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Educationals from the world's archives

433–480 of 20,947 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 Unicycle: Looking at My World 1976 · Educational · 14 min 'Unicycle: Looking at My World' (1976) 15m, dir. Dan Bessie. The world of 15 year old unicyclist Tony Marienthal includes visits to assist the elderly,… Internet Archive Rail 1968 · Educational · 13 min · Subtitles Director, Geoffrey Jones; music, Wilfred Josephs Uses photography and music without narration to convey the pulse, motion, and excitement of rail travel.… Internet Archive The Making of a Continent: Part 2 -- The Land of Sleeping Mountains 1983 · Educational · 30 min · Subtitles The Making of a Continent: Part 2 -- The Land of Sleeping Mountains, Reel 1 Reel 2 available here Examines the traumatic events that led to the shaping of the… Internet Archive Life story of the hummingbird 1963 · Educational · 16 min · Subtitles With teacher's guide Collaborators, Emmet R. Blake, Margaret McKibben Lawler A study of the life cycle of the hummingbird, showing views of physical… Internet Archive The Garbage explosion. 1970 · Educational · 15 min · Subtitles With teacher's guide Documents amounts and types of solid wastes, shows disposal methods, both legal and illegal, and describes the sophisticated methods for… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "2. How To Get Syphillis" 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 The Long Search 13 -- Reflections on the Long Search 1978 · Educational · 51 min · Subtitles Also issued as videocassette Producer, Peter Montagnon Theater director Ronald Eyre presents some personal reflections on his pilgrimage throughout the… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Edgar Allen Poe Part 2: The Pit and the Pendulum" 1980 · 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 World at War: Part 7--On Our Way, U.S.A. 1939-1942 1974 · Educational · 34 min · Subtitles The World at War: Part 7--On Our Way, U.S.A. 1939-1942 reel 1 Covers the U.S. entry into the war. Roosevelt's speeches, shortages, rationing, blackouts, the… Internet Archive Birth 1968 · Educational Produced by Arthur and Evelyn Barron for NET Documents the preparations for and arrival of a young couple's first child. Shows the couple's hopes and… Internet Archive The Enemy Japan--The People 1943 · Educational Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Naval Observatory. (1942 - 09/18/1947) ARC Identifier 12867 / Local Identifier 80-MN-149B… Internet Archive A Is For Aids 1990 · Educational · 15 min · Subtitles Produced in collaboration with Manitoba Educational Television Through the use of animation and mime, three youngsters learn what the AIDS virus is, how it… Internet Archive Water Insects 1930 · Educational · 8 min Close-ups of a pond's surface reveal striders skimming along the surface, a water bug seizing and eating a minnow, and a scorpion coming up to the water's… Internet Archive Man's Search For Happiness 1964 · Educational · 13 min · Subtitles Discusses birth, life, and death in an eternal perspective. Emphasizes the importance of the family unit in God's eternal plan. Internet Archive Deutschlandspiegel, 1960 Educational · Subtitles English-language edition of the West German newsreel Deutschlandspiegel from 1960. Leader notes: "1960s German Newsreel" Can notes: "Deutschlandspiegel.… Internet Archive Doomed dynasties of Europe 1965 · Educational · 15 min · Subtitles Forum edition Telecast on the CBS-TV documentary show World War I, under the title Doomed dynasties Summary Depicts the dynasties of Russia's Czar, Germany's… Internet Archive The Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth: 3--The Northern Forest 1984 · Educational · 28 min · Subtitles The Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth: 3--The Northern Forest reel 2 Visits the largest tract of trees in the world, stretching around the Northern… Internet Archive Angel And Big Joe 1975 · Educational · 27 min For most of his life, Angel has been a migrant worker, helping his family as they move from place to place picking crops. When a phone won't work, Angel… Internet Archive Buddhism, man, and nature 1968 · Educational · 13 min · Subtitles Senior high through adult Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Discusses the Buddhist concept of man… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Home Safe Home" 1979 · 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 Education in America: Twentieth Century Developments 1958 · Educational · 15 min · Subtitles Educational collaborator: R. Freeman Butts Portrays the progress of American education from 16th century New England through the mid-20th century. [Pt. I.] In… Internet Archive The Negro and The South 1965 · Educational · 29 min Explores the meaning of 'the Southern way of life.' Includes interviews with black and white citizens and shows scenes of segregated schools. Profiles a… Internet Archive Eskimo Family 1959 · Educational Old ways are juxtaposed with the influence of modern housing, food, and clothing, filmed in Frobisher Bay (now Iqaluit),Baffin Island. Internet Archive Diffusion and osmosis 1973 · Educational · 13 min · Subtitles With teacher's guide Producer, Charles Finance Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Illustrates the… Internet Archive John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning/Day of Drums 1964 · Educational United States Information Service John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning/Day of Drums AVA11312VNB1, 1964 The program dramatizes the thousand days of John F.