TED Talks

1,441–1,488 of 2,913 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 Juan Enriquez on genomics and our future 2007 · Talk · 22 min Scientific discoveries, futurist Juan Enriquez notes, demand a shift in code, and our ability to thrive depends on our mastery of that code. Here, he applies… Internet Archive Keren Elazari: Hackers: the Internet's immune system 2014 · Talk · 16 min The beauty of hackers, says cybersecurity expert Keren Elazari, is that they force us to evolve and improve. Yes, some hackers are bad guys, but many are… Internet Archive Lisa Feldman Barrett: You aren't at the mercy of your emotions -- your brain creates them 2017 · Talk Can you look at someone's face and know what they're feeling? Does everyone experience happiness, sadness and anxiety the same way? What are emotions anyway?… Internet Archive Chris Gerdes: The future race car -- 150mph, and no driver 2012 · Talk · 10 min Autonomous cars are coming -- and they’re going to drive better than you. Chris Gerdes reveals how he and his team are developing robotic race cars that can… Internet Archive Johan Rockstrom: Let the environment guide our development 2010 · Talk · 18 min Human growth has strained the Earth's resources, but as Johan Rockstrom reminds us, our advances also give us the science to recognize this and change… Internet Archive Kiran Bir Sethi teaches kids to take charge 2010 · Talk · 9 min Kiran Bir Sethi shows how her groundbreaking Riverside School in India teaches kids life's most valuable lesson: "I can." Watch her students take local issues… Internet Archive Knut Haanaes: Two reasons companies fail -- and how to avoid them 2016 · Talk · 10 min Is it possible to run a company and reinvent it at the same time? For business strategist Knut Haanaes, the ability to innovate after becoming successful is… Internet Archive Ole Scheeren: Why great architecture should tell a story 2016 · Talk · 16 min For architect Ole Scheeren, the people who live and work inside a building are as much a part of that building as concrete, steel and glass. He asks: Can… Internet Archive Ray Anderson on the business logic of sustainability 2009 · Talk · 15 min At his carpet company, Ray Anderson has increased sales and doubled profits while turning the traditional "take / make / waste" industrial system on its head.… Internet Archive Sophie Scott: Why we laugh 2015 · Talk · 17 min Did you know that you're 30 times more likely to laugh if you're with somebody else than if you're alone? Cognitive neuroscientist Sophie Scott shares this… Internet Archive Tasos Frantzolas: Everything you hear on film is a lie 2016 · Talk · 16 min Sound design is built on deception — when you watch a movie or TV show, nearly all of the sounds you hear are fake. In this audio-rich talk, Tasos Frantzolas… Internet Archive Teitur: Home is a song I've always remembered 2015 · Talk · 10 min For musician Teitur, singing is about giving away a piece of yourself to others. "If your intentions are to impress people or to get the big applause at the… Internet Archive Uri Hasson: This is your brain on communication 2016 · Talk · 14 min Neuroscientist Uri Hasson researches the basis of human communication, and experiments from his lab reveal that even across different languages, our brains… Internet Archive Gautam Bhan: A bold plan to house 100 million people 2017 · Talk Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata — all the major cities across India, have one great thing in common: they welcome people arriving in search of work. But what… Internet Archive Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols: This is what LGBT life is like around the world 2015 · Talk · 11 min As a gay couple in San Francisco, Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols had a relatively easy time living the way they wanted. But outside the bubble of the Bay Area,… Internet Archive Jonathan Drori on what we think we know 2008 · Talk · 12 min Starting with four basic questions (that you may be surprised to find you can't answer), Jonathan Drori looks at the gaps in our knowledge -- and… Internet Archive Cameron Sinclair: The refugees of boom-and-bust 2009 · Talk · 3 min At TEDGlobal U, Cameron Sinclair shows the unreported cost of real estate megaprojects gone bust: thousands of migrant construction laborers left stranded and… Internet Archive Jessa Gamble: Our natural sleep cycle 2010 · Talk · 4 min In today's world, balancing school, work, kids and more, most of us can only hope for the recommended eight hours of sleep. Examining the science behind our… Internet Archive Martin Villeneuve: How I made an impossible film 2013 · Talk · 10 min Filmmaker Martin Villeneuve talks about Mars et Avril, the Canadian sci-fi spectacular he made with virtually no money. In a charming talk, he explains the… Internet Archive Rachel Armstrong: Architecture that repairs itself? 2009 · Talk · 7 min Venice is sinking. To save it, Rachel Armstrong says we need to outgrow architecture made of inert materials and, well, make architecture that grows itself.