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Ephemeral films

4,225–4,272 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 Fire on the Water 1982 · Educational Copyright: Robert Hillmann Associates. DCR 1982; PUB 1Aug82; REG 26Jun84; PA229-739 Photographer, Robert Hillmann Intended audience: General Looks at the… Internet Archive The Golden Honey Moon 1980 · Educational · 52 min Title from data sheet Also issued as videorecording Teresa Wright, James Whitmore Executive producer, Robert Geller; director, Noel Black Based on the… Internet Archive Children Are Creative 1953 · Educational Director, Frank Bach; creator of animation, Don Fenton; photographer, Harley Jones; editor, Nancy Ross In a series of animated cartoons describes outmoded… Internet Archive Decision for Chemistry 1953 · Film Film surveying the role of chemistry in American life and the central role of the people, products, and plants of Monsanto. Intended for nontheatrical use and… Internet Archive Macumba: Trance and Spirit Healing 1984 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Adults Issued also as videorecording Discusses spiritism, the belief that man can communicate with the… Internet Archive Sonic Boom 1984 · Educational CLICK HERE TO SEE THE STUDY GUIDE FOR THIS FILM This animated film describes the movement of sound as a succession of waves of compressed air. It shows how… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Profits at Work" 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 The Lumiere Years (Les Annees Lumiere: 1895-1900) 1974 · Educational Rare film footage shot under the direction of the legendary Lumier̀e Brothers during a round-the-world trip in the 1890's records such spectacular events as… Internet Archive Recovery In Michigan Circa 1937 1937 · Film On WPA projects in Michigan. Reel 1, timber is cut and a tourist cabin floor laid near Calumet. Reel 2, Red Cross women in Detroit wrap bandages. Track for… Internet Archive Herod and Judaea 1982 · Educational · 25 min Produced by the BBC for the British Open University Surveys the architectural achievements of Herod the Great, a "client-king" of the Roman Empire in Judaea… Internet Archive The Music of Man: 2 -- The Flowering of Harmony 1979 · Educational · 29 min The growth of music from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Medieval plainsong of the Christian Church was the basis for the development of a reliable… Internet Archive " CHLORINE AND THE FIREFIGHTER " CHLORINE GAS LEAK EMERGENCY TRAINING FILM 18294 Film This 1974 film is dedicated by the Chlorine Institute to the public interest. It is specifically intended to assist firefighters and other emergency services.… Internet Archive Campfire: Tom Rapp & Patricia Kerman 2014 · Film Patricia Kerman, now a disabled senior citizen, has lived in her current flat for the past 27 years and Tom Rapp has lived there as her roommate for the last… Internet Archive Multistage Amplifiers 1981 · Film Lesson three of a five part video training covering testing, schematics, and operations of multistage amplifiers. Internet Archive Stanislavsky: Maker of the Modern Theatre 1972 · Educational Narrator, Paul Rogers; editor, Michael Misch Explores the life, times, and ideas of the theatrical innovator, Constantine Stanislavsky, who created method… Internet Archive Drive-in: And- Bluelight Film runs only a few seconds. suggestion; insert clip between any 2 trailers when creating drive-in dvd Internet Archive The Road To Victory; Rattling The Saber 1990 · Film "....With the guidance of Brigadier General John S.D. Eisenhower, son of World War II military genius and U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower...witness the… Internet Archive Worth Waiting For 1962 · Film A dramatization about two teen-age young people who decide to elope in spite of counsel from friends and a mandate from the girl's parents forbidding her to… Internet Archive By Might of His Right 1915 · Film Sidney Drew comedy in which an overtaxed host hatches a plot to rid his household of an obnoxious guest. Preserved in collaboration with the New Zealand Film… Internet Archive Zebra 1971 · Educational With teacher's guide Producer, Peter Chermayeff Describes the physical characteristics of the zebra, and tells of its mode of life. Shows how zebras wander… Internet Archive Introduction to Manual Heliarc Welding 1958 · Educational An introduction to the Heliarc (TIG) welding process. Includes an animated diagram of a TIG torch, showing how the welding current, shielding gas, and cooling… Internet Archive The Road to Gettysburg, The Civil War, Part I: 1861-1863 (1966) 1966 · Educational · 23 min Produced by NBC Examines the first years of the Civil War, focusing on the actions of the military leaders: Lee and Jackson of the Confederacy, and Farragut,… Internet Archive INFAMOUS LIQUID OXYGEN HANDLING SCARE FILM "THE MAN FROM LOX" 81844 Film THE MAN FROM LOX, a liquid oxygen safety training film, is one of the most infamous films ever produced by the U.S. Government. Created in the aftermath of a… Internet Archive Work In Progress - Steel And The Environment 1972 · Film Uses a cartoon sequence featuring a newly hatched bird who would rather remain in