Educationals from the world's archives
865–912 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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Age of Steam, The: Power for Progress
Describes man's lack of technical progress until the Industrial Revolution, when the discovery of steam as a source of power brought rapid advances. Depicts…
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What Makes a Battle
FDR Presidential Library Video 40 What Makes a Battle War Department. Public Domain Footage Marines prepare to and invade one of the Marshall Island using…
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Riot Control Agents-Medical Management of Chemical and Biological Casualties
Department of the Army Riot Control Agents-Medical Management of Chemical and Biological Casualties AVA21026VNB1, 2000 This program describes the history,…
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THE CHALLENGE OF IDEAS
Department of Defense THE CHALLENGE OF IDEAS PIN 20008 1961 DEPICTS THE IDEOLOGICAL STRUGGLE CONFRONTING AMERICA AND THE FREE WORLD TODAY, A STRUGGLE THAT IS…
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The Happy Prince
Based on the story of the same title by Oscar Wilde With study guide Producers, Murray Shostak, Michael Mills; director, Michael Mills; narrators,…
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Appalachia: Rich Land, Poor People
Appalachia: Rich Land, Poor People Summary Discusses the plight./f Appalachia, explaining that the land is rich with coal, yet its residents exist without…
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Cruel and unusual punishment.
Director, Charles J. Bailey Questions the use of capital punishment from the viewpoint of those most closely involved: governors, execution squad members,…
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Techniques of nonverbal psychological testing.
A case study is used to demonstrate the psychological evaluation of children who cannot be examined by usual verbal-dependent tests because of age, physical…
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R.D. Laing's Glasgow
Title from data sheet Issued in 1978 in longer version (51 min.) A foreign film (Canada) Intended audience: Senior high school through adult Psychiatrist…
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People Along the Mississippi
As far as we have been able to determine, this film is the first nationally distributed educational film to embrace the interaction of races and cultures in…
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Tales from Dickens: A Christmas Carol
Tales from Dickens: A Christmas Carol Scenes of Frank Lloyd Wright's home near Madison, Wis., illustrating his basic principle that buildings should blend…
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Filmstrip: "Exercise and Rest"
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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WAR COMMUNIQUE
National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39138, LI 208-UN-1020 - WAR COMMUNIQUE - DVD Copied by Ann Galloway. Series: Motion Picture Films from…
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The Strongest man in the world [motion picture]
Title from data sheet A foreign film (Canada) Intended audience: Ages 8 through adult Issued also as videorecording The success story of Mike Swistun,…
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Plant Life in the U.S.A.
This film seems to have two films blended into one it seems. On one side, it saying how to protect wildflowers, and on the other, is listing off wildflowers…
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He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'
Title from data sheet Issued also as videorecording Jacques d'Amboise, principal dancer of the New York City Ballet, teaches children dance during school…
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Between the wars.
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…
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First Contact
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ATTACK - THE BATTLE FOR NEW BRITAIN
Department of Defense PIN 20361 ATTACK - THE BATTLE FOR NEW BRITAIN ATTACKS ON ARAWAE AND CAPE GLOUCESTER ON NEW BRITAIN FROM PLAN OF ATTACK TO FINAL VICTORY.
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A Village in Baltimore: Images of Greek-American Women
A Village in Baltimore: Images of Greek-American Women Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Presents…
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Respiratory systems in animals.
Photographers, George Vuke, Tom Held Covers movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide across a moist permeable membrane; evolution of transport systems for…
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Universal Gravitation
Explains the law of universal gravitation by imagining a solar system of one star and one planet. Professors Patterson Hume and Donald Ivey as inhabitants of…
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Snowy, Chilly, Motley...and Me: A Personal View of Pets
Snowy, Chilly, Motley...and Me: A Personal View of Pets, Reel 1 Reel 2 available here Biologist/filmmaker John Paling captures the behavior of a pedigree…
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Education for Peace
On the American Friends Service Committee.
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Christmas in Appalachia
Christmas in Appalachia Explains the work of the motion picture cameraman in the production of a feature motion picture.
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New Technology: Whose Progress?
"Completed with the assistance of British Film Institute." Alternate title: New technology: whose progress? Examines the impact of new computer technology -…
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More Than Money
Title from data sheet Camera, Henning Schellerup ; editor, Peter Parascheles ; music, C. Marshall Bowen Managers and supervisors in business and industry…
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Big Chief 34 Drilling Rig
This film shows the assembly on dry land of components that will make up Big Chief Drilling Company's Rig 34. After assembly, it's all tugged on two barges 60…
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When Comedy Was King
35 mm. version released in 1960 by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp Producer and writer, Robert Youngson; narrator, Dwight Weist; music, Ted Royal A…
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World of Light: A Portrait of May Sarton
Title from data sheet Producers and directors, Marita Simpson, Martha Wheelock; camera and editor, Marita Simpson Filmed on location on the coast of Maine,…
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L’Abbaye
Lesson 51 in Encyclopaedia Britannica's 'Je Parle Français' French languauge instruction series of 1961. Here, Mont Saint-Michel is visited and architectural…
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Quantum Physics
The ten short computer-animated segments in this program are designed to assist the comprehension of quantum phenomena by illustrating the time development of…
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Puerto Rico: A Colony the American Way
Directed by Diego Echeverria A report on the political, social, and economic problems of Puerto Rico in the early 1980s and on the impact of the island's…
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Nuclear Test Film - Operation Sandstone - Navy
Department of Energy TF 0800008 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Sandstone - Navy 1948 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in cooperation with the…
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Nuclear Test Film - Operation Tumbler-Snapper
Department of Energy TF 0800011 doe.gov Nuclear Test Film - Operation Tumbler-Snapper 1952 DVD Copied by The Department of Energy, in cooperation with the…
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Computer And The Mind Of Man Pt 1, Logic By Machine
Series funded by a grant from IBM. Discusses the computer revolution and the relationship between man and machine. Explains how the computer can process…
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Disintegration Line
Chemicals and developing processes are applied directly to film, without use of a camera. A variety of images, increasing in tempo and complexity, create a…
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Static electricity.
Key topics include the generation of static electricity in industry and the home, its hazards, and its control Search Educational Film Journals at Media…
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Four Families
Four Families Summary Depicts a year - old baby from an average - income farm family in each of four countries - - India, France, Japan and Canada - - in…
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Simple Waves
John Shive explains that pulse propagation on ropes and slinkies shows elementary characteristics of waves, such as different speeds in different media. He…
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Great Sea Farm
Shows mariculture techniques that are being developed for the cultivation of plant life under the sea
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Animals of the South American Jungle
Shows many animals, lush vegetation, and swollen streams that exist in the Amazon jungle
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An Italian Family: Life On A Farm
Presents geographic and cultural aspects of Italy with an account of one family living on a small farm, who, unlike many Italians seeking modernization, avoid…
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Three Approaches to Psychotherapy 2: Dr. Carl Rogers
Same patient is interviewed by three different therapists. In this film Dr. Rogers describes client-centered therapy. Actual interview filmed
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The Reason why
Director, Paul Leaf; screenplay, Arthur Miller Eli Wallach, Robert Ryan Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film…
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Triumph of the Axis
Triumph of the Axis Illustrates aspects of turbulence, including the effect of Reynolds number on inception and on turbulent flows increased pressure drop in…
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Sixteen in Webster Groves
VHS Reports on a survey conducted by the National Opinion Research Center of the University of Chicago among sixteen-year-olds in an affluent suburban…
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Training Women for War Production
FDR Presidential Library Video 36 Training Women for War Production National Youth Administration. Public Domain Footage Narrated by Eleanor Roosevelt -young…