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Ephemeral films

4,705–4,752 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 Enter Hamlet 1965 · Educational Originally released in l965 Drawings by irene Trivas, Sylvia Duren, Fred Mogubgub, Maurice Evans Provides a visual pun for each word of Hamlet's soliloquy… Internet Archive Free to Choose: 2 -- The Tyranny of Control, Part 1 1979 · Educational Milton Friedman, in the second segment of the series, points out how the power of the market can work successfully with no central governmental controls and… Internet Archive RUSSIAN WORLD WAR II DOCUMENTARY TANK BATTLES EASTERN FRONT 77534 Documentary Presented in Ukrainian, this Soviet-era documentary film shows battles on the Eastern Front in WWII. It begins with combat in and near Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine… Internet Archive Change in Language 1967 · Educational · 29 min Considers continuing changes in language and continuing efforts to standardize English. Examines the reasons for language change. The Early Music Consort… Internet Archive Hospital Safety 1979 · Educational Title from data sheet Points out safety hazards in the hospital environment that endanger patients and workers. Shows ways to eliminate or lessen these… Internet Archive Red Sea Case Study: 1 -- The Geology 1979 · Educational · 24 min Produced by the BBC for the British Open University Investigates the principal physiographic and geologic features of the Red Sea to explain how and why… Internet Archive The Guanaco of Patagonia: A Study of Behavior and Ecology 1981 · Educational Researched and produced by William Franklin of Iowa State University's Department of Animal Ecology and directed by Megan Epler Wood Study of the wild… Internet Archive Drive-in: Plus-Colorgloss Film runs only a few seconds. suggestion; insert clip betweenany 2 trailers when creating drive-in dvd. Internet Archive History Of Space Travel, Episode 4: Freedom 7 Film Episode 4 of the History of Space Travel series documents the first American manned space mission. Covers the training, preparation, launching, and recovery… Internet Archive DOPE 043 1987 · Film Touch of Gray, AMA AIDS policy, Sup. Ct. on drinking age, 6 ton pot bust, docs can tell AIDS partners, teen booze bill, children AIDS, CSN Wasted on the Way,… Internet Archive “MILITARY TRAINING” WWII U.S. ARMY METHODS OF INSTRUCTION OFFICER TRAINING OF INDUCTEES FILM 28484 Film This black and white training film from 1941 titled “Military Training” is one of many official training films created before and during WWII. This particular… Internet Archive Driving Economically 1952 · Film Designed for classroom use in driver education. Made in co-operation with the National Education Association. A teen learns about frugal driving to save gas… Internet Archive Explosions in the Mind: Strokes 1978 · Educational · 29 min Produced by the BBC Tells how a stroke, the disruption of the brain's blood supply, can cause paralysis or death. Shows how neurologists locate the centers… Internet Archive John Peter Altgeld 1965 · Educational Burgess Meredith and John Cassavetes A dramatization of Illinois Governor Altgeld's pardon of the Haymarket bombers in 1887, which many believe cost him his… Internet Archive Moon Walk 1975 · Educational Longer version (95 min.) also issued Director, Theo Kamecke A visual record of man's first steps on the Moon. Uses spectacular visuals to celebrate man's… Internet Archive The Art of Silence: The Cage 1975 · Educational One in a series of twelve films in which the great French mime Marcel Marceau performs some works from his repertoire. In his introduction he describes this… Internet Archive The Bear and the Mouse 1969 · Educational Directors and writers, F. W. Remmler, I. Remmler; commentator, Michael Rubbo; film editor, David Grun A fable about a mouse who saves a trapped bear from the… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Rx: Not for Kicks" 1968 · 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 SOVIET FILM DEFEAT OF GERMAN ARMY AT STALINGRAD WWII 57524 Film This Soviet film, presented in Russian, shows the defeat of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad in 1943. The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 1942 – 2 February… Internet Archive "THAT WAR IN KOREA " KOREAN WAR DOCUMENTARY EVENTS OF 1950-53 COMBAT & ARMISTICE PART 2 63444 Documentary This is part 2 of "That War in Korea", an epic documentary about the Korean Conflict. The war was fought from 1950 to 1953 as North Korea invaded southern… Internet Archive Christians: 5 -- People of the Book 1976 · Educational Credits: Director, Carlos Pasini; writer, Bamber Gascoigne Summary: Examines the relationships of Christianity, Judaism and Islam, all referred to in the… Internet Archive City of London 1973 · Educational Producer, Edward Barnes; director, Peter Ridsdale Scott; narrator, Valerie Singleton; editor, John Bush; photographer, Ian Hilton Container title: Touring… Internet Archive Requiem for Tina Sanchez 1976 · Educational · 23 min Director and writer, Patricia K. Lynch Examines the problem of runaway teenagers. Shows the actual case of Tina Sanchez, who left home when she was 11 years… Internet Archive Sight and sound. [motion picture] 1969 · Educational · 11 min Discusses the use of the overhead projector and film in a fifth-semester college Spanish class. Sentences of dialogue are projected and students transform… Internet Archive The Planet Earth: A Scientific Model 1978 · Educational · 25 min Speakers, Mike Pentz, Keith Hodgkinson Series producer, Tony Jolly ; editor, Michael Flynn ; graphic design, Sue Dix Intended audience: high school,… Internet Archive Velocity Diagrams 1979 · Educational VHS Produced by the BBC for the British Open University Explains how the drawing of velocity diagrams for a mechanism helps to isolate all information about… Internet Archive Can parents be human? 