Educationals from the world's archives
673–720 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 Ones | Films for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool. |
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| Kids | Cartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature. |
| Tweens | Documentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures. |
| Teens | Everything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower. |
| Adult | Sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage. |
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Great Railway Journeys of The World: Changing Trains
Great Railway Journeys of The World: Changing Trains Reel 2 Reel 1 available here By train from London to Budapest on the Cisalpin from Paris to Montreux and…
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The Towers
Director-Photographer, William Hale ; Producer, Antonio M. Vellani ; Music, Thomas Cutkomp Simon Rodilla, an Italian-American tile setter, wanted to leave his…
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The World at War: Part 7--On Our Way, U.S.A. 1939-1942
The World at War: Part 7--On Our Way, U.S.A. 1939-1942 reel 2 Covers the U.S. entry into the war. Roosevelt's speeches, shortages, rationing, blackouts, the…
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Controversy Over the Moon
'Controversy Over the Moon' (1971) 15m, dir. Charles L. Finance. This film describes the efforts of scientists to determine the composition of the moon and…
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Great Railway Journeys of The World: Changing Trains
Great Railway Journeys of The World: Changing Trains Reel 1 Reel 2 available here By train from London to Budapest on the Cisalpin from Paris to Montreux and…
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Muscle: Dynamics of Contraction
STUDY GUIDE AVAILABLE (CLICK HERE) Collaborator, Wilfred Mommerts Presents views of people engaged in various activities to show the dynamics of muscle…
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Martin the Cobbler
A poor cobbler has a dream in which he hears the Lord promise to visit him. Instead poor people in need of food, clothing, warmth, and understanding come to…
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Men of Bronze
Men of Bronze SummaryTells the story of the U S Army's 359th regiment. Uses rare photographs, film from the National Archives of the United States and France…
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The World at War 23 -- Pacific, February 1942 - July 1945
The World at War 23 -- Pacific, February 1942 - July 1945 Summary Describes an island-hopping strategy that captured islands one at a time across the Pacific,…
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Ceramic Art.
Looks at a second group of five potters representing different locations and techniques. Demonstrates throwing, glazing, decorating, and firing, and provides…
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Man and the State : Hamilton and Jefferson on Democracy
In The sixth and final film in Bernard Wilets's Man and the State series is a dramatization of the controversy between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson…
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Kibbutz Daphna
Explains how the kibbutz settlements of Israel are organized as agricultural communities to serve all the people living there. Show how the kibbutz society…
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Joshua, Black Boy Of Harlem
It’s Joshua’s last day in Harlem before leaving for a college in Texas where he has earned a track and field scholarship. He runs joyfully through New York’s…
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Filmstrip: "Microwave Magic"
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…
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Birth of the red kangaroo
The female kangaroo produces one young every eight months. This procedure is carefully diagrammed, filmed, and commented upon. Cycle includes year round…
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The Legend of the magic knives
Journeys to the place where totem poles began and where today that special art endures, passed on from generation to generation. Blends actual Indian music…
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World at War (Part 1)
FDR Presidential Library Video 42 World at War (Part 1) U.S. Office of War Information. Public Domain Footage Events leading up to Pearl Harbor. Hitler races…
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Proteins, structure and function
Richard E. Dickerson Discusses proteins, their importance, structure and formation of protein bonds Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project…
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Behavior theory in practice.
Covers the shaping of operants, fixed and variable schedules of reinforcement, and the application of behavior theory to human learning as illustrated by the…
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Corn and the Origins of Settled Life in Meso-America, parts 1-2.
Director, Jack Churchill; photographer, Abraham Morochnik, Adam Gifford A presentation of one fragment of evidence used by the archaeologist in his search for…
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NORMANDY, THE AIRBORNE INVASION OF FORTRESS EUROPE
National Archives and Records Administration NORMANDY, THE AIRBORNE INVASION OF FORTRESS EUROPE Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force.…
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Wild Goose Jack
Wild Goose Jack, Reel 2 Reel 1 available here A profile of Jack Miner, once a guide and avid hunter, who became the world's best known conservationist.
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Puppets
With teacher's guide Presents a variety of methods for making puppets, beginning with simple stick puppets and progressing to more technically involved…
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Silkscreen fundamentals.
