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Educationals from the world's archives

1,633–1,680 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 Rise of China 1966 · Educational · 29 min Uses evidence provided by China's recent wars and her industrial development to analyze her effect on world peace. Examines the United States policy of… Internet Archive Artists of the Sun 2007 · Educational · 17 min Artists of the Sun (2007) 15m. The Sun Gallery in Provincetown hosted new shows every Monday. This film shows some of the artists that were "regulars," filmed… Internet Archive Bound for Freedom 1976 · Educational · 28 min · Subtitles Dramatizes American history and the struggle for human dignity through an adventure story of two young English boys who came to the American Colonies in 1750… Internet Archive Vietnam Special 1967 · Educational National Archives - Vietnam Special - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This commercial news broadcast… Internet Archive Lasers From Space 1991 · Educational · 24 min · Subtitles The Solar Research Center in Son Valley had a big experiment underway - collecting the sun's energy by satellite, then transmitting that energy to earth… Internet Archive Tale of Two Cities (Hiroshima-Nagasaki) 1949 · Educational A documentary record of the effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Internet Archive The Living City 1953 · Educational · 25 min Nominated for an Academy Award, this film by John Barnes surveys the need for redevelopment of American cities and the forces which have created problems in… Internet Archive Investigating Hibernation – the Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel. 1972 · Educational · 14 min As the weather cools in the high mountains of California, the small golden-mantled ground squirrel prepares for a winter’s hibernation. But do the clues for… Internet Archive The Garden Party 1974 · Educational Based on the story of the same title by Katherine Mansfield Presents a story about a garden party which continues uninterrupted by a neighborhood death.… Internet Archive The cinematographer. 1969 · Educational · 16 min Presents the job of the "DP" (Director of Photography). Bruce Seth Green has captured all that is involved in performing this task of bringing the motion… Internet Archive Fifty Miles from Poona 1960 · Educational · 19 min Examines traditional Hindu customs and beliefs. Pictures the life of an Indian family that lives in the village of Phursangi. Explains that people everywhere… Internet Archive La Plena 1966 · Educational This film presents the traditional music of Puerto Rico. Tracing the influences of various people of Puerto Rico on the music, the accents of "La Plena" are… Internet Archive Block Cutting and Printing 1950 · Educational · 12 min · Subtitles Block Cutting and Printing Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film SummaryShows how to cut and print a two -… Internet Archive Space flight around the earth. [motion picture] 1965 · Educational · 12 min A view of the Earth from space shows its roundness, oceans, land areas, and the air around it. What causes night and day is seen as the space vehicle moves… Internet Archive Europe In Transition : The Late Middle Ages 1963 · Educational Film will be uploaded soon. Describes the basic foundations of European culture and society in the Middle Ages; discusses the progressive changes in the late… Internet Archive Symposium on Intelligence and the Cuban Missle Crisis 1962 1992 · Educational Central Intelligence Agency Symposium on Intelligence and the Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 PB94-780186, 1992 This Video, 40 minutes in length, is the recording… Internet Archive Child of the Future 1966 · Educational · 57 min Narrated by Marshall McLuhan Describes types of teaching techniques that give children personal involvement in the subjects they are learning, allow children… Internet Archive Medieval Knights 1956 · Educational Also issued in b&w With film guide Producer, Milan Herzog; collaborator, Sidney Painter; adviser, Jacques Haquard Discusses the place of the knight in the… Internet Archive Greece the Golden Age (1962) 1962 · Educational · 25 min Greece the Golden Age (1962) Studies the growth of the fetus, from implantation to early overall development and through the development of fetal organ… Internet Archive L'Entente Cordiale 1955 · Educational ‘L'entente Cordiale’ (1955) 8m, unknown director). This film, in the ‘Beginning French Conversation’ series, portrays a slice of life that is rapidly… Internet Archive Anthony Burgess' Rome 1978 · Educational Also issued as videocassette Made in Canada Producer and director, John McGreevy Author Anthony Burgess takes the viewer on a grand tour of Rome Internet Archive Childhood of the Chimpanzee 1960 · Educational · 29 min Childhood of the Chimpanzee Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Discusses the child's major emotions--fear,… Internet Archive Dylan Thomas' "A Child's Christmas in Wales" 1987 · Educational Adapted from the Dylan Thomas poem "A Child's Christmas in Wales." We journey back in time to join Geraint in his exploits and adventures in the small Welsh… Internet Archive How Many Days to America?: A Thanksgiving Story 1990 · Educational "How many days to America?" a little girl asks repeatedly as the small boat in which her family has fled their village crosses the open ocean. But it is her… Internet Archive Squatters: The Other Philadelphia Story 1984 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Junior high school through college students and adults Issued also as videorecording Discusses the squatters… Internet Archive Epileptic Seizure Patterns 1963 · Educational · 24 min · Subtitles Uses original artwork to show historical aspects of epilepsy and various types of epileptic seizures in actual patients Internet Archive What's in a story? 