the shell when he sees the condition of the environment, to show what the… Internet Archive Captain Jinks, the Cobbler 1916 · Film Comedy in which the put-upon Jinks pretends to enlist in order to avoid his wife. Preserved in collaboration with the New Zealand Film Archive and the Library… Internet Archive Industry on Parade, Ep. 459: Keep It Clean 1959 · Film The Industry on Parade series portrayed the nation’s industrial sector during the 1950s. The films strove for a broad representation of American enterprises… Internet Archive Operation Teapot - Tesla 28652 2017 · Film Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMogHWbZmLs Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-15 Internet Archive It's All In My Hands 1977 · Film Presents John Prince, a young shoemaker, who invites us into his shop to share the pleasure he gets from his work and the pride he puts into it. While it… Internet Archive Power Behind the Nation 1947 · Film Power Behind the Nation (1947) Sponsor: Warner Bros. Producer: Gordon Hollingshead. Director: Crane Wilbur. Editor: De Leon Anthony. Narrator: Art Gilmore.… Internet Archive Why Explore Space? Short · 20 min Raises questions in both science and social studies, discussing the values of space research, the relationship of space research to world problems, the goals… Internet Archive Jerry Mander on The Committee and Lenny Bruce Short · 3 min Jerry Mander describes being an advertising guy in the mid-1960s,hired to help promote the legendary comedic truope The Committee. While working in North… Internet Archive Make Mine Metric 1975 · Educational A light-hearted introduction to the metric system and the situations it will cause in our daily habits when driving speeds, supermarket purchases, dress… Internet Archive The Magic Tree 1970 · Educational A traditional folk tale animated by Gerald McDermott, in which a homely, unloved boy leaves his family and finds a secret paradise, then loses it all when he… Internet Archive The Phans of Jersey City 1979 · Educational · 20 min Title from data sheet Intended audience: Senior high school students through adults Issued also as videorecording A documentary which shows how the members… Internet Archive The Tsetse Trap 1978 · Educational Supplied by British Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney, N.S.W Note: Censorship rating: General Producer, writer, Edward Goldwyn; narrator, Paul Vaughan;… Internet Archive Operation Upshot-Knothole - Ray 17401 2017 · Film Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QzEjmb7tWw Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-13 Internet Archive Man Against Microbe 1932 · Film Short produced as part of Metropolitan Life’s health education program. Man Against Microbe recaps 300 years of progress in public health and shows the… Internet Archive The Film Laboratory 1974 · Educational · 19 min Discusses and demonstrates the laboratory procedures involved in the production of a 16 mm. sound, color film. Part 1 follows the original film and a 1/4-inch… Internet Archive The Palestinian People Do Have Rights 1979 · Educational · 52 min Title from data sheet Also issued as videorecording Presenting the Arab perspective on Palestine, includes archival footage, maps, current film of refugee… Internet Archive A Pattern for Pleasure: 1660-1725 1980 · Educational · 27 min Producer, Diana Potter ; director, Richard Mervyn ; photographer, Frank Hodge ; graphic designer, Bernard Allum ; film editor, Rosemary Maclaughlin ; music,… Internet Archive Journey Through the Solar System, Episode 8: Life On Mars? 1983 · Film Episode 8 of Journey Through the Solar System explores the question of life on Mars. It does not give a final yes or no on the life question, but it does… Internet Archive Mao: Long March to Power 1978 · Educational Title from data sheet Originally shown in Canada on the television program entitled Portraits of power Director, Jeremy Murray-Brown; journalist, Harrison… Internet Archive Assorted 1970s TV Spots 2 1970 · Film Assorted 1970s TV Spots 2 This film can be purchased on DVD and higher quality versions of the film can be purchased for stock footage purposes. Contact… Internet Archive Beginning of Life: The Mammalian Story 1970 · Educational · 24 min Describes the process of conception leading to the birth of a mammal. Covers the transformation of germ cells into sperm and ova; implantation of fertilized… Internet Archive Sun Flight 1966 · Educational With study guide Producer, Julien Bryan; director and designer, Gerald McDermott; music, Allan Miller Uses original graphics and music to recount the… Internet Archive The Grasslands 1962 · Educational · 16 min With teacher's guide Uses film sequences of a prairie fire to introduce the concept that much of the present-day grassland evolved as a result of fires which… Internet Archive The Sword 1967 · Educational Animated fantasy in which a sword falls to the earth and is transferred into a flower, a fountain, a harp, a baby, and finally itself No narration Internet Archive To Live to 140! 1976 · Educational Title from data sheet Made in Canada A documentary on the phenomenon of longevity in the village of Vilcabamba, Ecuador, where 9 out of every 800 people are…