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Educationals from the world's archives

1,777–1,824 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 Flow Visualization 1963 · Educational · 30 min Flow Visualization Uses time lapse photography and experimental techniques, demonstrated by Louis J. Battan, Patrick Squires, and J. Doyne Sartor, to describe… Internet Archive Learning Through Movement 1971 · Educational Photography, Paul Barlin Through games and miming actions, Anne Barlin makes children aware of the body and give them confidence about movement. She… Internet Archive Children's Emotions 1950 · Educational · 20 min Discusses the child's major emotions--fear, curiosity, anger, jealousy, and joy--and points out the principal characteristics of each. An inside look at China… Internet Archive Aquarium 1978 · Educational Executive Producer, Bill Walker ; Editor, Bob Gronowski Presents an unnarrated look at a variety of sea creatures using underwater photography Internet Archive NUREMBERG AND MAUTHAUSEN 1948 · Educational Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) ARC Identifier 23851 / Local Identifier… Internet Archive Metropolitan Cats 1984 · Educational Title from data sheet Based on the book: Metropolitan cats / text by John P. O'Neill Intended audience: General Issued also as videorecording From the… Internet Archive Big Picture: Missile Man Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 2569652 / Local Identifier 111-TV-384 Big Picture: Missile Man DVD Copied by Katie Filbert -… Internet Archive Spinal Column: Structure and Function in Man 1956 · Educational Last inspected: Answer print: 199005. Condition complete; torn performations/.35% shrinkage/brittle/scratched Last inspected: Duplicate negative: 199005.… Internet Archive How Could I Not Be Among You: The Poetry of Ted Rosenthal 1971 · Educational · 28 min Director, Thomas Reichman Presents a portrait of Ted Rosenthal, a poet who has been told that he has six months to live. He discusses how he faces death and… Internet Archive Kennedy vs. Khrushchev: Missile Showdown 1964 · Educational · 25 min Narrated by Edmond O'Brien and directed by Alan Landsburg An account of the Cuban missile crisis and the confrontation between President John F. Kennedy and… Internet Archive Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World 1963 · Educational Presents two views of the poet Robert Frost--his public performance and his private thoughts. Shows Frost at Sarah Lawrence College with a large appreciative… Internet Archive Rappaccini's Daughter 1980 · Educational · 56 min Title from data sheet Also issued as videorecording Kristoffer Tabor, Kathleen Beller Executive producer, Robert Geller; director, Dexso Magyar Based on… Internet Archive Paul Robeson: The Tallest Tree in Our Forest 1977 · Educational Produced, written and reported by Gil Noble Based on the book by Bernard Waber Photographs, filmclips, interviews, sound recordings and newspaper clippings… Internet Archive Memoirs of a Movie Palace 1980 · Educational Title from data sheet Explores the aura and significance of a grand, pre-Depression movie palace through the recollections of a vaudevillian, patrons, the… Internet Archive The Birth of Soviet Cinema 1972 · Educational · 49 min Producer and adapter, Harold Mantell; writer and narrator, Richard Schickel Examines the golden age of cinema in the 1920's in Russia by presenting excerpts… Internet Archive VOYAGER II-Rendezvous With Saturn 1986 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration VOYAGER II-URANUS FLY BY U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) VOYAGER II-URANUS FLY BY -… Internet Archive Lee Suzuki - Home In Hawaii 1975 · Educational · 19 min The melting pot of the Pacific is the settling for this story of a teenager whose ingenuity enables his proud grandfather to retain his precious way of life.… Internet Archive Ballet Robotique 1982 · Educational Title from data sheet Camera, Reed Smoot ; editor, Marshall Harvey ; music, David Spear Presents a nonverbal fantasy of robots from the General Motors… Internet Archive Mosaic 1965 · Educational An art film designed to play on the retina of the eye, using geometric and abstract design along with fast flickers and rapid fluctuations of complimentary… Internet Archive Sculpture: The Human Figure, Greece 478-336 B.C. 1978 · Educational · 26 min Produced by the BBC for the British Open University Analyzes Greek works of art that demonstrates the changing attitude of sculptors toward the human figure.