Educationals from the world's archives

769–816 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 Troop Train 1943 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 37 Troop Train U.S. Office of War Information. Public Domain Footage The 201 Armored Division heads across America by train.… Internet Archive Village Potters Of Onda 1966 · Educational · 26 min 'Village Potters of Onda' (1966) 27m, dir. Edith Sperry. Shows the activities and ways of life of Japanese folk potters in Onda, a romote village in the… Internet Archive News Footage 1954: Can 7 Educational · Subtitles Miscellaneous news footage from an unidentified source, probably made for television. Some sequences have sound; some are silent. Included are a state visit… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Operation Wigwam 1955 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800018 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Wigwam 1955 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in cooperation with the Department… Internet Archive Mole as a Painter 1974 · Educational · 10 min The twelfth episode of the famous children cartoons about little Mole. In this one Mole finds a set of colors, paints the fur and feathers of all animals and… Internet Archive The Recognition of Russia: a climate of mutual mistrust 1978 · Educational · 26 min · Subtitles From the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 until the Roosevelt Administration attempted to officially recognise the USSR in the first detente in 1933, American… Internet Archive Communicating with the public. 1970 · Educational · 12 min · Subtitles Secretaries, clerks, and switchboard operators are interviewed about important things to remember when dealing with the public. The three sections of the film… Internet Archive Between the wars. 1978 · Educational · 26 min · Subtitles Narrated by Eric Sevareid Opposed by isolationists in Congress, President Woodrow Wilson took his case for the establishment of the League of Nations to the… Internet Archive USA Dance: New York City Ballet (1965) 1967 · Educational · 28 min USA Dance: New York City Ballet (1965) An assault on the alienation of modern industrial life, this film takes the viewer on a chilling tour of a paper… Internet Archive Harry Bertoia's Sculpture (1965) 1965 · Educational · 23 min Born in Italy in 1915, Bertoia eventually moved to Michigan, attended Cass Technical High School, where he was introduced to metals, and moved on to the… Internet Archive An Essay On War 1971 · Educational CLICK HERE TO SEE THE STUDY GUIDE FOR THIS FILM "Some historians think that war is nothing more than an inexorable cycle in human society, or others think… Internet Archive !Kung Bushmen Hunting Equipment 1966 · Educational Director, photographer, Johnn Marshall; script, Lorna Marshall; editor, Frank Galvin Shows the way in which the!Kung bushmen of the Nyae Nyae region of South… Internet Archive The Elementary School, Part 1: School Environment and Healthful Living 1952 · Educational Content warning: Beginning at 12:15, this film uses an outdated term for people with physical disabilities. It also misleadingly depicts racially segregated… Internet Archive BOOM DAYS [1920-1932] 1935 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 100578 / Local Identifier WARN-WARNER-52 - BOOM DAYS [1920-1932] - Warner Brothers Pictures,… Internet Archive Introduction to contour drawing. 1967 · Educational · 12 min · Subtitles Shows how to use the technique of contour drawing to develop powers of observation. Contour drawing aids in seeing unusual details and also in developing hand… Internet Archive Paddle to the Sea (1966) 1966 · Educational · 28 min Paddle to the Sea (1966) Winsome tale of the little boy who dreams everyone else has vanished. Alone in Copenhagen, Palle does everything a small boy longs to… Internet Archive Three Approaches to Psychotherapy 3: Dr. Donald Meichenbaum 1986 · Educational VHS Same patient is interviewed by three different therapists. In this film Dr. Meichenbaum describes cognitive behavior therapy. Actual interview filmed Internet Archive Radio, racism and foreign policy 1978 · Educational · 26 min · Subtitles Series producer, Anthony Potter Eric Sevareid Summary Describes how the United States tried to isolate herself after being disillusioned by the horrors of the… Internet Archive A Soviet family 1970 · Educational · 24 min · Subtitles Film advisor, Dr. Wesley A. Fisher Depicts the family life of Ivan, a construction worker; his wife, Antonia, a nursery teacher and their sons, Yura and Kolia… Internet Archive The Very Remarkable Yamato Family, Part 1 1975 · Educational · 28 min · Subtitles Produced by NET Examines many institutions of Japanese life, including the work ethic, group identification, traditional ceremony, the structure of the home,… Internet Archive Stars and Stripes 1943 · Educational A Norman McLaren experiment in film animation, made without a camera by drawing directly on movie film with pen and ink, in which stars and stripes perform… Internet Archive Four views of Caesar 1964 · Educational · 21 min · Subtitles Martin Gabel, Alan Bedel, Peter Donat, Dennis King ; Charles Collingwood, narrator Originally broadcast on the television program Chronicle Summary Shows four… Internet Archive Megiddo, city of destruction. 