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Educationals from the world's archives

1,729–1,776 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 Paddington Goes to School 1984 · Educational Title from data sheet Animator, Martin Pullen ; film editor, Robert Dunbar ; narrator, Michael Hordern ; music, Bert Chappel Based on: Paddington goes to… Internet Archive Revolution in the Colonial World 1958 · Educational · 28 min Revolution in the Colonial World Summary Discusses the present conflict between the remaining colonial powers of the West and the newly independent countries… Internet Archive The Grand Inquisitor 1975 · Educational Produced by the BBC for the British Open University Presents Sir John Gielgud as the Grand Inquisitor in a monologue excerpted from the cinematic… Internet Archive Welcome to Parenthood 1979 · Educational Discusses the rewards and sacrifices of parenthood as experienced by three young couples Internet Archive Hungarian X-Ray Film 1960 · Educational · 10 min The articulatory movements of the Hungarian language are shown by X-ray techniques. Prepared scripts illustrate selected phonetic features in the phonemic… Internet Archive A Boy Named Terry Egan 1973 · Educational · 50 min A Boy Named Terry Egan Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Life of a nine-year-old autistic boy at home and… Internet Archive From Kaiser To Fuehrer 1960 · Educational · 25 min Tells the story of the ill - fated Weimar Republic, from its conception following the first World War to its dissolution in 1933. Attributes the fall of the… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Refrigerators, Stoves, And Other Appliances" 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 Destination America: 4--Everything is Better in America 1976 · Educational · 26 min · Subtitles Destination America: 4--Everything is Better in America Reel 2 Reel 1 available here The series Destination America explores the making of the American nation… Internet Archive Buddhism in China 1972 · Educational · 30 min Written and produced by Wan-go Weng for the China Institute in America Traces the development of Buddhism through maps, animation, museum pieces, and live… Internet Archive Insect Alternative 1978 · Educational · 58 min Insect Alternative Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Investigates whether non - ./ia mal pest… Internet Archive COMBAT PSYCHIATRY - THE BATTALION MEDICAL OFFICER Educational National Archives and Records Administration COMBAT PSYCHIATRY - THE BATTALION MEDICAL OFFICER Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the… Internet Archive Profile Toner 1998 · Educational Instructional video for the "Profile Toner 3-Minute Exerciser for your neck and face". Internet Archive Life on a thread 1973 · Educational · 20 min Shows the building of the geometric orb web and prey catching of the spider Araneus diadematus Cl. (Araneae, Araneidae). Shows details and overall patterns of… Internet Archive AIR FORCE STORY VOL 2, CHAP 2 - MEETING THE RED CHALLENGE 1959 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26138 AIR FORCE STORY VOL 2, CHAP 2 - MEETING THE RED CHALLENGE 1959 COVERS PRELIMINARY EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE KOREAN WAR,… Internet Archive Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1960 · Educational John Barrymore This 1920 film with John Barrymore was the first great American horror film, and still is considered one of the top ten. The film was a… Internet Archive Photography: Dorothea Lange Under the Trees 1965 · Educational · 29 min Photography: Dorothea Lange Under the Trees Presents quotations from the Daybooks of Edward Weston to explain his inner feelings and shows photographs from… Internet Archive Paris 1900 1948 · Educational Presents an overview of life in pre-World War I Paris using old French newsreels, theatre programs, early silent films, and Melies' trick films. Traces the… Internet Archive An invention called childhood motion picture] 1973 · Educational · 40 min Asserts that the notion of children as small, inefficient adults evolved into a postindustrial concept of a complex world called "childhood," in which… Internet Archive Prison 1971 · Educational Producer and director, Dick McCutchen; consultant, Prentice Williams Probes the value and reality of prison life as prisoner interviews bring out complaints… Internet Archive Wondering About Things 1971 · Educational · 21 min Laymen as well as celebrities in the sciences and creative arts give their views and values regarding their creative efforts and technological society. Their… Internet Archive Color 1968 · Educational Designed to create heightened awareness of color in our environment. Avoids theoretical analysis, emphasizing instead the sensuous and emotional appeal of… Internet Archive The Bollo Caper 1986 · Educational Teleplay, Malcolm Marmorstein; producer, director, Rick Reinert Based on the story by Art Buchwald Optical sound track Issued also as videocassette Bollo,… Internet Archive Americas in Transition 1981 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: High school through college students and adults Focuses on American military intervention in Nicaragua, Guatemala,… Internet Archive Egypt: Quest for Eternity 1982 · Educational · 58 min Title from data sheet Camera, Norris Brock, Mark Knobil ; editors, Barry Nye, Hyman Kaufman, Dina Pardau ; narrator, Richard Basehart ; music, Lyn Murray… Internet Archive The Universe Beyond The Solar System 1978 · Educational Describes the content and structure of the universe, and surveys the major planetary bodies of our solar system. Presents the various stages in the evolution… Internet Archive TECHNIQUE OF HAND SENDING 1944 · Educational Department of Defense TECHNIQUE OF HAND SENDING PIN 23735 1944 IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE TRANSMITTER, TENSION SPRING, ADJUSTING CONTACTS, AND ADJUSTING SPRINGS.