An introduction to the art of paper stencil and silkscreening. Covers constructing a do-it-yourself stretcher frame, stretching the commercial frame, cutting…
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Egypt and the Nile
With film guide Presents a picture of Egypt and the Nile Valley of today as seen against its historical background. Emphasizes the importance of the Nile…
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WAR'S END
Department of Defense PIN 30120 WAR'S END THIRD AND FINAL FILM ON KOREAN WAR - BRIGADIER GENERAL S.L.A. MARSHALL ASSESSES THE WAR AND THE EFFECT IT HAS HAD ON…
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King: Montgomery to Memphis
Hosts: Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Ben Gazzara, Charlton Heston, James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster, Sidney Lumet, Joseph Limankiewicz, Paul Newman, Anthony…
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Only Human
Illustrates ways in which we express attitudes toward emotional problems and mental health and encourages the acceptance of differences in the behavior and…
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The Flapper Story
Cataloged from contributor's data Camera, Karla Clement, Marilyn Waterman ; editor, Lauren Lazin Schools, libraries, women's organizations, and general…
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Castle Films News Parade: Bombing of Pearl Harbor
FDR Presidential Library Video 4 Castle Films News Parade: Bombing of Pearl Harbor Public Domain Footage from archive.org, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor; the…
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Alcoholism: Life Under the Influence
Alcoholism: Life Under the Influence Reel 2 Reel 1 available here An interdisciplinary report on alcoholism, focusing on a scientific understanding of the…
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Crossroads Crash
Part of a film series on typical types of automobile crashes and their causes, this films starts with a goofy sequence with Bonnie and Clyde-type characters.…
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mickey Rooney, Walter Connolly, William Frawley Mark Twain's immortal classic about a boy who runs away down the Mississippi on a raft, accompanied by a…
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Controlling Behavior Through Reinforcement
Controlling Behavior Through Reinforcement Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film SummaryShows how varying…
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Dead Wrong; The Story of John Evans
Dead Wrong: The Story of John Evans Reel 2 Reel 1 available at here Chronicles the life of a criminal who had an ordinary, middle-class background.
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Beachhead To Berlin
Creator(s): Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Naval Observatory. (1942 - 09/18/1947) ARC Identifier 12841 / Local Identifier…
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I am.
With study guide Producer, director, and writer, Gene Feldman; consultant, Lodema Burrows; photography, N. Kurita, Urs Furrer; editor, Michael Weiner Search…
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Une Journée a la Comedie-Francaise.
Offers a brief history of the Comedie-Francaise, founded in 1680 by Louis XIV. Includes an interview with General Administrator Maurice Escande and points out…
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Emile Zola
Discusses the life and works of Emile Zola and his influence on events in his time. Provides practice in aural comprehension Summary A French language film.…
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Venezuela.
With film guide Presents an overall picture of Venezuela--its geography, history, natural resources, and economy. Depicts the harsh poverty-stricken life in…
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Muscle: chemistry of contraction.
Collaborator, Georges R. Maréchal Describes the internal structure of muscles, showing that actin and myosin are the contractile elements of muscle. Uses a…
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Georgia O' Keeffe
Georgia O' Keeffe Summary Presents artist Georgia O'Keeffe, who tells of her marriage to photographer Alfred Stieglitz. Recounts their involvement in the…
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Mole and the Umbrella (Krtek A Paraplicko)
The eleventh episode of the children series about little Mole. A playful poetic story about Mole and the umbrella he has found and about the adventures of the…
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Understanding: why we take drugs, another viewpoint, a new institution
Assists viewers in understanding some of the causes of drug abuse and suggests possible solutions to the problem. Discusses the attitude of drug abusers.…
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A Tale of Two Cities
Copyright: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Corp.; 16Dec35; LP6057 Title appears on film as: Charles Dickens' A tale of two cities Photographed by Oliver T. Marsh ;…
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We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918
Department of Health and Human Services Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918 ICN #006719 - January 2010 PIN…
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Lascaux: Cradle of Man's Art
Lascaux: Cradle of Man's Art SummaryExplores the prehistoric wall paintings in the Lascaux cave of France. Explains the laboratory-experimental approach to…
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Abstraction
Abstraction is defined as the elimination of everything that is not essential. Using a variety of examples, this film shows how abstraction is used daily for…