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Educationals from the world's archives

1,441–1,488 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 Clinical Types of Mental Deficiency 1957 · Educational · 36 min Clinical Types of Mental Deficiency SummarySummarizes the environmental and genetic causes of mental deficiency. Cites typical cases of the eight major… Internet Archive Celebrating the Life of Milan Herzog 2010 · Educational · 21 min Milan Herzog produced, both as a line producer as well as an executive producer, an estimated 400 titles, probably more academic films than anyone in history.… Internet Archive Bearskin 1983 · Educational Recreation of: The Bearskinner by the Brothers Grimm A young man triumphs over the machinations of evil forces through endurance, courage, and character. Set… Internet Archive The mystery of the Anasazi [motion picture] 1976 · Educational · 51 min Narrator, Terrence Currier Photographed by Peter Hoving ; film editor, Elvida Abella ; music by Newton Wayland Also issued as videocassette Originally… Internet Archive Basic Electricity: 1 -- What Is Electricity? 1982 · Educational Consultant, James M. McGrath, Lane Technical High School, Chicago Covers electrons and protons; negative, positive, and balance charges; free electrons;… Internet Archive Premature 1981 · Educational · 56 min · Subtitles Title from data sheet Intended audience: Senior high school through college and adult Filmmaker David Parry records on film for one and one-half years the… Internet Archive Donald's Fire Survival Plan 1984 · Educational Donald Duck and his nephews outline the necessary safety precautions, escape routes and emergency procedures that must be developed and followed in order to… Internet Archive Talking Turtle 1983 · Educational Produced by WGBH and the BBC for the Nova series and the British Open University Looks at the use of computers in the classroom through the eyes of… Internet Archive Be-ta-ta-kin (House Under the Rim) 1955 · Educational 'Be-ta-ta-kin (House Under the Rim)' (1955) 11m, dir. Ray Garner. This film depicts the early life of the Anasazi via a tour through the cliff dwellings of… Internet Archive Early English Drama: "Quem Quaeritis," "Abraham and Isaac," "The Second Shepherd's Play" 1975 · Educational · 52 min Also issued as videocassette With textbook, teacher's guide, and two correlated filmstrips entitled The creative mind of the medieval period and Religious… Internet Archive Kent State: May 1970 1972 · Educational Narrator, E.G. Marshall Combines still photography and on-the-scene footage to document events from April 30 to May 4, 1970, leading up to the shooting of 13… Internet Archive The Spirit of the Renaissance 1971 · Educational Producer, J. Barnes Explores the intellectual and artistic climate of Florence during the 14th and 15th centuries, against scenes from the daily life of a… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Nutrition Planning" 1980 · 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 Freshman — Part 2 1925 · Educational · 40 min · Subtitles CLICK HERE to view part 1 (link). A comedy about the misadventures of a country boy who goes to college and, after many tribulations, saves the day when he… Internet Archive Ingmar Bergman 1974 · Educational In Swedish, with English subtitles Staffan Hedqvist, executive producer; Stig Bjorkman, director Shows Bergman at work on one of his films, The Touch.… Internet Archive COLOR 1968 · Educational · 4 min Paul Burnford fused abstract elements to make this remarkable film for young learners, designed to create a heightened awareness of color in our environment.… Internet Archive Identifying speech disorders. 1972 · Educational · 21 min · Subtitles Produced by M.S. Berman and E.A. Leach Unusual voice properties may be produced by a misuse of vocal cords or an abnormality of a related physical structures.… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Shifting Into High (Transmission-1)" 1949 · 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 Evolution 1971 · Educational Uses animation to show the evolution of animals, from one-celled, water organisms, to complex human beings Internet Archive Campos Manchegos 1965 · Educational · 7 min Lesson 11 in Encyclopaedia Britannica's 'Emilio en España' Spanish language instruction series of 1965. This film focuses on age-old farming practices in the… Internet Archive Gallery 1971 · Educational · 6 min 'Gallery' (1971) 7m, dir. Ken Rudolph. What would you say if someone told you he or she could show you the history of thousands of years of Western art in… Internet Archive Piaget on Piaget: The Epistemology of Jean Piaget 1977 · Educational Producer, Philip Garvin The work of child psychologist Jean Piaget has been influential in the areas of child development and education. In this film made… Internet Archive The Lottery (And Discussion) 1969 · Educational · 28 min Based on Shirley Jackson's most famous short story, this film shows the people in a typical small American town involved in an event that will provoke serious… Internet Archive Alphabet Zoo