… Internet Archive Kopje, a rock for all seasons [motion picture] 1982 · Educational · 54 min Title from data sheet Host and narrator, George Page Episode from the PBS television program: Nature Senior high school through college students and adults… Internet Archive Le Mont Saint-Michel 1961 · Educational · 4 min This is Lesson 52 in Encyclopaedia Britannica's 'Je Parle Français' French language instruction series of 1961. Here, Margot writes a letter in which she… Internet Archive So Far from India 1982 · Educational · 51 min Producer, director, Mira Nair A documentary about the world of a recently-arrived Indian immigrant, a subway newstand worker in Manhattan and the traditional… Internet Archive Democracy of Ancient Greece: The Age of Excellence 1966 · Educational · 14 min Discusses the social, political and cultural aspects of Greece's golden age and analyzes the philosophy on which the society was based. Stunning… Internet Archive Henry Phipps Goes Skiing 1978 · Educational · 53 min A sentimental comedy about a factory worker who wins a free ski-weekend to a swinging resort. Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for… Internet Archive Black Mother, Black Daughter 1989 · Educational Executive producer, Shelagh MacKenzie, Germaine Wong ; script/narrator, Sylvia Hamilton ; cinematography, Dominique Gusset ; sound/sound editing, Jane Porter… Internet Archive Nate the Great Goes Undercover 1979 · Educational Producers, Nick Bosustow, Mitch Seltzer; director, Sam Weiss; ink and paint, Judi Cassell; voices, Sparky Marcus, Jimmy Gatherum, Kimberly Vaughn; music,… Internet Archive Silent Pioneers 1984 · Educational Elderly lesbians and gays speak out about their reclusive former lives and satisfying present relationships and discuss their part in making LGBT life what it… Internet Archive Leisure Time: U.S.S.R. 1968 · Educational · 22 min · Subtitles "The working Russian has only in recent years had time for leisure activities. Now, as shown in this film, Russians enjoy sports and amusement parks, visit… Internet Archive The World at War: 13 -- Tough Old Gut, Italy November 1942 1973 · Educational · 30 min Produced by Ben Shephard ; written by David Wheeler ; narrated by Laurence Olivier Covers the Anglo-American advance from Sicily. The title is from General… Internet Archive Cave Dwellers of the Old Stone Age 1960 · Educational · 16 min With teacher's guide Also issued in b&w A visit to a museum, showing the cave dwellings of prehistoric men in the old stone age. Explains how the story of… Internet Archive A Truck Driver Named Gret 1982 · Educational Title from data sheet Junior high school through college students and adults Presents a documentary profile of a thirty-eight-year-old wife, mother, and… Internet Archive The Ascent of Man: 9 -- The Ladder of Creation 1974 · Educational Also issued as videotape Producer and director, Adrian Malone; writer and narrator, Jacob Bronowski Explores the controversy around the theory of evolution… Internet Archive Oedipus Rex : Man and God 1959 · Educational · 29 min Part III of director John Barnes’ four-part opus on Oedipus the King, by Sophocles. Oedipus, representing the worldly liberal thought infusing Greek… Internet Archive Downwind / Downstream 1988 · Educational · 1 h · Subtitles Title on container: Downwind downstream Narrated by Peter Coyote ; music by Ray Lynch, Dan Fogelberg, Brian Eno and Kate Wolf VHS format Intended audience:… Internet Archive Verdun 1966 · Educational · 29 min Verdun Principle of the vernier scale and its application to a micrometer and to inside and outside calipers; how to use and read vernier micrometers and… Internet Archive Greatest Heroes of the Bible: Joseph In Egypt 1979 · Educational Costume drama of the Old Testament story of Joseph. His father's preference for him arouses the resentment of his brothers, who sell him as a slave into… Internet Archive Rocket Ship 1936 · Educational · 1 h 8 min Flash, Zarkov and Dale travel through space to the planet Mongo to prevent Ming the Merciless from destroying the Earth. Flash enlists the aid of King Thun… Internet Archive Accomplished Women 1974 · Educational · 25 min · Subtitles Pictures six women--Katherine Graham, Virginia Apgar, LaDonna Harris, Shirley Chisholm, Nikki Giovanni, and Helen Reddy, who discuss a wide range of topics… Internet Archive The Bayley Scales of Infant Development, Part 1: The First Year 1974 · Educational VHS Produced by Dr. Jane McV. Hunt and the Institute of Human Development at the University of California, Berkeley Examiner administers the Bayley Mental… Internet Archive A Doll's House — Part II: Ibsen's Themes (1967) 1967 · Educational · 28 min · Subtitles PART I MAY BE VIEWED HERE (LINK) Probes the roots of aggression in human behavior, determines the difference between constructive and destructive aggression,…