… Internet Archive Angry Boy 1951 · Educational · 30 min Angry Boy Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Shows that angular momenta add vectorially. Demonstrates the… Internet Archive Science News, Volume 1 Educational · Subtitles Pathé newsreel compilation of various topics. Internet Archive Cosmic Zoom 1969 · Educational Drawings, Eva Szasz; animation camera, Raymond Dumas, Wayne Trickett, James Wilson; actuality camera, Tony Ianelo Uses the camera device of the zoom to give… Internet Archive How Ballet Was Saved 1970 · Educational Introducer and narrator, David Blair Brenda Last, Nicholas Johnson, Janet Francis, Margaret Barbieri, Oliver Symons, and other dancers of the Royal Ballet,… Internet Archive Fiddlesticks 1930 · Educational Fiddlesticks was the first film in the Flip the Frog series. It was ground-breaking as the first complete sound cartoon to be photographed in two-strip… Internet Archive Great Railway Journeys of the World: Deccan 1980 · Educational Brian Thompson Writer Brian Thompson travels by train in India, south from Bombay, passing though four states, crossing the dusty Decca Plain, into the… Internet Archive The Pygmies 1976 · Educational · 46 min Examines the lifestyle of the Pygmies, who live in the rain forests of Africa. Shows their adaptation to their environment but explains that, like other… Internet Archive EMF( Electromagnetic Field) 1962 · Educational "The Physical Science Study Committee with the support of The National Science Foundation, The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, The Ford Foundation presents as… Internet Archive The Violent Universe, Part 3 (1969) 1969 · Educational · 29 min The Violent Universe, Part 3 (1969) A comprehensive report of astronomical theories, research, and discoveries. Visits thirty astronomers at their… Internet Archive With These Hands I 1970 · Educational · 52 min With These Hands I Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Internet Archive French President Charles De Gaulle and the Six-Year War 1960 · Educational National Archives - French President Charles De Gaulle and the Six-Year War - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 -… Internet Archive The Shock of the New: Powers That Be 1981 · Educational · 30 min Robert Hughes, author Describes how the political implications of Dada (Ernst, Schwitters, Hoch, Baader) and of German Expressionism were played out against… Internet Archive Elements of Tempering, Normalizing, and Annealing 1994 · Educational Department of Education Elements of Tempering, Normalizing, and Annealing AVA08799 - 1994 Explains how steel is tempered, how the structure, toughness, and… Internet Archive Stalin and Russian History: 1879-1927 1974 · Educational · 29 min Edited from the motion picture entitled Joseph Stalin Made in England Narrator, Michael Redgrave Presents a biography of Stalin's early years, from his… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Cheetah in... "What Do You Do About Rules?" Part 1" 1972 · 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 Whazzat? An Arabic Folktale 1975 · Educational A wordless mystery-adventure using clay animation that explores problem solving, communication, and friendship. The story is loosely based on an ancient East… Internet Archive Syntagma musicologicum; gesammelte Reden und Schriften 1963 · Educational · 16 min · Subtitles Vol.2 edited by A.A. Abert and Martin Ruhnke Includes bibliographical references Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to… Internet Archive Ranchero and gauchos in Argentine 1969 · Educational · 15 min · Subtitles Edited version of the motion picture made by Institut für Film und Bild, Munich Contrasts city and suburban life in Argentina through scenes of gauchos and… Internet Archive Gulf Stream 1982 · Educational · 28 min Directed by Bruce Mackay and William Hansen for the National Film Board of Canada Traces the 2,000-mile, 15-day voyage of the Freya, a small three-hulled… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Simulants and Depressants" 1989 · 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 Skin as a Sense Organ 1975 · Educational Originally released in England Introduces the variety, function, and distribution of sensory receptors in the human skin. Shows microscopic photography of… Internet Archive Bound for Freedom. 1976 · Educational · 22 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 Coulomb force constant. 1959 · Educational · 33 min Using a large-scale Millikan apparatus, the value of the Coulomb force constant is determined. Hosted by professor Eric M. Rogers. Internet Archive CIVIL RIGHTS: SELMA TO MONTGOMERY Educational National Archives and Records Administration CIVIL RIGHTS: SELMA TO MONTGOMERY U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) [Silent] ARC Identifier 53422 /… Internet Archive Molinos De Viento 1965 · Educational · 7 min Lesson 12 in Encyclopaedia Britannica's 'Emilio en España' Spanish language instruction series of 1965. This film focuses on the mill culture of La Mancha as… Internet Archive Phase Microscopy of Normal Living Blood Cells 1960 · Educational Compares neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, thrombocytes, and erythrocytes as they appear in a Wright's stained preparation and in… Internet Archive The Endocrine System 1982 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Junior high school through senior high school Issued also as videorecording Uses animation to describe the major… Internet Archive Occult: X Factor or Fraud? 1972 · Educational · 19 min Surveys growing interest, especially among young people, in th e occult, black and white magic, mysticism, and withchcraft. Interviews writer Colin Wilson,…