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Educationals from the world's archives

1,153–1,200 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 Circus 1959 · Educational · 7 min Here, a cartoon circus is created by Willis Simm's animation class at Hughes Jr. High School, Woodland Hills, California, with a musical soundtrack performed… Internet Archive Social Class in America 1957 · Educational · 15 min Social Class in America SummaryShows the difference social class makes in the lives of three high school boys. Explains how one boy is able to raise his… Internet Archive Armored Force Educational National Archives and Records Administration Armored Force Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations.… Internet Archive Magicians Of India 1940 · Educational · 8 min 'Magicians of India' (1940?) 10m, uncredited director. This gem combines the best in colonialist attitudes with some truly amazing magic from the fakirs shot… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Electricity, Heating, And Plumbing" 1981 · 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 ADC LIFE SUPPORT TRAINING SCHOOL 1968 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20824 ADC LIFE SUPPORT TRAINING SCHOOL PRESENTS TRAINING PROGRAM OF AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND'S (ADC) PARACHUTE JUMP SCHOOLS.… Internet Archive The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau: Whales 1968 · Educational CLICK HERE TO SEE THE STUDY GUIDE FOR THIS FILM During the past sixty millions years, the whale evolved from a seagoing animal to a land animal. More… Internet Archive Diagnosis of Childhood Schizophrenia 1974 · Educational · 35 min Diagnosis of Childhood Schizophrenia SummaryTraces the step - by - step procedure of screening clinical data in order to establish the diagnosis of childhood… Internet Archive The Millikan Experiment 1959 · Educational · 29 min Dr. Alfred G. Redfield performs a simplified Millikan experiment photographed through the microscope. Substituting standard spheres for oil drops, he… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Volume: Cubic Centimeters" 1974 · 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 Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite 1968 · Educational Director, Kevin Brownlow ; narrator Lindsay Anderson Abel Gance is presented as a great innovator of the cinema. The film uses footage from Gance's Napoleon,… Internet Archive River Of No Return 1943 · Educational · 37 min ‘River of No Return’ has no sound track, music, or narration. The filmmakers, Frederic and Sylvia Christian, are virtual unknowns, a husband and wife team… Internet Archive Monkey Into Man 1938 · Educational · 17 min Monkey Into Man Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film SummaryAttempts to prove the hypothesis that monkeys'… Internet Archive Age of the Rococo, The: From Divine Right to Equality 1964 · Educational · 10 min Shows the relationship of the elaborate and ornate art of the Rococo Period to social thinking of the time. Discusses transition from the Louis XIV baroque… Internet Archive Food From The Sun 1967 · Educational · 8 min Essentially a film on photosynthesis, this film includes demonstrations and drawings to show how life on earth relies on the sun for energy. It describes the… Internet Archive Macbeth, Part 2: The Themes of Macbeth. 1964 · Educational · 27 min Examines the theme of the play Macbeth, replete with concealed meanings and paradoxical situations. Features dramatic portrayals of scenes from the play by… Internet Archive Free Climb: The Northwest Face of Half Dome 1978 · Educational Title from data sheet Narrator, Robert Redford Longer version (48 min.) also issued Intended audience: Ages 15 through adult Issued also as videorecording… Internet Archive Weather Modification 1965 · Educational · 29 min Weather Modification Discusses the psychosocial causes of alienation among young adults as a means of exploring individual and group attitudes about drugs and… Internet Archive Agricultural Midwest 1976 · Educational Examines the people, industry, economy, and landscape of the agricultural Midwest of the United States. Internet Archive Ohrid Express 1965 · Educational · 12 min ‘Ohrid Express’ (1965) 12m, dir. Jean Dasque. We join the idyllic world of conductor Petra Mihalowski, whose slow, narrow-gauge Macedonian train, its… Internet Archive Newspaper Story (2nd Ed) 1973 · Educational · 26 min Documents the activities of newspaper staff members during a 24-hour period. Shows how news is gathered and how it is written, edited, and printed.