1963 · Educational · 13 min · Subtitles -----Another issue. b&w Executive producer, Donald L. Sykes Summary Investigates what a story can tell readers. Uses the fable of The Milkmaid And Her Pail… Internet Archive The Mechanical Paradise. [motion picture] 1980 · Educational · 32 min Title from data sheet Also issued as videorecording Writer and narrator, Robert Hughes Explores Western art during the period 1870-1914 and shows how the… Internet Archive The Sorrows of Gin 1979 · Educational · 28 min Directed by Jack Hofsiss. Produced by Ann Blumenthal and Peter Weinberg for WNET Stars Edward Herrman, Sigourney Weaver, Eileen Heckart, and Rachel Roberts… Internet Archive City of Coral 1983 · Educational · 58 min Presents a unique look at a Caribbean coral reef. Explores the reef's ecological environment, the ecosystems within the environment, and the inhabitants of… Internet Archive J.T. 1970 · Educational · 22 min · Subtitles J. T. Reel 2 Reel 1 available here A dramatization in which, through his devotion to an old wounded alley cat, a lonely boy learns what is real and important… Internet Archive The Reformation: Age of Revolt 1973 · Educational · 23 min Producer Robert Slote; collaborator, Andrzej Kaminski Describes the political, social, and religious conditions of sixteenth century Europe. Interprets the… Internet Archive Ascent of Man: World Within World, Part 2 (1973) 1973 · Educational · 17 min Ascent of Man: World Within World, Part 2 (1973) Explores the world within the atom and traces the history of the men and ideas that have made 20th century… Internet Archive Iyomande: The Ainu Bear Festival 1935 · Educational Producer, Takeshi Kashiwagi; director, Kyosuke Kindaichi A documentary film which records the religious bear festival ceremony of the animistic Ainu people… Internet Archive Morning Star 1951 · Educational · 34 min Shows yearly spring migration of a herd of 1,547 sheep across the wildest, most inaccessible area of the United States - the Tonto Basin near Phoenix,… Internet Archive The Great Radio Comedians 1972 · Educational Producer-director, Perry Miller Adato Explores the lost art of radio comedy. Provides excerpts from Allen's alley, Fibber McGee and Molly, Jack Benny Show… Internet Archive To Live Until You Die: The Work of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross 1983 · Educational Biographical documentary Title from data sheet Narrator: Wendy Sakakeeny Film editor, Peter Evans ; cameramen, Louis Wolfers, Barry Ackroyd ; narration… Internet Archive The Hands 1975 · Educational · 6 min Features Marcel Marceau in a performance of pantomime. Uses the hands as the struggle of good and evil as revealed by the force of the hands themselves… Internet Archive The Okies: Uprooted Farmers 1975 · Educational · 24 min The Okies: Uprooted Farmers SummaryExamines the plight of American farmers who were forced off their farms by drought and foreclosure during the 1930's. Based… Internet Archive Pigs! 1967 · Educational · 11 min · Subtitles Portrays the images and sensations evoked by a group of piglets sleeping, eating, and exploring a barnyard Kindergarten through Intermediate/Elementary Internet Archive Tennis: basic tactics for singles 1967 · Educational · 13 min · Subtitles Explains that the basic strategy for beginners is to keep the ball in play. Shows that placing the ball where opponent least expects it is good strategy.… Internet Archive The Boxer rebellion. [motion picture] 1967 · Educational · 21 min Directed by Nicholas Ray An excerpt from the 1963 feature film 55 Days at Peking. In 1900 a Chinese secret society, the Boxers, supported by the Dowager… Internet Archive The Rise of Adolf Hitler 1955 · Educational Produced by CBS. Narrated by Walter Cronkite A re-enactment, combined with newsreel footage, of Adolf Hitler's techniques for developing mass hysteria in the… Internet Archive Versailles, the lost peace. [motion picture] 1978 · Educational · 26 min Producer and writer, Anthony Potter; narrator, Eric Sevareid President Wilson's idealistic hopes for world peace through collective security clashed with the… Internet Archive Changing the Weather 1968 · Educational Produced by NET Surveys research on clouds and air currents, and ways they affect local weather conditions. Looks at an investigation of cloud composition,… Internet Archive Pterodactyls Alive? 1984 · Educational Title from data sheet Narrator, David Attenborough Originally shown on the television program: Wildlife on one Junior high school through college students… Internet Archive With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade 1978 · Educational Producers, Anne Bohlen, Lyn Goldfarb, Lorraine Gray Combines archival footage and interviews with participants to trace the role of women in the formation of… Internet Archive The Long Search: 6 -- Orthodox Christianity: The Romanian Solution 1987 · Educational · 53 min Container title VHS format Videocassette release of the 1977 series Conceived and narrated by Ronald Eyre. Producer, Peter Montagnon. Director, Jonathan…