1977 · Educational Based on the book The age of uncertainty, by John Kenneth Galbraith Also issued as videocassette Producer, Adrian Malone; writer and narrator, John Kenneth… Internet Archive Communication: Barriers and Pathways 1979 · Educational Consultant, Norman B. Sigband Manager, Walter Broke; Jack, Bruce French; wife, Marla Adams; secretary, Jane Daley; sculpter, Byrin Murrow Presents a… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Walter Meets Quickwick" 1973 · Educational SOUND FILMSTRIP IS AN AT-RISK MEDIA FORMAT. I am the only person on earth preserving American filmstrips. The media format is largely forgotten and very… Internet Archive Civilisation: 12 -- The Fallacies of Hope 1969 · Educational -----Another issue. 35 mm Writer and narrator, Kenneth Clark Surveys the development of western civilization during the late 1700's and the 1800's when the… Internet Archive Run ’Em Ragged 1920 · Film Slapstick short featuring Snub Pollard, preserved in collaboration with the New Zealand Film Archive and the Library of Congress. Internet Archive Glories Of Medieval Art: The Cloisters 1989 · Film "This program features The Cloisters, the Metropolitan's branch museum devoted to art created during the Middle Ages. Philippe de Montebello, director of the… Internet Archive Free to Choose: 5 -- Created Equal, Part 1 1979 · Educational Milton Friedman, in the fifth segment of the series, discusses his belief that "any society which puts equality ahead of freedom will end up with neither… Internet Archive Enforcing Rules And Procedures 1959 · Film Uses a dramatized incident of a typical plant situation involving difficulties between employees and their supervisors to show a plant supervisor how to… Internet Archive Janet King MSW, Native American Health Center 2015 · Film Janet King describes the relationship of the Native American Health Center to broader efforts to re-establish rights for first peoples. Internet Archive Angel 1966 · Educational Tinted stock Producer, Guy Glover; director and writer, Derek May; music, Leonard Cohen; cameraman, Martin Duckworth In this short film, a young man, a girl… Internet Archive Fashion in the Making 1979 · Educational Photography by Ted Churchill ; original score by Ken Brawner Follows photographer Norman Parkinson to Nassau and Paradise Island to film the antics and… Internet Archive Human Skeleton 1951 · Educational Examines the main parts of the skeleton by means of animated diagrams and X-rays photography. Treats in detail various types of joints. Uses a model to… Internet Archive Drive-in: Goodnight-Replace Speaker 4 Film runs only a few seconds. suggestion; insert clip at very end of final feature when creating drive-in dvd Internet Archive Sarah 1975 · Film This film portrays a critical incident which revolves around confidential information between student and teacher. This film can be purchased on DVD and… Internet Archive Bicycle Safety 1987 · Educational Rules of the road for bikers while riding alone or with friends, on quiet or busy streets. Safety begins with a safety check of your bike, and involves… Internet Archive Chicken soup [Motion picture] 1973 · Educational · 14 min A humorous, nostalgic demonstration by a German immigrant couple of how to make chicken soup, kosher style Director, Kenny Schneider Search Educational Film… Internet Archive Clowns: The Laugh Makers 1977 · Educational Narrator, Don Adams Describes different types of clowns and the various environments in which they perform, and discusses some of the skills students learn… Internet Archive The Tender Game 1958 · Educational Director, John Hubley; animation, Ed Smith, Emery Hawkins; music, Robert Cannon, Jack Schnerk; editor, Faith Elliott Animated abstract shapes and colors… Internet Archive NASA 1969 APOLLO 12 SATURN V LAUNCH, LUNAR LANDING, MOON WALK, ECLIPSE 86164 Film This 1969 color footage from NASA’s Apollo 12 mission depicts the launch of a Saturn V rocket, the second moon walk, an astronaut using a sample collection… Internet Archive Drive-in: On With The Show-Starlight Film runs only a few seconds. suggestion; insert clip directly before first feature when creating drive-in dvd Internet Archive " GAY GAY HOLLYWOOD " 1970s SHORT FILM XD12744 Film Made by an obscure company called Mizzell Films, this gag short "Gay Gay Hollywood" dates to the era before or just after Stonewall, when gay and lesbian… Internet Archive Advanced Typing - Shortcuts 1943 · Film Demonstrates importance of posture and arrangement of equipment. Shows how to use tab stops, tab bar, decimal tabulator and carbon packs, and how to remove or… Internet Archive Blind bird [motion picture] 1969 · Educational · 45 min Magnetic sound track Directors and writers, Boris Doline, Anatoli Jedan Dramatizes the story of a boy and his blind pet pelican who is unsuccessfully… Internet Archive Nevelson in Process 1977 · Educational · 29 min Title from data sheet Also issued as videorecording Directors, Susan Fanshel, Jill Godmilow Contrasts sculptor Louise Nevelson's public and private lives,… Internet Archive Sananguagat: Inuit Masterworks of 1,000 Years 1974 · Educational · 25 min An exhibition of Eskimo carvings from the Canadian Eskimo Arts Council. Alternating between close-ups of the carvings are views of daily activities in the… Internet Archive Telephone Skills: Courtesy on the Line 1985 · Educational Title from data sheet Scott Simpson, Helen Stanley, Carl Manning, Dorothy Howard Burns, Lennie Del Duca, Jr., Kim Sudol, Wally Taylor, Diane Brewster, James… Internet Archive Car Theft 1956 · Film Dramatizes teen-age attitudes toward theft. Presents a story about two teen-age boys who steal a car, unsuccessfully attempt to involve a friend in the theft,… Internet Archive More Than Words 1959 · Educational · 12 min Outlines the basic principles of communication involved in getting understanding, acceptance, and action from others. Demonstrates how these principles… Internet Archive The Changing Face of Florida 1965 · Film Discusses how Florida's phenomenal development is due to her growing network of modern industrial parks supplied with electrical power, water reserves,… Internet Archive The Search for the Tunguska Meteorite 1972 · Educational Intended audience: Senior high school through adult The search for remnants of a comet which entered the earth's atmosphere in 1908 and exploded six miles… Internet Archive Crowds at Ocean Beach 1900 · Film Turn of the 19th century crowds at Ocean Beach Internet Archive Infant And Child Care 1960 · Film Discusses improvised methods for infant and child care in a disaster situation. Emphasizes the difficulty resulting from confinement and the lack of the usual… Internet Archive Jamestown - First English Settlement In America 1958 · Film Pictures the struggle between the aspirations of the colonists for self-government and the need for a strong central government. Describes the creation of the…