1980 · Educational · 28 min · Subtitles Title from data sheet First released in Israel Director, Shira Lindsay; script, Yigael Yadin; photography, Adam Grumberg, Milek Knabel A guided view of… Internet Archive Pas de deux (Motion picture) 1969 · Educational · 13 min Illuminates the grace, beauty, and movement of the classical ballet form through the use of strobe-like or multi-image patterns. Features Margaret Mercier and… Internet Archive From the ocean to the sky. 1980 · Educational · 53 min Records the undertaking of Sir Edmund Hillary, who in 1977 with a party of 19 men in three jet boats, ascended the Ganges River from its mouth to its source.… Internet Archive Turning a Sphere Inside Out 1976 · Educational · 22 min Title from data sheet Commentary, Nelson Max, Stephen Smale, Charles Pugh, Judith Bregman Produced as part of the Topology films project Intended audience:… Internet Archive Rocks That Originate Underground 1966 · Educational · 22 min Discusses the physical structure of rocks thrust to the earth's surface from geological cataclysms such as volcanoes and earthquakes. Internet Archive Handling marital conflicts 1965 · Educational · 14 min · Subtitles Eastman color Correlated with the book Your marriage and family living, by Paul H. Landis Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for… Internet Archive D-Day Minus One 1945 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 24 D-Day Minus One U.S. Air Force. Public Domain Footage Film by the Air Force to encourage the sale of war bonds. Paratroopers… Internet Archive Indian mainstream. 1980 · Educational · 24 min · Subtitles Director, Indian Mainstream Program Describes a program sponsored by the Department of Labor that was designed to regenerate the Indian culture of the tribes… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Kafka" 1972 · 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 Twelve Days of Chistmas" 1963 · 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 Equality under the law, the lost generation of Prince Edward County. 1965 · Educational · 24 min In 1959, Prince Edward County, Virginia, closed its public schools rather than integrate them. White children went to publicly aided private schools while… Internet Archive Dr. Leaky and The Dawn of Man 1967 · Educational · 50 min Dr, Leakey and his wife toiled for years to prove the theory that mankind first lived in Africa. He finally found remains of a man many thousand of years… Internet Archive Destination America: 1--Old World, New World 1976 · Educational · 22 min · Subtitles Destination America: 1-- Old World - New World Reel 2 Reel 1 available here An introductory overview to a history of European immigration alternates formal… Internet Archive Mole and the Rocket 1973 · Educational · 9 min Tells a story about a little mole who is carried by a rocket to a deserted island in the middle of the ocean. Shows how the sea animals help repair the ruined… Internet Archive Balloons: aggression and destruction games 1941 · Educational · 17 min · Subtitles Demostrates a projective technique for the study of aggression and destruction in young children, showing how differently two children between four and five… Internet Archive The Happy Lion 1990 · Educational Based on the book of the same title by Louise Fatio Artwork, Roger Duvoisin An animated film which tells the story of what happened when the friendly lion… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Operation Castle 1954 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800013 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Castle 1954 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in cooperation with the Department… Internet Archive THE BATTLE FOR THE BEACHES Educational National Archives and Records Administration THE BATTLE FOR THE BEACHES Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. (09/26/1947 - ) ARC Identifier… Internet Archive Tut the Boy King 1977 · Educational · 50 min Tut the Boy King Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Offers a view of 55 of the treasures from the… Internet Archive Murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, 11/24/1963 1963 · Educational Department of the Treasury. U.S. Secret Service. (1943 - 2003) ARC Identifier 13254 / Local Identifier 87.41 1963 Murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, 11/24/1963… Internet Archive The Man Who Loved the Stars 1981 · Educational · 59 min A documentary drama about Benjamin Banneker, the eighteenth-century, Black tobacco farmer, who taught himself mathematics, astronomy, and clockmaking, became… Internet Archive Johnny Cash, Ridin' the Rails 1982 · Educational · 25 min · Subtitles Title from data sheet Originally shown on television Issued also as videorecording Singer Johnny Cash rides the rails to tell, through narration and song,… Internet Archive Turn off pollution 1971 · Educational · 11 min · Subtitles Producer, Alan Spencer Elementary grade children take active steps to eliminate pollution from their community and in the process they identify pollution's… Internet Archive Binary Bit Patterns 1969 · Educational Shows a Persian-like pattern optically printed from digital computer-generated images Internet Archive El Salvador: Another Vietnam 1981 · Educational · 54 min This film examines the civil war in El Salvador in light of the Reagan administration's decision to "draw the line" against "Communist interference" in… Internet Archive Nuclear Test Film - Operation Ranger, Operation Buster/Jangle 1951 · Educational Department of Energy TF 0800010 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Ranger, Operation Buster/Jangle 1951 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in…