… Internet Archive From These Roots 1974 · Educational Commentary, Brock Peters; music, Eubie Blake Uses still photographs and filmed sequences to recreate the social and political climate of the Harlem… Internet Archive Sons of Liberty 1939 · Educational · 20 min Sons of Liberty Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Introduces various microphones and sound mixers and… Internet Archive AT THE FRONT IN NORTH AFRICA 1943 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20346 AT THE FRONT IN NORTH AFRICA A TANK CONVOY IN NORTH AFRICA ENGAGES THE NAZIS IN BATTLE. Internet Archive Time Out of War 1982 · Educational · 21 min A drama of the Civil War. Two Union soldiers and a Confederate soldier, facing each other at a battle front, agree on an hour's truce during which they… Internet Archive Art in The Western World 1958 · Educational · 29 min Surveys Western painting from the 13th through the early 20th centuries. Pictures artist Claes Oldenburg in his studio and discusses his personality and his… Internet Archive School for Ted 1964 · Educational · 11 min Through the clever use of children's clay models, this film decscribes the functions of various individuals associated with the school, including principals,… Internet Archive Shown by Request 1947 · Educational · 18 min The work of mobile film units and the Central Film Library in distributing films of social and educational value all over the country Internet Archive A Film about filmmaking. 1972 · Educational · 17 min With guide Introduces the basic techniques of motion picture making by following a young director through the production of a short film. Demonstrates the… Internet Archive You're No Good (1965) 1965 · Educational · 28 min This short fiction tells the story of Eddie, a young man who "borrows" a motorbike parked in front of a store and takes his girl for a spin—a brash decision… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Future Imperfect: The Utopian Novel Part 1: 1984 by George Orwell" 1974 · 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 Land Divers of Melanesia 1973 · Educational · 31 min Documents one of the cultures of Melanesia, focusing on the Pentecost Island in the New Hebrides. Illustrates a unique ceremony designed to produce a good yam… Internet Archive https://archive.org/editxml.php?type=movies&edit_item=malcolmxstruggleforfreedomhttps://archive.org/editxml.php?type=movies&edit_item=malcolmxstruggleforfreedom. [Motion picture] 1971 · Educational · 19 min Explores hidden sources of imagery that can be discovered through such devices as the camera, microscope, telescope, and magnifying glass Search Educational… Internet Archive Vacuum Tubes 1943 · Educational · 10 min Explains by animated drawings, the operation of a radio vacuum tube in terms of its filament, plate, and grid circuits. Illustrates three functions of the… Internet Archive Psychiatry in Action 1943 · Educational · 1 h 7 min Psychiatry in Action Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film SummaryPresents the results.and treatment of war… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Shelters Around You" 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 The Solar System 1982 · Educational · 28 min Title from data sheet Updated version of the motion picture of the same title, released in the U.S. in 1970 A foreign film (England) Intended audience:… Internet Archive Maguey: Plant of a Thousand Uses 1952 · Educational Adams is a filmmaker whose life and work appear to be completely unknown today, as we have conducted a fruitless search to obtain biographical and… Internet Archive Northwest In Bloom 1942 · Educational · Subtitles Silent film that looks at flowers in the United States Pacific Northwest states. Part of "Our Colorful World" series Internet Archive The Greatest man in the world. 1980 · Educational · 51 min Based on the story of the same title by James Thurber, about the unsuccessful attempts made by newsmen and Government officials to portray as a hero the first… Internet Archive TUNISIAN CAMPAIGN, 05/09/1943 1943 · Educational Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) ARC Identifier 23655 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive Bonnard 1965 · Educational · 15 min · Subtitles Narrator, Jean Bazaine ; music, Roman Vlad Discusses the ife and works of the French painter Pierre Bonnard and his influence on French impressionism Search… Internet Archive Victory at Sea 1966 · Educational · 50 min Reviews the military highlights of World War II, focusing on America's role in meeting the U-boat challenge, in supporting the Allied troops in North Africa,… Internet Archive Mightier than the sword.: Zenger and freedom of the press 1953 · Educational · 20 min · Subtitles A dramatization of the John Peter Zenger case of 1734. After Zenger printed a story about corruption in the New York royal governor's administration, his… Internet Archive River people of Chad 1969 · Educational · 19 min · Subtitles An adaptation of the motion picture made by Institut fürFilm und Bild, Munich Contrasts the modern city life of Fort Lamy, Africa with life in the villages… Internet Archive Japanese farmers 1969 · Educational · 16 min · Subtitles A study of the cultivation techniques and variety of machinery used by Japanese farmers in developing a rice crop from harsh and non-arable land. Internet Archive Divide and Conquer (Part 2) 1945 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 25 Divide and Conquer (Part 2) Frank Capra and the War Department. Divide and Conquer Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 Public Domain Footage on… Internet Archive The Hunters [Motion picture] 1957 · Educational Summary Presents a study of the life and culture of primitive African Bushmen as portrayed through the experiences of four aborigines and the giraffe which…