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Educationals from the world's archives

1,345–1,392 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 The Second World War: Allied Victory (1963) 1963 · Educational · 28 min The Second World War: Allied Victory Uses newsreels, captured Axis films, and Armed Services footage. Discusses the failure of the Versailles peace treaty;… Internet Archive Stitchery 1969 · Educational · 14 min · Subtitles With teacher's guide Producer, Stellos Roccos; design, Karen Laurence Summary Surveys Chinese art from prehistoric to modern times, showing the influence of… Internet Archive Sculpture, the forms of life. 1971 · Educational · 18 min · Subtitles A wide range of materials, techniques, and examples of sculpture from around the world are shown in historical perspective. Split-screen technique affords… Internet Archive Hyde Park 1977 · Educational Directed by Ralph Arlyck and sponsored by the Hyde Park Visual Environment Committee Explores the issues involved in the transition of a small, historic… Internet Archive Time dilation, an experiment with mu-mesons 1963 · Educational · 35 min Using the radioactive decay of cosmic ray mu-mesons shows the dilation of time in a filmed experiment which takes place on top of Mt. Washington, N.H. and at… Internet Archive Heritage: Civilization and the Jews, 1 -- A People Is Born 1984 · Educational · 58 min Title from data sheet Intended audience: Junior high school students through adults Issued also as videorecording Host Abba Eban focuses on Jewish and Near… Internet Archive Paraguay: a New Frontier 1958 · Educational · 14 min Here, Willard Hahn films the Chaco region of Paraguay, exploring the ranch of American Bob Eaton, featuring Ligua Indian vaqueros. Also shown is a… Internet Archive Public Enemy No. 1 1980 · Educational · 1 h 1 min Directed and produced by David Bradbury A portrait of maverick Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett, who served as a war correspondent in Japan, Korea, and… Internet Archive The Midwest, Heartland of the Nation 1968 · Educational · 24 min “The Midwest, Heartland of the Nation” As part of Encyclopedia Britannica Films’ Social Studies offering they produced a collection of regional films. This… Internet Archive Degas. 1967 · Educational · 16 min · Subtitles Discusses Degas' favorite subject, the ballet school. Touches on the effect on Degas of other action areas, but returns to the ballet. Contrasts the color,… Internet Archive Full of Sound and Fury: Living with Schizophrenia 1984 · Educational · 51 min Demonstrates viscous incompressible boundary layers, their origin, growth, response to pressure gradients, transition from laminar to turbulent state and… Internet Archive THE DREAM OF KINGS Educational National Archives and Records Administration THE DREAM OF KINGS U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) ARC Identifier 48003 / Local Identifier 306.1409.… Internet Archive Cal State Colleges: San Francisco State College Educational · Subtitles Documents scenes within the Third World Liberation Front strikes of 1968 at San Francisco State College (now San Francisco State University). Includes… Internet Archive Notes on a Triangle 1967 · Educational English version of the French film entitled Notes sur un triangle Producer, René Jodoin; music, Maurice Blackburn Uses animation to study the various… Internet Archive The Hat: Is this war necessary? 1967 · Educational · 19 min · Subtitles Previously issued under the title The hat With guide Explores the ways in which war can be prevented and the peace kept in a nuclear age. Expresses the need… Internet Archive Tokyo Olympiad 1964 · Educational · 31 min Also issued in 35 mm. and in super 8 mm. in cartridge and on reel Shorter version (32 min.) also issued Documents the beauty of the human emotions and… Internet Archive Roswell Reports, Volume 1 Educational National Archives and Records Administration Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. Office of the Secretary. Office of the Administrative… Internet Archive Smoke Jumper Training for Airborne Fire Fighting Educational Department of Agriculture. Forest Service. Division of State and Private Forestry. Fire and Aviation Management Staff. (1986) ARC Identifier 578376 / Local… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Rules are Important: A Mixed-Up Mess" 1976 · 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 Life in a weaverbird colony.: the village waeverbird (Ploceus Cucullatus) 1971 · Educational · 19 min · Subtitles Directed by N.E. Collias A study of the village weaverbird's breeding behavior showing the weaving of nests by the male, territorial defense, courtship and… Internet Archive Search for the Great Apes: Part 1 -- Orangutans 1975 · Educational · 24 min Produced by the National Geographic Society Documents Birute Galdikas-Brindamour's research project on the behavior of wild orangutans in Borneo, focusing on… Internet Archive Gentle Winds of Change: Uganda 1961 · Educational · 33 min In 1959, social scientist Marshall Segall traveled to Uganda to study the effects of the breaking down of colonialism on the individual citizen. He chose to… Internet Archive Interference Of Photons 1959 · Educational · 12 min MIT Professor John G. King performs an experiment in which light exhibits both particle and wave characteristics. He uses a very dim light source, a double… Internet Archive THE NAVAL WARS WITH FRANCE 1798 - 1801 WITH TRIPOLI 1801 - 1805 1953 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 20548 THE NAVAL WARS WITH FRANCE 1798 - 1801 WITH TRIPOLI 1801 - 1805 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY FROM 1785 TO 1805, THE WAR… Internet Archive In a Dark Time 1964 · Educational · 26 min Theodore Roethke imparts his views on the sources and functions of poetry and his approach to writing poetry. Mr Roethke reads some of his works which… Internet Archive Space Probes: Exploring Our Solar System 1964 · Educational · 10 min With teacher's guide Uses animation, live photography, and models of spacecraft and instruments to tell the story of man's efforts to explore the outer… Internet Archive Photons 1960 · Educational · 18 min MIT Professor John G. King uses the photomultiplier and the oscilloscope to demonstrate that light shows particle behavior. He describes the photmultiplier,… Internet Archive Life in a Medieval Town 1965 · Educational Depicts life in a medieval town from the point of view of a young serf. Explains the influence of trade and the role of the merchant and craft guilds in the… Internet Archive Doña Rosa: Potter of Coyotepec 1959 · Educational · 10 min Beautiful color film on Doña Rosa de Nieto, from San Bartolo Coyotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, showing her making an olla, and firing her creations in an underground… Internet Archive Sit Down, Shut Up, or Get Out 1971 · Educational Uses an allegorical play about an exceptionally bright junior-high school student in order to show how society and institutions make it difficult to be one's… Internet Archive Animals Of Africa 1987 · Educational "This program features a special segment on elephants and their behavior in their natural habitats. It also features the vast herds of animals in the East… Internet Archive The Mountain 1947 · Educational · 42 min A film on mountain-climbing in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Glenn Exum, Virginia Garner, and Paul Petzoldt demonstrate mountaineering techniques and… Internet Archive The Egyptologists 1965 · Educational · 24 min Edited version of the 1965 motion picture of the same title Narrator, Charlton Heston Shows the work of historians, archaeologists, and other researchers as… Internet Archive Modoc 1980 · Educational · 14 min ‘Modoc’ (1980) 15m, dir. Peter Winograd. The story of the 1873 Modoc Indian War against the encroachment of white settlers, who "brought smallpox, whisky, and… Internet Archive The First SALT talks. 1978 · Educational · 25 min · Subtitles A chronicle of events between the end of World War I and Pearl Harbor, the film depicts the world's first major disarmament conference to limit the post-war… Internet Archive Japanese Family 1950 · Educational Story of Kawai family, silk-weavers, of Kyoto, shows everyday family life. Authentic Japanese music performed on native instruments Internet Archive Heartbeat Of A Volcano 1970 · Educational · 20 min This exceptional film was made during the eruption of Kilauea on Hawaii's Big Island. Shows stages of volcanic activity and a detailed view of a major… Internet Archive Battle of Culloden 1966 · Educational Director, Peter Watkins Recreates the 1746 clash between the forces of Charles Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie of Scotland) and the regular British Army of… Internet Archive 1776 1965 · Educational Produced by ABC A re-creation of the events of 1776 that launched a world revolution. Filmed at Lexington, Concord, Boston, Philadelphia, and Williamsburg,… Internet Archive Three Approaches to Psychotherapy 2: Dr. Arnold Lazarus, Multimodal Behavior Therapy 1977 · Educational Same patient is interviewed by three different therapists. In this film Dr. Lazarus describes multimodal therapy. Actual interview filmed Internet Archive Wings for This Man 1945 · Educational Department of the Army Army Air Forces Special Film Project Number 151 Wings for This Man AVA08663VNB1, 1945 Wings for this Man is a propaganda film produced… Internet Archive Kim Phuc 1984 · Educational · 26 min Title from data sheet A foreign film (Netherlands) Intended audience: Adults Issued also as videorecording Focuses on Kim Phuc, who, as a small girl in… Internet Archive Memories From Eden 1978 · Educational · 58 min Memories From Eden Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Explains how zoos are involved in breeding… Internet Archive Cloud in the Sky (Spanish version) 1939 · Educational · 19 min This film courtesy of The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). DIRECTOR: Edgar Ulmer. SPONSOR: National Tuberculosis Association. CAMERA: J.… Internet Archive Document of the Dead [motion picture] 1979 · Educational · 37 min Producer, director, writer, Roy Frumkes; photographer, Reeves Lehman Susan Tyrrell An impressionistic but systematic look (from pre production to… Internet Archive Dinosaurs: A First Film 1978 · Educational Animated films shows how dinosaurs evolved, lived, and then disappeared. Also depicts the variety of dinosaurs Internet Archive Those who care. 1970 · Educational · 19 min · Subtitles Discusses the role of the National Education Association. Looks at individuals and teacher associates that have been aided by NEA on issues such as right of… Internet Archive Canon 1965 · Educational Produced by Norman McLaren, Grant Munro, and Eldon Rathburn for the National Film Board of Canada Presents a visual definition of the musical form, the…