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Ephemeral films

4,129–4,176 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 What's Happening to Television? 1966 · Educational · 27 min Commercial television programming in the U.S.A. is critically discussed in interviews with executives of the industry critics, writers and others involved.… Internet Archive Tennessee Valley 1936 1936 · Film Reel 1 shows a dam, generators, power lines and a power house; workers constructing a dam with steam shovels and other machinery; the flooded Tennessee River;… Internet Archive Living with the Smith System 1978 · Educational Demonstrates the Smith System of driving techniques in city traffic, on highways, and on country roads, with commentary given from a trucker's point of view.… Internet Archive Moving On: The Hunger for Land in Zimbabwe 1982 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Ages 16 through adult Issued also as a videorecording Script, Bruce Robbins ; camera, Bernard Reymond Documents… Internet Archive "THE FUHRER GIVES THE JEWS A CITY" WWII GERMAN PROPAGANDA FILM 19064 Film This post-war German documentary film, entitled "The Fuhrer Gives the Jews a City", presents fragments of what was intended to be a much longer film made… Internet Archive 1977 Aerospace and Space Highlights Short · 14 min A quick look at NASA's achievements in 1977. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC . Internet Archive Snapping Turtle 1940 · Film Reveals the life cycle of the snapping turtle, including its birth, its growth and its struggle for existence and survival. This film can be purchased on DVD… Internet Archive Mexican-Americans: The Invisible Minority 1969 · Educational Producer, Joseph Louw; editor, Bill Doreste Describes the struggle of Mexican-Americans for an identity within the protest movement, discussing their… Internet Archive The Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth - 10 Worlds Apart Educational · 58 min · Subtitles Internet Archive Angles 1978 · Educational Produced by the BBC for the British Open University Introduces trigonometry as the mathemathical study of angles. Defines an angle and demonstrates the… Internet Archive Follow the North Star 1975 · Educational Also issued as videocassette A drama about a young boy whose family is one "stop" on the Underground Railroad, a network used to smuggle Southern slaves to… Internet Archive Run ... For Your Life 1975 · Educational Originally released in Canada Shows a group of high school students as they participate in a three month training program including running and other… Internet Archive Sandwich 1980 · Educational Italian comedy about a man on a bicycle outing who constructs a monumental sandwich for his lunch. The sandwich lurches out of his hands and leads him on a… Internet Archive STS-61 Hubble Facts 1995 · Film (July 21, 1995) This is a 51-minute film archival compilation tape from the STS-61 Hubble Servicing Mission which launched in December 1993. To license this… Internet Archive Not By Chance 1957 · Film A career guidance film. Traces the development of the academic career of a prospective teacher. Dramatized episodes depict several of the various important… Internet Archive Where The Trade Winds Blow 1937 · Film Documentary: Shows the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps on St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John and their beaches and palm trees. Locates… Internet Archive A Day Without Sunshine. [Reel 1] 1976 · Educational · 28 min Producer and director, Robert Thurber; writers, Robert B. Stulberg, Nancy R. Thurber, Robert Thurber; narrator, James Earl Jones Documents the working… Internet Archive You Wasn't Loitering 1973 · Educational Documentary Produced in 1966 and released in 1973 Title from container Series title from container "The films in this series were designed for use in law… Internet Archive Library Services TV Spots 1960 · Educational A series of six short TV spot advertisements dealing with services provided to patrons by the public libraries in Pennsylvania. Internet Archive Ancient Lives: 3 -- An Artist's Life 1986 · Educational · 27 min VHS-Standard play John Romer Photography, Peter Greenhalgh ; graphics, Steve Masters ; editor, Jonathan Morris ; music, Edward Wynne Presents a discussion… Internet Archive Big Idea 1951 · Film Pro–free enterprise parable sponsored by the large meatpacker as part of a widespread “economic education” campaign. In the dramatization, a woman reporter… Internet Archive Body and Soul, Part I: Body (1968) 1968 · Educational · 22 min Body and Soul, Part I: Body (1968) An examination of the Black American's contribution to sports in America is reported by Harry Reasoner. Harry Edwards,… Internet Archive Pieces of a Puzzle 1985 · Educational · 28 min Considers the writing problems involved in reporting a story, as a professional and a student journalist follow a story about inner-city eviction and observe… Internet Archive Animal Cunning 1936 · Film Looks at animals craftiness in the "wild". We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V Geeks Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have… Internet Archive My Old Man (And Discussion) 1969 · Educational VHS A dramatization of Ernest Hemingway's short story. A boy's idealization of his jockey father prevents him from perceiving or acknowledging his failures.