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Educationals from the world's archives

481–528 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 The Making of a Continent: Part 2 -- The Land of Sleeping Mountains 1983 · Educational · 28 min · Subtitles The Making of a Continent: Part 2 -- The Land of Sleeping Mountains, Reel 2 Reel 1 available here Examines the traumatic events that led to the shaping of the… Internet Archive Bitter Melons 1966 · Educational · 32 min STUDY GUIDE AVAILABLE (CLICK HERE) INCLUDES MUSICAL NOTATION Presents music of the G/wi musician and composer Ukxone, as well as animal songs and games of the… Internet Archive The Great Whales 1978 · Educational · 58 min Also issued as videorecording A documentary on whales, including information on their anatomy and communication and migration patterns Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Understanding Human Reproduction Part 1" 1985 · 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 I Like Bikes... 1978 · Educational This quirky film educates young drivers to try to share the road with bicyclists. We follow the growth of Lisa from a pig-tailed bicyclist to a teen driver… Internet Archive Skipper Learns A Lesson 1952 · Educational · 9 min · Subtitles In a departure from Sid Davis' traditional "kids in peril" scenarios, this film introduces us to Skipper - a bigoted dog who doesnt like the "funny looking'… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "The Solution" 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 Filmstrip: "The Problem" 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 Valley Town - A Study of Machines and Men 1940 · Educational · 28 min A documentary study of workers displaced by automatic machinery in a typical American steel town in the 1920's and 1930's. Follows the development of the town… Internet Archive High School Rising (Outtakes, Can 1) Educational Outtakes from film produced by Camera News, Inc. (aka Newsreel) under the working titie "High School Prison," which likely became, in its release version,… Internet Archive Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees 1965 · Educational · 50 min Narrator, Orson Welles Special edited version of the 1965 motion picture of the same title With teacher's guide Describes the experiences of a 26-year-old… Internet Archive The Very Remarkable Yamato Family. 1975 · Educational · 30 min · Subtitles Produced by NET Presents contrasts in society and politics in modern Japan: the change in family structure away from a strong matriarchy, school children… Internet Archive A World Is Born 1955 · Educational · 19 min An excerpt from the 1940 motion picture Fantasia, with narration An interpretation of Stravinsky's Rite of spring. Depicts the first two billion years of the… Internet Archive Middle Ages - A Wanderer's Guide To Life and Letters 1970 · Educational · 27 min Director Piers Jessop’s 'Middle Ages - A Wanderer's Guide To Life and Letters,' is full of humor (some of it, wonderfully, on the dark side), and is a… Internet Archive Comets: time capsules of the solar system 1982 · Educational · 11 min Combines beautiful animation sequences with live-action and documentary photography for a dramatic exploration of the role comets play in scientific research. Internet Archive The Long Search: 3 -- Buddhism: Footprint of the Buddha 1977 · Educational · 23 min · Subtitles The Long Search: 3 -- Buddhism: Footprint of the Buddha, Reel 2 Reel 1 available here A look at how Buddhism is practiced in Sri Lanka and India. A religion… Internet Archive Women in Prison, part 1 1974 · Educational Examines the condition of women in prisons. Shows how women are often treated brutally in prison and explores plans which put women offenders under community… Internet Archive Moonwalk One, ca. 1970 Educational National Archives and Records Administration Moonwalk One, ca. 1970 National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (10/01/1958 - ) ARC Identifier 1257628 /… Internet Archive HELL ON WHEELS 1951 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20359 HELL ON WHEELS HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE COMBAT ACTIVITIES OF THE 2D ARMORED DIVISION DURING WORLD WAR II. Internet Archive The Sky is Gray 1979 · Educational · 46 min Based on the story of the same title by Ernest Gaines, about a young Black farmboy's dawning of awareness about himself and society. Search Educational Film… Internet Archive The Day The Universe Changed: 9 - The New Physics Newton Revised 1986 · Educational · 54 min Title from data sheet Host, James Burke In two parts Ages 16 through adults Deals with the new era of scientific inquiry that started around 1800 with the… Internet Archive Birch Canoe Builder 1970 · Educational · 22 min 'Birch Canoe Builder' (1970) 20m, dir. Craig Hinde. Presents a study of the life of 80 year old Bill Hafeman, of Big Fork, MN, a woodsman and craftsman, who… Internet Archive P.J. and the President's Son 1977 · Educational · 48 min · Subtitles Originally shown on the television series ABC afterschool specials Also issued as videorecording Two 15-year-olds in Washington, D.C.--one, an average… Internet Archive Almost everyone does 1970 · Educational · 15 min · Subtitles Credits: Producer, director and script, Gene Feldman; music, the Eric Turkel Quartet; photographer, Richard Francis; film editor, Michael Weiner French… Internet Archive What are we doing to our children? 