Educational "Children love animals, so what better way for them to learn the alphabet than to visit the Alphabet Zoo? Through upbeat interactive songs, children will… Internet Archive Farm Family In Summer 1968 · Educational · 14 min This film follows a rural family to a county fair, showing scenes of horse races, concessions, corn judging contests and tractor demonstrations; Gerald "Red"… Internet Archive Counting Electrical Charges In Motion 1961 · Educational · 22 min Dr. James S. Strickland shows how an electrolysis experiment enables us to count the number of elementary charges passing through an electric circuit in a… Internet Archive Las Madres: The Mothers of the Plazo de Mayo 1985 · Educational In Spanish with English subtitles Directors, Susana Muñoz, Lourdes Portillo Documents the protests of the mothers of 30,000 young people who were… Internet Archive Search for the Great Apes: Part 2 -- Gorillas 1975 · Educational · 26 min Produced by the National Geographic Society Shows the techniques used by Dian Fossey to habituate mountain gorillas during her long-term behavioral research… Internet Archive Summerhill 1967 · Educational Producer, Cecily Burwash; director and photographer, Denis Miller; editor, Kathleen Burwash Visits England's progressive school, Summerhill, founded by… Internet Archive Pygmies of the Rain Forest 1975 · Educational · 28 min With teacher's guide Also issued as videocassette Portrays the life of the nomadic Mbuti pygmies of Zaire, Africa. Shows their primal world of hut building,… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Making Marriage Last" 1960 · 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 Fighter Operations, 6th Air Force, ETO, 01/1945 Educational National Archives and Records Administration Fighter Operations, 6th Air Force, ETO, 01/1945 Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the… Internet Archive Aging: The Methuselah Syndrome 1982 · Educational · 56 min Aging: The Methuselah Syndrome Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Explains that the diverse colonies in… Internet Archive Zea 1981 · Educational "A superb visual trick that will mystify its audience, this animated film transforms the commonplace into magic." Dramatic cinemacrography zeros in on a… Internet Archive The Village 1969 · Educational · 46 min Producer, Colin Young; directors, Walter Goldschmidt, Colin Young; photographer, Mark McCarty Takes a look at life in the village of Dunquin in County Kerry,… Internet Archive Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) 1973 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 1257667 / Local Identifier 255-HQ-223 - Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) - National… Internet Archive The General 1927 · Educational · 24 min The General Follows the lives of workers, many of them women, in the garment and electronics industries in special export processing zones in Mexico and the… 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 The two rivers. [motion picture] 1985 · Educational · 1 h Directed by Mark Newman and produced by Edwin Wes Using the example of the Venda people, this program shows how the arrival of the Europeans irrevocably… Internet Archive Dance Squared 1963 · Educational Running time: 03:21 French version released under the title Ronde carrée Presents the geometry of the square and its related parts. Shows geometric shapes… Internet Archive The Shock of the New: Threshold of Liberty, Part 1 1980 · Educational · 28 min VHS Narrated and written by art critic Robert Hughes. Produced by the BBC and Time-Life Television Discusses surrealism, the last revolutionary art movement… Internet Archive The Yellow Wallpaper 1977 · Educational Based on the short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman which was written in 1890 Producers, Marie Ashton, Este Gardner ; Director, Marie Ashton Sigurd… Internet Archive THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON 1963 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) ARC Identifier 49737 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive The Management of Human Assets 1968 · Educational · 22 min Dr Rensis Likert, director of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, summarizes the years of research and activity he has directed… Internet Archive Farmer-Fishermen 1948 · Educational · 20 min 'Farmer-Fishermen' (1948) 15m, dir. Ronald Craigen. Narrated in the first-person, a boy's narration of fishing culture in Norway. The boy and father return to… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Nutrition Basics" 1980 · 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 IT STARTED WITH MUYBRIDGE 1965 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 25029 IT STARTED WITH MUYBRIDGE EARLY CONCEPTS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION, INVENTED BY EDWARD MUYBRIDGE, CONVERTED INTO PRECISE… Internet Archive Michelangelo 1965 · Educational · 30 min (EB 1965 W/D/P/CO-C with Joseph Ambor, edited by Charles Hasse, made in Italy; ) Director John Barnes presents the story of Michelangelo: the pressures of the…