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Ephemeral films

4,321–4,368 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 Use The Facts 1994 · Film "Witness three groups of teens as they become authorities on tobacco issues and advocates for tobacco control, creating change in their communities through… Internet Archive Population Ecology 1964 · Educational · 18 min With teacher's guide Collaborators, Harrison Brown, Ralph Buchsbaum Examines some of the factors which limit the growth of plant and animal populations in… Internet Archive Space Research And Your Transportation 1981 · Film This video looks at continuing NASA research as it improves transportation on land, water, and in the air. Computer-simulated teaching tools for training… Internet Archive The Co-ops Are Comin’ 1941 · Film Documentary about the co-operative movement in the Midwest. The film is structured around the tour of a six-member study group to consumer co-operatives in… Internet Archive FIRST H-BOMB THERMONUCLEAR HYDROGEN BOMB TEST FILM IVY MIKE 42244c Film Made for the home market by World in Color Productions, this silent color newsreel shows the first full scale hydrogen bomb test at Enewetak, known as Ivy… Internet Archive Plant Traps 1931 · Film Explains how insectivorous plants feed themselves, using the pitcher plant and the sundew plant for examples. Leaves of a pitcher plant are cut away showing… Internet Archive Folie a Deux 1952 · Educational Writer and director, Robert Anderson Demonstrates the symptoms in one of the less common forms of mental disease, folie à deux or induced insanity. Presents… Internet Archive The Heart of the Dragon: 5 -- Correcting 1984 · Educational · 53 min Documentary Anthony Quayle Title from container This shows the legal system at work, explores the social pressures at work in the new consumer society and… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Yellow, Yellow, Yellow" 1975 · 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 DOPE 456 Film · Subtitles Elvis drugs, pot clubs, gay marriage, Reefer Madness Bush on pot, Miles Davis, steroids, Angel Raich, Spyware, Bush cabinet changes. See scans of liner notes… Internet Archive CRACK CONFERENCE AT GLIDE MEMORIAL 1990 1990 · Talk CRACK CONFERENCE AT GLIDE MEMORIAL 4-27-1990. “The Race Against Crack,” 2-hour conference hosted by Cecil Williams, filmed by KQED. Burris suggests… Internet Archive Options To Live 1979 · Educational Presents several choices a driver can make which will affect driving behavior. Emphasizes those options which will enhance a driver's chances of survival on… Internet Archive All Things On Wheels Aren't Equal 1966 · Educational · 13 min Portrays the problems of the physically handicapped and shows how a community can increase opportunity for them. Illustrates the extensive mobility wheel… Internet Archive Story Of The Blood Stream 1957 · Film Shows how the circulatory system supplies each cell of the human body with fuel, with oxygen to burn the fuel and how it carries off the waste products.… Internet Archive The French and Indian War: Seven Years' War in America 1962 · Educational Also issued in b&w With teacher's guide Uses a large collection of paintings on the French and Indian War to offer a vivid and realistic picture of key… Internet Archive Lighthouses of North America Film "Travel with us as we visit the sandy shoals and craggy cliffs of America's seafaring monuments - Lighthouses. These beacons have played an important role in… Internet Archive Better Breakfasts USA 1964 · Film Discuss the importance of an adequate breakfast for teenagers, based on scientific research on the value of breakfasts. Points out the contribution of… Internet Archive Fiddle-De-Dee 1948 · Educational Intended audience: Kindergarten through adult Interprets with color and abstract lines and forms the music "Listen to the Mockingbird" as performed by a… Internet Archive In Search of A Past 1968 · Educational · 53 min With study guide Three black students visit Africa to gain insight into their cultural heritage, and to compare life in America with life in Africa Another… Internet Archive Setting Up for Welding 1971 · Educational Illustrates mig welding techniques. Shows how the spray arc and short arc work, how to set up the equipment and adjust the shielding gas, welding wire,… Internet Archive " 50 YEARS BEFORE YOUR EYES " 1900-1950 DOCUMENTARY FILM PART 2 90284 Documentary This 1950 Warner Brothers film documents major American and international events during the first half of the 20th Century. Japanese forces invade Manchuria.