Educationals from the world's archives

577–624 of 20,948 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 Development of the child: infancy. 1972 · Educational · 20 min · Subtitles Examines behavior and cognitive patterns which are characteristic of the first eighteen months of life, including object permanence, stranger and separation… Internet Archive Signs of the times. 1971 · Educational · 20 min · Subtitles Videotape on reel and videocassette also issued With teacher's guide by Alice M. Schwartz and learning resources kit Traces the development of signs and… Internet Archive Greatest Days Of Your LIfe... So Far 1981 · Educational · 23 min A motivational speaker talks to high school students about how great their experiences are - followed by a short ad for Josten class rings and yearbooks. Internet Archive Physical education for primary grades. 1956 · Educational · 20 min · Subtitles Presents the methods, materials, and forms of physical education that encourage purposeful activity. Shows children's movement exploration, rhythmic… Internet Archive Black cop. 1969 · Educational · 15 min · Subtitles Produced by NET Music by the John Coltrane Quartet Summary Explores the relationship of the Bla.k policeman to other blacks by interviewing those on both… Internet Archive ACTION AT ANGAUR 1945 · Educational Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) ARC Identifier 35883 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Part 3: Features and Editorials" 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 Le Haricot 1962 · Educational · 17 min · Subtitles Musical soundtrack with no dialogue [Director, Edmond Sechan] ; photography, Guy Delattre, Georges Goudard ; music, Francis Seyrig ; editor, A. Werlin Search… Internet Archive WARRING AND ROARING (1914-1929) 1983 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration WARRING AND ROARING (1914-1929) U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) ARC Identifier 54992 / Local… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Drugs and Drug Abuse" 1989 · 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 Know Your Ally - Britain 1944 · Educational The War Department Special Service Division Army Service Forces With the cooperation of The Signal Corps Music by The Army Air Forces Orchestra Know Your Ally… Internet Archive Discovering Electronic Music 1970 · Educational Portrays the physical basis of music and shows how music can be created and altered by electronic means. Includes music from a sound synthesizer and… Internet Archive F.D.R. and Hitler, the dynamics of power. 1978 · Educational · 26 min · Subtitles Producers, William T. Cartwright and Kenneth Koerner; writer, Anthony Potter; narrator, Eric Sevareid Both Hitler and Roosevelt appreciated the value of mass… Internet Archive Preparation of oxygen.: seven demonstrations 1970 · Educational · 14 min · Subtitles Demonstrates basic methods for isolating one element from other elements. Experiments include: the reaction of sodium peroxide and water, catalytic… Internet Archive Anna Karenina 1935 · Educational Tolstoy's brilliant tale of Czarist Russia about the plight of a woman caught in an archaic social situation make this a compelling love story with Greta… Internet Archive The story of Hoover Dam Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 37058 / Local Identifier 115.31 - The story of Hoover Dam - Department of the Interior. Bureau… Internet Archive Brian's Song 1971 · Educational Based on the book I am third, by Gale Sayers Producer, Paul Junger Witt; director, Buzz Kulik; screenplay, William Blinn; music, Michel Legrand James Caan,… Internet Archive Atlantic Crossing: Life on an Ocean Liner 1967 · Educational · 20 min In this film, Deneen starred his wife and three sons (all uncredited), after he'd arranged a trade with Italian Lines for free passage for his family in… Internet Archive The fat fighters. 1971 · Educational · 21 min · Subtitles Director of photography, Robert W. Stum ; editor, Peter G. Czerny 756 ft A group of women is introduced and followed as members of a behavior modification… Internet Archive How To Build An Igloo 1949 · Educational · 10 min A demonstration of igloo-building in Canada's Far North, showing how the site is selected and how blocks of snow are used to make a snug shelter in only an… Internet Archive Berlin Documentary 1961 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration Berlin Documentary Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. (09/26/1947 - ) BERLIN DOCUMENTARY, WEST… Internet Archive Cry of the marsh 1969 · Educational · 12 min · Subtitles With teacher's guide Director and photographer, Robert Hartkopf; editor, John T. McDonough Shows what is happening to the natural resources when a prairie… Internet Archive Digestive systems in animals. 