… Internet Archive Sugata Mitra: The child-driven education 2010 · Talk · 17 min Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most. In… Internet Archive Dean Ornish says your genes are not your fate 2008 · Talk · 3 min Dean Ornish shares new research that shows how adopting healthy lifestyle habits can affect a person at a genetic level. For instance, he says, when you live… Internet Archive Janette Sadik-Khan: New York's streets? Not so mean any more 2013 · Talk · 14 min "The work of a transport commissioner isn't just about stop signs and traffic signals," explains Janette Sadik-Khan, who was appointed to that role in New… Internet Archive Jay Walker's library of human imagination 2008 · Talk · 7 min Jay Walker, curator of the Library of Human Imagination, conducts a surprising show-and-tell session highlighting a few of the intriguing artifacts that… Internet Archive Rachel Sussman: The world's oldest living things 2010 · Talk · 14 min Rachel Sussman shows photographs of the world's oldest continuously living organisms -- from 2,000-year-old brain coral off Tobago's coast to an "underground… Internet Archive Ananda Shankar Jayant fights cancer with dance 2010 · Talk · 16 min Renowned classical Indian dancer Ananda Shankar Jayant was diagnosed with cancer in 2008. She tells her personal story of not only facing the disease but… Internet Archive Arthur Ganson makes moving sculpture 2008 · Talk · 15 min Sculptor and engineer Arthur Ganson talks about his work -- kinetic art that explores deep philosophical ideas and is gee-whiz fun to look at. Internet Archive Dan Gibson: How to build synthetic DNA and send it across the internet 2018 · Talk Biologist Dan Gibson edits and programs DNA, just like coders program a computer. But his "code" creates life, giving scientists the power to convert digital… Internet Archive Daniel Goldstein: The battle between your present and future self 2011 · Talk · 16 min Every day, we make decisions that have good or bad consequences for our future selves. (Can I skip flossing just this one time?) Daniel Goldstein makes tools… Internet Archive Dena Simmons: How students of color confront impostor syndrome 2016 · Talk · 10 min As a black woman from a tough part of the Bronx who grew up to attain all the markers of academic prestige, Dena Simmons knows that for students of color,… Internet Archive Joseph Pine on what consumers want 2009 · Talk · 14 min Customers want to feel what they buy is authentic, but "Mass Customization" author Joseph Pine says selling authenticity is tough because, well, there's no… Internet Archive Josh Luber: The secret sneaker market -- and why it matters 2015 · Talk · 11 min Josh Luber is a "sneakerhead," a collector of rare or limited sneakers. With their insatiable appetite for exclusive sneakers, these tastemakers drive… Internet Archive Loretta Napoleoni: The intricate economics of terrorism 2009 · Talk · 15 min Loretta Napoleoni details her rare opportunity to talk to the secretive Italian Red Brigades -- an experience that sparked a lifelong interest in terrorism.… Internet Archive Chris Domas: The 1s and 0s behind cyber warfare 2014 · Talk · 16 min Chris Domas is a cybersecurity researcher, operating on what’s become a new front of war, "cyber." In this engaging talk, he shows how researchers use pattern… Internet Archive Elizabeth Blackburn: The science of cells that never get old 2017 · Talk What makes our bodies age ... our skin wrinkle, our hair turn white, our immune systems weaken? Biologist Elizabeth Blackburn shares a Nobel Prize for her… Internet Archive Eric Berlow: How complexity leads to simplicity 2010 · Talk · 3 min Ecologist Eric Berlow doesn't feel overwhelmed when faced with complex systems. He knows that more information can lead to a better, simpler solution.… Internet Archive Jeff Speck: The walkable city 2013 · Talk · 16 min How do we solve the problem of the suburbs? Urbanist Jeff Speck shows how we can free ourselves from dependence on the car -- which he calls "a gas-belching,… Internet Archive Philip Zimbardo prescribes a healthy take on time 2009 · Talk · 6 min Psychologist Philip Zimbardo says happiness and success are rooted in a trait most of us disregard: the way we orient toward the past, present and future. He… Internet Archive Sunni Patterson: "Wild Women" 2017 · Talk With lightning on her tongue, Sunni Patterson performs her powerful poem, "Wild Women," accompanied by the entrancing moves of dancer Chanice Holmes. Internet Archive Abha Dawesar: Life in the "digital now" 2013 · Talk · 12 min One year ago, Abha Dawesar was living in blacked-out Manhattan post-Sandy, scrounging for power to connect. As a novelist, she was struck by this metaphor:… Internet Archive Bill Joy: What I'm worried about, what I'm excited about 2008 · Talk · 19 min Technologist and futurist Bill Joy talks about several big worries for humanity -- and several big hopes in the fields of health, education and future tech. Internet Archive Chris Milk: The birth of virtual reality as an art form 2016 · Talk · 17 min Chris Milk uses innovative technologies to make personal, interactive, human stories. Accompanied by Joshua Roman on cello and McKenzie Stubbert on piano,… Internet Archive George Monbiot: For more wonder, rewild the world 2013 · Talk · 15 min Wolves were once native to the US' Yellowstone National Park -- until hunting wiped them out. But when, in 1995, the wolves began to come back (thanks to an… Internet Archive Ariel Garten: Know thyself, with a brain scanner 2011 · Talk · 15 min Imagine playing a video game controlled by your mind. Now imagine that game also teaches you about your own patterns of stress, relaxation and focus. At… Internet Archive Casey Gerald: The gospel of doubt 2016 · Talk · 18 min What do you do when your firmly held beliefs turn out not to be true? When Casey Gerald's religion failed him, he searched for something new to believe in —… Internet Archive Charmian Gooch: Meet global corruption's hidden players 2013 · Talk · 14 min When the son of the president of a desperately poor country starts buying mansions and sportscars on an official monthly salary of $7,000, Charmian Gooch… Internet Archive Damon Davis: Courage is contagious 2017 · Talk When artist Damon Davis went to join the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, after police killed Michael Brown in 2014, he found not only anger but also a sense… Internet Archive Elliot Krane: The mystery of chronic pain 2011 · Talk · 8 min We think of pain as a symptom, but there are cases where the nervous system develops feedback loops and pain becomes a terrifying disease in itself. Starting…