… Internet Archive Macrobiotic Cooking Video Film "In this introductory video, Wendy Esko presents the basics of macrobiotic cooking" -- description from box. Internet Archive Art After Capitalism May 5 2018 2018 · Film Energy Plan for the Western Man: Art after Capitalism Round table discussion with Elizabeth Thomas (curator), Sylvie Denis (author), Keith Hennessy (artist),… Internet Archive Miracle In Paradise Valley 1950 · Film Shows many accidents on a farm, and describes how they can be prevented. Joe the Special in-the-meantime agent magically appears and tells a farmer about the… Internet Archive [Sunbeam Lawn Ads] 1960 · Film Electric Lawn Mower, Gas Lawn Mower, Oscillating Sprinkler, Traveler Sprinkler, Rotating Sprinkler with Sunron Tag, Garden Tools This film can be purchased on… Internet Archive Concepts in transactional analysis : therapy in a group setting with Morris and Natalie Haimowitz : Bruce 1974 · Educational 823 feet Producer, John M. Whiteley, Joan Z. Cohen Bruce, a client focuses on parent-adult-child ego states, which constitute the structure of personality… Internet Archive ADMIRAL RICHARD BYRD SECOND EXPEDITION TO THE ANTARCTICA 1933-34 LITTLE AMERICA (SILENT) 43654 Film This rarely-seen short, silent film shows the 1933-34 Admiral Richard Byrd Expedition to Antarctica, also known as the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition or BEA… Internet Archive WWII ANTI-NAZI WARNER BROTHERS CARTOON THE DUCKTATORS 78414 Cartoon The Ducktators is a Looney Tunes black and white cartoon that was produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions and was released in 1942 by Warner Bros.. It was… Internet Archive Operation Teapot - Tesla 28650 2017 · Film Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx0atP3Ujro Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-13 Internet Archive Kremlin 1963 · Educational · 26 min Also issued in b&w Presents an overview and brief tour through the Kremlin in Moscow with General Andrey Yakovievitch Vedenin as guide. Discusses highlights… Internet Archive Peanuts to the Presidency: The Jimmy Carter Campaign 1977 · Educational DVD; NTSC Videodisc release of the 1977 film "Staring [sic] the unknown peanut farmer with a dozen candidates"--Container Narrator, Joseph Campanella… Internet Archive Selling to Tough Customers 1981 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: College and adult Issued also as videorecording An illustration of the keys to selling to customers with four… Internet Archive The Heart of the Dragon: 6 -- Working 1984 · Educational · 57 min Documentary Anthony Quayle This examines the workers life in Datong's two main industries, coal mining and railways. The railway is run with military style… Internet Archive NASA Biology: On Earth and in Space - Origins Of Life On Earth Film Dr. Antonio Lascano, of the University of Mexico, explores various hypothesis accounting for the origin of life on Earth. Prebiotic synthesis and… Internet Archive A Boy and His Car 1990 · Educational Director, Mark Ruzzin; writer, Anne Richardson; director of photography, Jim Fealy Ariel Sanchez, Chris Davis, and featuring The Choristers of the Cathedral… Internet Archive Age of Uncertainty: 8 -- The Fatal Competition 1977 · Educational · 57 min Also issued as videocassette Features economist John Kenneth Galbraith discussing some of the ideas and views that are presented in his book entitled The age… Internet Archive Cry of the Condor 1983 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Ages 12 through adult Issued also as videorecording Describes the plight of the condor, a species that has… Internet Archive Enzymes: Structure and Function 1981 · Educational Produced by the BBC for the British Open University William Lipscomb, Nobel laureate in chemistry, and George Harburn explain the principles underlying x-ray… Internet Archive Science in Space: STS-107 Fundamental Biology Program 2002 · Film The last half-century of human inquiry into the basics of life, materials, and energy has yielded an astonishing range of answers and capabilities. It also… Internet Archive Hong Kong 1977 · Educational Also issued as videocassette Narrator, Valerie Singleton A tour of the sights of Hong Kong, including Victoria Park, an Oriental amusement park, and the… Internet Archive Man of the Century: Churchill 1957 · Educational Produced by CBS Profiles the life of Winston Churchill from his birth in 1874 to his eightieth birthday in 1954. Includes his military experience in South… Internet Archive Mules and Gob Talk 1920 · Talk Travelogue highlighting the wildlife of Yellowstone National Park. Preserved in collaboration with the New Zealand Film Archive and the Academy of Motion… Internet Archive Evan's Corner 1969 · Educational · 22 min Shows through dramatized events in an African-American boy's life that we cannot live alone in a "corner", but must be willing to step out and help others.… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Animals That Build Their Homes: Beavers" 1977 · 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 USS YORKTOWN AT THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA & RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE NEWSREEL 1942 70862 1942 · Newsreel This sound newsreel dates from 1942 and begins with the fighting on the Eastern Front as Russian forces defend Stalingrad. As shown in the film, they… Internet Archive Sea Lions at Pier 39 1995 · Film Sea Lions cavort on piers facing San Francisco's Pier 39. Internet Archive Ilana Crispi Art And Politics March 14 2018 2018 · Film Art & Politics: Ilana Crispi — Tenderloin and Mission Dirt Ilana Crispi is a Mission District ceramicist with a curiosity of what makes up a place. In her… Internet Archive Bronx Baptism 1979 · Educational Directed by DeeDee Halleck Records the batism service of a large, predominantly Puerto Rican, Pentecostal congregation in the South Bronx, New York City.…