1971 · Educational · 14 min · Subtitles Author and editor, George Vuke; photographers, George Vuke, Tom Held Compares the digestive systems of a variety of phyla, examining digestive cavities and… Internet Archive Consumer power: advertising 1971 · Educational · 21 min · Subtitles Consumer advocate Ralph Nader and advertising executive Ted Factor discuss the morality of advertising, the role of private and public consumer protection… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Discovering Electricity" 1990 · 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 Eye Hears, the Ear Sees 1970 · Educational · 55 min With teacher's guide Introduces Norman McLaren and his work. Shows examples of his multiple exposure effects. Demonstrates how he makes moving pictures… Internet Archive Bushmen of the Kalahari 1975 · Educational · 50 min Also issued as videocassette Shorter version (24 min.) issued under title: The Kalahari Desert people Producers, Dennis B. Kane, Nicholas Clapp; directors… Internet Archive Calumet, pipe of peace. 1964 · Educational · 22 min · Subtitles Discusses the history, legends, uses, rituals, and origin of tobacco and pipes among the Great Plains Indians. Describes traditional methods of fashioning and… Internet Archive Ben and Me 1953 · Educational Tells how a poor church mouse, Amos, guides Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson and assists in writing the Declaration of Independence Internet Archive Sociobiology: The Human Animal 1977 · Educational · 27 min · Subtitles Sociobiology: The Human Animal, Reel 1 Reel 2 available here Focuses on sociobiology, a new and controversial science which holds that behavior is… Internet Archive Wheat Farmer, The 1938 · Educational · 9 min Portrays the life and work of a wheat farmer and his family in the Midwest. Shows how they plant and harvest the winter wheat and how they attend to other… Internet Archive The Salvage Gang 1964 · Educational · 52 min · Subtitles Based on a story by Mary Cathcart Borer Producer, Hindle Edgar; director, John Krish; photography, James Allen; editor, David Howes A comedy about a young… Internet Archive Puerto Rico : Its Past, Present and Promise 1965 · Educational · 19 min This film describes how Puerto Rico, with too many people and too few resources, created an industrial economy and emerged from colonial rule to self -… Internet Archive Metamorphosis 1958 · Educational · 9 min Here, Clifford West explores the human body through non-traditional abstract focusing technique. Norma Dupire, the model in the film, writes: "I was a… Internet Archive The Shock of the New: View From the Edge part 2 1979 · Educational · 28 min · Subtitles Nineteenth-century romanticism gave way to 20th-century expressionism and the angst-ridden works of Die Brucke, Munch, Soutine, and Francis Bacon. But with… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Filmstrip 1: Introduction to the Heimlich Maneuver" 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 Charley Junior's School Days 1949 · Educational · 8 min Charley junior is told about his future schooldays by a celestial nursemaid. post war education system. Education Act of 1944. new schools. Internet Archive The World at War: 6 -- Banzai! Japan 1931-1942 1974 · Educational · 30 min · Subtitles The World at War: 6 -- Banzai! Japan 1931-1942, Reel 1 Reel 2 available here An elderly Japanese couple are shown going through the religious ritual they have… Internet Archive Woodblock Printer 1968 · Educational · 16 min Follow the step-by-step execution of a woodblock print by artist Lowell Naeve from initial sketch to completed edition. Emphasizes the unique qualities of the… Internet Archive Dr. Carl Gustav Jung 1967 · Educational Producers, John Freeman, Hugh Burnett Dr. Carl Jung discusses his life, work, and philosophy Internet Archive Why Don't You Dance? 1990 · Educational · 13 min From a story by Raymond Carver, filmed in El Cerrito,CA. Here, a sad man puts his possessions on in his front yard to sell, and two strangers arrive as… Internet Archive The El Paso Story 1966 · Educational Film made as part of the public relations outreach effort of the President's Council on Physical Fitness promoting physical education and exercise for… Internet Archive Kon-Tiki (Motion picture) 1951 · Educational · 33 min 35 mm. version released in 1951 by RKO Radio Pictures. 16 mm. and 35 mm. versions distributed in 1964 by Irving Lesser Enterprises Presents a documentary… Internet Archive Castle Films Europe's Total War 1940 · Educational Castle Films Video 245 Castle Films Europe's Total War From the Pare Lorentz Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. CR No.… Internet Archive Water Movement in Soils (1959) 1961 · Educational · 25 min Uses time - lapse photography to show how water moves into and through unsaturated soil. Points out how strata, such as hard pans or coarse sand layers, slow… Internet Archive A Home run for love. 1979 · Educational · 46 min · Subtitles From WorldCat: A drama set in the 1940's about a fatherless white boy who learns about friendship and love by sharing his preoccupation with baseball with an… Internet Archive Lay My Burden Down 1966 · Educational · 59 min Producer, Jack Willis Surveys the accomplishments of the civil rights movement during the one year after the dramatic Selma-to-Montgomery march and the… Internet Archive This place in time: The Mount St. Helens story 1984 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 13504 / Local Identifier 95.206 - This place in time: The Mount St. Helens story - Department of…