… Internet Archive Secretariat: Big Red's Last Race 1975 · Educational · 24 min Takes a look at the last racing achievements of Secretariat, the championship race horse, running at the Canadian International Championship in October 1973 Internet Archive The Heart of the Dragon: 2 -- Caring 1984 · Educational · 55 min Documentary Title from container Anthony Quayle This explores the ways in which the family, the street, the neighborhood and institutions provide a… Internet Archive 1972 highlights a special report 1972 · Film Shows highlights of the U.S. space program in 1972. This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality versions of the film can be purchased for stock… Internet Archive Introduction to Chimpanzee Behavior 1977 · Educational Also issued as videorecording Presents an overview of Dr. Jane Goodall's work on chimpanzee behavior in Tanzania's Gombe National Park. Follows the daily… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Length: Centimeters" 1974 · 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 Webster Groves Revisited 1967 · Educational · 29 min Examines the reactions of people in Webster Groves to the TV documentary special, 16 In Webster Groves Internet Archive Operation Teapot - Tesla 28617 2017 · Film Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQysDopY74U Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-13 Internet Archive Latino Influence On The United States 1998 · Film "Uncover the countless ways in which Central and South American civilizations have influenced the U.S....from language to medicine, from food to manufacturing Internet Archive Delta Blues Singer: James "Sonny Ford" Thomas 1970 · Educational Authors, William Ferris, Josette Ferris A study of a Mississippi Delta blues singer named James "Sonny Ford" Thomas. Shows how the traditional blues singer… Internet Archive Depressive States: Part 1 1952 · Educational Credits: Writer and director, Robert Anderson National Film Board Archive Collection Presents some manifestations of the agitated form of severe depression.… Internet Archive Auto Repair Footage (from Drive-In Movie Ads) Film Category: Stock Footage Title: Auto Repair (from Drive-in Movie Ads) Length- :10 Sound: No Description: 3 short clips from a local auto repair ad. This clip… Internet Archive Digger Poem 1999 · Film "Diamond Dave" Whitaker recites his Digger poem Internet Archive ATOMIC BOMB TESTS IN MERCURY, NEVADA HISTORIC FILM 40982 Film Made in the 1950s, this Atomic Energy Commission film takes place at the AEC's Nevada test site as well as in the adjacent community of St. George, Utah… Internet Archive Ice Cream Bars (from Drive-In Movie Ads) Commercial Category: Stock Footage Title: Ice Cream Bars (from Drive-In Movie Ads) Length- :06 Sound: No Color Description: A tight close up shot of two ice cream bars… Internet Archive Starfinder, Episode 6: How Big is the Universe? 1990 · Film (September 7, 1990) Episode 7 of Starfinder focuses on the vastness of the universe. Poetry, art, analogy, and facts and figures are used to evoke the… Internet Archive Pete Seeger's Family Sing-A-Long 1999 · Film "Sing along with Pete, Peggy, and Mike Seeger on some of the country's best-loved folk songs for young people" -- description from box. Internet Archive Educated Feet 1936 1936 · Film On the care of feet and posture. Describes defects and their causes: weak arches from jumping with the knees stiff, and running flatfootedly; bad posture from… Internet Archive Growth of Infant Behavior: Early Stages 1934 · Educational Produced with the cooperation of Yale Clinic of Child Development Traces the rapid growth of early infant behavior patterns. Contrasts typical infant… Internet Archive Liftoff to Learning: Space Basics 1990 · Film Astronauts from STS-41 try to answer four basic questions about spaceflight: How do spacecraft travel into space? How do spacecraft remain in orbit? Why do… Internet Archive World of Three 1967 · Educational Producer, Nicholas Balla; writer and director, George Kaczender; music, Robert Fleming; photographer, Robert Nichol; editors, George Kaczender, Donald Rennick… Internet Archive NYA And Negro Youth 1940 · Film On NYA centers in Georgia and Alabama. Reel 1, Negro boys feed chickens and pigs, plow with tractors, landscape grounds, and repair dormitories at centers in… Internet Archive News Story, A 1971 · Film Shows how the research, filming, editing and presentation of a television program about drugs affect the objectivity and credibility of the final story. This… Internet Archive Universal Basic Income Is It Time 2018 · Film Touted by the tech industry as a way to preserve livelihoods in a time of automation replacing workers, Universal Basic Income (UBI) is not a new concept. As…