1971 · Educational · 11 min How can parents make better contact with their children? Discussion among teenagers compares ways parents frighten children with ways they make successful… Internet Archive Food Gathering 1972 · Educational Both the Waika and Makiritare Indians gather food in the jungle. A snake is caught and cooked. Fish are caught by mixing beaten leaves with mud which are… Internet Archive The Loire Valley 1986 · Educational · 24 min Visits the vineyards, press houses, cellars, caves, and tasting rooms of the wine-producing area of the Loire Valley in Touraine, Anjou and Saumur, and the… Internet Archive The Unusual Properties of Liquid Helium 1977 · Educational · 17 min Photographer, director, Michael Rudnick This award winning film focuses on the outstanding properties of the superfluid component--its zero viscosity and… Internet Archive Ulysses' encounter with Jupiter 1992 · Film Takes a look at the the Ulysses' spacecrafts mission to the planet Jupiter. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes,… Internet Archive The case of the biological biosphere 2003 · Film One of the tree house detectives is about to take a trip to foreign shores and is both excited and concerned. This is a chance of a lifetime, but he doesn't… Internet Archive The Night Sky, Episode 1: Types of Telescopes 1993 · Film The Night Sky, Episode 1: Types of Telescopes To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC . Internet Archive The Ballad of Crowfoot 1970 · Educational In the Challenge for change program, in cooperation with departments and agencies of the Government of Canada Director and songwriter, Willie Dunn Utilizes… Internet Archive The Beggar of Soutile 1985 · Educational Title from data sheet A foreign film (Canada) Intermediate grades through high school Presents a dramatization of a folktale from the Ivory Coast that… Internet Archive [Navy Wives] 1959 · Film Film for wives of men in the Navy about their dedication to the service and how it could impact family life. We digitized and uploaded this film from the A/V… Internet Archive Nursery School 1936 · Film Children drink orange juice at the Lincoln Nursery School in Chicago, Illinois. Nurses examine their teeth and tonsils. The children eat, take naps, and leave… Internet Archive Today, the Information Explosion; Tomorrow ...? 1977 · Educational · 15 min Examines the vastness of media and its effect on daily life. Explains that since the invention of the printing press, the availability of information has… Internet Archive The Civilan Conservation Corps At Work Oregon And Washington 1934 · Film Civilian Conservation Corps members build truck trails and auto roads, erect bridges, clear snag from wooded areas, construct telephone lines, survey and… Internet Archive Jerry Pulls the Strings 1938 · Film Advertisement for vacuum-packed canned coffee that was produced primarily for screening at the 1939–40 New York World’s Fair. In the narrative a young… Internet Archive On the Run 1979 · Educational Summary: Arthur Lydiard is a distinguished athletics coach who has trained some of the world's best long distance runners. Photographed on location in New… Internet Archive The Fossil Story 1953 · Educational Producer and director, Ted Robinson; narrator, Pat McGeehan; animation, Art Scott; photographers, Sterling Barnett, Robert Henning Shows how the fossils of… Internet Archive Stage Is Yours, The 1961 · Film Compares the proper and improper methods of retail selling and shows the four basic steps necessary for successful selling - approach, determination of… Internet Archive Great Lakes, The: Their Link With Ocean Shipping 1948 · Film Portrays Lakes As An Important Shipping Route For A Region Of Vast Natural Resources, Major Population Centers & Extensive Industrial Development. Shows… Internet Archive Long Time to Grow: 2 - Four and Five Year olds in School 1954 · Educational · 36 min Long Time to Grow: 2 - Four and Five Year olds in School Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film SummaryPresents… Internet Archive On Location With: Fame 1980 · Educational · 11 min A promotional film about the motion picture "FAME" featuring interviews with the director Alan Parker and actors Discusses how each human being possesses… Internet Archive Beijing 1980 · Educational Produced by Sue Yung Li and Shirley Sun A close-up look at the young and old inhabitants of the venerable Chinese capital of Beijing provides insight into… Internet Archive The Country Fiddle No. 1 1959 · Educational Illustrates techniques of fiddlers in the United States and Canada. Visits an Oklahoma fiddling contest and views a ninety-three-year-old Illinois man and a…