1973 · Educational · 14 min · Subtitles Produced by CBS. Commentary by child psychologist Dr. Robert Coles Focuses on a low-income apartment complex in Atlanta, Georgia, which houses 8,000… Internet Archive L'Humour francaise. 1964 · Educational · 20 min · Subtitles An overview of French humour. Interviews Pierre Danino and Rene Lefevre; discusses satirical newspapers such as Le Canard Enchaine, cartoons, and the… Internet Archive The Long Search 9 -- Buddhism: The Land of the Disappearing Buddha 1978 · Educational · 53 min · Subtitles Also issued as videocassette Producer, Peter Montagnon; narrator, Ronald Eyre Visits Japan to investigate the Japanese experience of Buddhist worship and the… Internet Archive Baobab, Portrait of a Tree 1972 · Educational · 26 min Looks at the baobab trees that grow in the dry bush country of Africa and shows the ecosystem created by them. Title from data sheet Summary Shows a century… Internet Archive Rough Road to Panama 1947 · Educational · 37 min This film documents the Sullivan C. Richardson Pan American Highway Expedition of 1940-1941, the first of a two-part series describing the first successful… Internet Archive Chemical families. Motion picture 1962 · Educational · 21 min A CHEM Study film Presents experimental evidence of the periodic nature of chemical elements and explains the development of the periodic table. Includes… Internet Archive FDR and Hitler: their rise to power 1978 · Educational · 26 min · Subtitles Host and narrator, Eric Sevareid The careers and styles of Franklin D. Roosevelt, aristocrat and democrat, and Adolph Hitler, bourgeois and demagogue, are… Internet Archive Destination America 2 -- on a Clear Day You Could See Boston 1976 · Educational · 54 min · Subtitles Director, Tom Steel Traces the history of Irish immigration to the U.S. from the famines of the 1850's. Documents the rise of Irish Americans from a much… Internet Archive Christmas Every Day 1986 · Educational Producers, Thea Flaum, Dick Orkin ; associate producer, Loretta Petersohn Based on a story by Wiliam Dean Howells Through Tilly, her family, and a magical… Internet Archive Bill of Rights in Action: Equal Opportunity (revised) 1982 · Educational · 22 min An open-end film to stimulate discussion of the equal rights issue. Uses an incident in which a black factory worker is promoted over a white employee with… Internet Archive Harlem renaissance: the black poets 1971 · Educational · 20 min · Subtitles With study guide Presents dramatic vignettes which portray the emergence of black poets, essayists, and novelists. Includes excerpts from Countee Cullen,… Internet Archive Home front, 1917-1919: war transforms American life 1967 · Educational · 17 min · Subtitles Robert Ryan, narrator Music, Morton Gould Originally broadcast on the CBS-TV documentary program World War I in 1965 Shows how World War I brought about… Internet Archive ALASKA HIGHWAY 1944 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 23086 ALASKA HIGHWAY 1944 CONSTRUCTION OF THE 1,500 MILES OF THE ALASKAN HIGHWAY.. Internet Archive Adventures in perception. 1973 · Educational · 21 min An introduction to the graphic works of the Dutch artist Maurits Escher, noted for his visual experiments with evolving forms, interlocking images, and… Internet Archive The Medieval Mind 1969 · Educational · 25 min Points out the tensions and conflicts of the middle ages, and shows how the architecture of the cathedrals reflects the uneasy balance of opposing forces with… Internet Archive Ancient World, The: Egypt, Pt 1 1951 · Educational 'Ancient World, The: Egypt' (1951) 66m, dir. Ray Garner. This film taces the story of Egypt from the prehistoric period to the time of the Ptolemies, focusing… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Unit II: Phrases and Clauses" 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… Internet Archive The Heritage of Slavery 1968 · Educational · 55 min The Heritage of Slavery Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Illustrates the nature of slavery and discusses… Internet Archive The doctor 1968 · Educational · 16 min · Subtitles Supplementary note: Prepared in collaboration with I. Blanche Bourne Evaluation information: This material has been reviewed by Specialized Office 3 and… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Understanding Human Reproduction Part 2" 1985 · 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 Unknown Chaplin: 3 -- Hidden Treasure 1983 · Educational · 29 min · Subtitles Unknown Chaplin: 3 -- Hidden Treasure, Reel 1 Reel 2 available here Third in a trilogy documenting the results of film archivists / directors Kevin Brownlow… Internet Archive French Revolution-- death of the old regime. 1966 · Educational · 17 min · Subtitles Combines live-action scenes with pictorial and sculptural masterpieces of the period to re-create the chaotic events in the last days of the old regime: the… Internet Archive How to Look at a City (1964) 1964 · Educational · 29 min How to Look at a City Gives a report on research which is making giant strides toward pinpointing the body controls that cause aging. Notes that someday there… Internet Archive And everything nice 1965 · Educational · 20 min · Subtitles With study guide Shows how women are developing new images of themselves and of their capabilities in conscious-raising sessions. Helps women understand the…