… Internet Archive Nanook of the North 1977 · Educational · 1 h 2 min Nanook of the North Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Studies the communal life of the Eskimos and… Internet Archive Ways of Seeing: Women and Art 1974 · Educational · 31 min Produced by the BBC Art critic John Berger discusses the representation of women in art, inquiring whether paintings and visual media celebrate or exploit… Internet Archive A Charles Dickens Christmas (Mr Pickwick's Christmas) 1956 · Educational · 21 min Film dramatizes one of the best-known incidents in English literature - the Christmas visit of Mr. Pickwick and his friends to Dingley Dell Farm. In the large… Internet Archive Johnny Lingo (1969) 1969 · Educational · 23 min A story about Johnny Lingo, who bargains for a wife according to the tradition of the island, showing how the self-worth of an individual is augmented by love… Internet Archive Man of the Month 1966 · Educational National Archives - Man of the Month - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film is a biography of Ho Chi… Internet Archive Goodbye Mr. Germ 1940 · Educational · 14 min This film courtesy of The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). DIRECTOR: Edgar Ulmer. SPONSOR: The National Tuberculosis Association… Internet Archive The Long Search: 12 -- Alternative Life Styles in California 1978 · Educational · 53 min · Subtitles Also issued as videocassette Producer, Peter Montagnon; narrator, Ronald Eyre Visits the San Francisco Bay area to examine the new religious concerns of… Internet Archive The Pleasure of Your Company: Military Etiquette and Grooming 1970 · Educational Department of the Army The Pleasure of Your Company: Military Etiquette and Grooming AVA20403VNB1 - 1970 Describes proper selection of clothes, table manners,… Internet Archive Discovering the music of the Middle East. 1968 · Educational · 20 min · Subtitles The tradition of Mideast music dates back to the 7th-century movement of the conquering Muslims. The program illustrates two forms: classical or court music,… Internet Archive Ascent of Man: 10--The World Within World Part1 1973 · Educational · 27 min · Subtitles Ascent of Man: 10--The World Within World Part 1 Explores the world within the atom and traces the history of the men and ideas that have made 20th century… Internet Archive The Innocent Years 1957 · Educational · 54 min · Subtitles The Innocent Years Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Discusses the years 1901 to 1908 and such… Internet Archive Education in America. 1958 · Educational · 15 min · Subtitles Looks at the beginnings of Colonial education: dame schools, Latin grammar schools, church schools, and pauper schools Search Educational Film Journals at… Internet Archive Development of the cardio-vascular system of the chick: the heart. 1963 · Educational · 21 min · Subtitles With guide, manual, and filmstrip Educational authors, Clarence Flaten, Theodore Torrey Summary Traces heart development in the early chick embryo./ia… Internet Archive Beaver Valley 1950 · Educational Originally released in 35 mm. in 1950, as part of the True-life adventure series With teacher's guide Producer, Walt Disney; director, James Algar; script,… Internet Archive BBC Horizon: Painting by Numbers 1981 · Educational · 1 h 3 min Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly between the skyscrapers of a city centre? ... to take a trip through Saturn's rings? ... or walk around… Internet Archive Why We Fight: Prelude To War Part 1 1942 · Educational · 26 min · Subtitles Why We Fight: Prelude To War Part 1 Reviews events from 1933 to 1939 including the Japanese conquest of Manchuria, the Italian conquest of Ethiopia, the rise… Internet Archive War Comes to America 1942 · Educational Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) ARC Identifier 36073 / Local Identifier 111-OF-7… Internet Archive Twelve Angry Men 1960 · Educational · 24 min Presents an excerpt from the feature film Twelve Angry Men. Features English writer Arnot Robertson, who discusses the sequence with emphasis on writing and… Internet Archive African Sanctus 1977 · Educational · 49 min · Subtitles Also issued as videocassette Retraces composer David Fanshawe's African odyssey which inspired his musical composition entitled African sanctus Internet Archive Roots: 10 -- The War 1977 · Educational This is the ABC-TV production based on the book of the same title by Alex Haley Written by M. Charles Cohen; directed by Gilbert Moses Chicken George… Internet Archive The World at War: Part 1--A New Germany 1933-1939 1974 · Educational · 55 min The World at War: Part 1--A New Germany 1933-1939 Grievous conditions which allowed the rise of Hitler are reviewed and the nature of the public enthusiasm,… Internet Archive Encore un Hiver 1979 · Educational · 15 min This wonderful film focuses on an older woman waiting on a park bench on a cold winter day for a lover who returns every year. Directed by Françoise Sagan,… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Unit I: Parts Of Speech" 1978 · 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…