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Educationals from the world's archives

1,825–1,872 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 Cow 1969 · Educational · 10 min A picture study of cows on a peaceful day in the pasture. Illustrates how they sound and presents close views of textures, colors, and shapes of cows and the… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Everybody Sells" 1962 · 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 Plutonium Connection 1975 · Educational · 59 min Also issued as videocassette Narrator, Robert Redford Explains that plutonium is the processed waste product of nuclear reactors and that it is becoming… Internet Archive Computer And The Mind Of Man, Pt 4 The Control Revolution 1962 · Educational Explains how the development of the computer has made possible the automatic control of routine tasks in government, industry and general business. Shows how… Internet Archive USA Composers: Electronic Music (1966) 1966 · Educational · 29 min USA Composers: Electronic Music (1966) Discusses some of the important American composers of the 20th century, including Ives, Piston, Harris, and Copland.… Internet Archive The Women of Summer 1985 · Educational · 59 min The Women of Summer Examines the migration of millions of wildebeest in Kenya on their search for grass and water during the dry summer months. Internet Archive A Visit from St. Nicholas 1949 · Educational Kodachrome. Based on the poem The night before Christmas, by Clement Clarke Moore. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas is seen in this film. Animated cartoon For… Internet Archive Clothing and Fashion: A History 1973 · Educational · 25 min Also issued in 8 mm. and in super 8 mm. with magnetic sound Uses animation to survey the evolution of fashions in clothing from Egyptian times until today.… Internet Archive Color in Art: Rules of Harmony 1965 · Educational · 10 min Discusses the color wheel as a guideline for color relationships, focusing on mixing colors, analogous and monochromatic hues, and color value and… Internet Archive From Homo Erectus to Neanderthal 1970 · Educational · 18 min With teacher's guide Discusses the Neanderthal man and Homo erectus and tells how man's development has been gradual, covering many evolutionary stages.… Internet Archive Monkeys, Apes, and Man 1972 · Educational · 50 min Points out that man is learning that the similarity between monkeys and himself is not superficial. Explains that man is a primate, bound in evolution to… Internet Archive Die Postkarte 1969 · Educational · 24 min This German-language teaching film adapted from the story by Heinrich Böll concerns the power of a state over the lives of individuals in time of war. The… Internet Archive Pressure Fields and Fluid Acceleration 1963 · Educational · 30 min Demonstrates by experiments in a water tunnel the connection between velocity and pressure fields in diffusers, venturis and channel bends. Considers coanda… Internet Archive The Blue Hotel. 1977 · Educational · 29 min An adaptation of the story of the same title by Stephen Crane Executive producer, Robert Geller; director, Jan Kadar Summary Tells the story of a Swede who… Internet Archive The Living Planet a Portrait of the Earth 11 the Open Ocean 1984 · Educational · 56 min Hosted by David Attenborough Editor, David Barrett; photography, Martin Saunders, Hugh Maynard; music, Elizabeth Parker Broadcast on PBS Internet Archive Japan 1960 · Educational National Archives - Japan - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - The film shows the Japanese steel industry,… Internet Archive Picasso: A Painter's Diary, 1 -- The Formative Years 1980 · Educational Producer and director, Perry Miller Adato Profiles the life and work of Pablo Picasso from the age of fourteen when he qualified for advanced classes at the… Internet Archive Cougar 1984 · Educational VHS format Based on the novel "An American ghost" by Chester Aaron Mathew Vipond, Kim Hauser, Angus MacInnes, Wayne Best As flood waters sweep his house… Internet Archive Boy on a skateboard 1984 · Educational Shows the adjustment of a handicapped boy who has no legs and how an ordinary skateboard gave him real mobility and access to the real world VHS format Internet Archive The Freedom to Choose: A Spotlight on Speech 1900 · Educational Produced by the Clarke School for the Deaf Attempts to answer some of the questions most frequently asked by parents of deaf children, including how to… Internet Archive Man and the State: Burke and Paine on Revolution (1973) 1973 · Educational · 27 min The third of six films in Bernard Wilets's Man and the State series. Bernard Wilets directed and wrote a number of outstanding dramas based on historical… Internet Archive "MECHANIZED DEATH" 1961 LEGENDARY DRIVER'S EDUCATION SCARE FILM 43804 Educational Created in 1961 by the Highway Safety Foundation and Safety Enterprises, Inc., "Mechanized Death" is a legendary driver's education scare film that… Internet Archive Kentucky Pioneers 1969 · Educational Focuses on one family's travels to Kentucky in 1790. Explains that rich Kentucky land lured this family down the Ohio River on a flatboat. Portays the… Internet Archive How the Animals Discovered Christmas 1983 · Educational · 12 min Animated Christmas story. This film isn't in the public domain. The copyright is owned by Phoenix Learning Group, Inc. For information on using footage of… Internet Archive Let's Go to the Movies 1950 · Educational Presented by members of the motion picture industry Presented a general picture of the background, development, and technical advances of the motion picture… Internet Archive Marco Polo's Travels 1955 · Educational · 17 min Introduces secondary school students to the career of Marco Polo, showing how he, as a lad of 17, set out from Venice for the empire of the Mongol conqueror… Internet Archive Sue's Leg: Remembering the Thirties 1976 · Educational Producer, Emile Ardolino; director, Merrill Brockway Choreographer Twyla Tharp and her company perform her creation entitled Sue's leg, to the music of the… Internet Archive Slime Molds: 1 Life Cycle 1961 · Educational · 24 min Slime Molds: 1 Life Cycle Takes the viewer into the field and laboratory to present the techniques involved in collection, cultivation, and use of the… Internet Archive Himalayan farmer. 1968 · Educational · 17 min · Subtitles Produced by John Hitchcock Depicts from a single high-status farmer's position some of the problems encountered in a stressful environment. In Musuri, Bhuji… Internet Archive The Amish: A People of Preservation 1976 · Educational · 53 min Discusses various aspects of the Amish community, including its history, the world view beliefs of the Amish, and the simplicity of their lifestyle. Shows… Internet Archive A Charles Dickens Christmas 1956 · Educational · 21 min Film dramatizes one of the best-known incidents in English literature - the Christmas visit of Mr. Pickwick and his friends to Dingley Dell Farm. In the large… Internet Archive Big Picture: Atomic Battlefield Educational National Archives and Records Administration ARC Identifier 2569664 / Local Identifier 111-TV-396 Big Picture: Atomic Battlefield DVD Copied by Katie Filbert… Internet Archive Martin Luther King, Jr.: Letter from Birmingham Jail 1988 · Educational Frantz Turner, Robert Guillaume Dr. King was arrested in 1963 for participating in a civil rights demonstration. While in jail he read a letter in the… Internet Archive Soldier's Home 1976 · Educational An adaptation of the story of the same title by Ernest Hemingway Executive producer, Robert Geller; director, Robert Young Returing home after World War I… Internet Archive Air Force One: the planes and the presidents 1984 · Educational · 58 min A look at the airplanes called Air Force One and the presidents who flew in them, from Franklin Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan. Includes historical footage.… Internet Archive The Lilith Summer 1985 · Educational Title from data sheet Based on the novel of the same name by Hadley Irwin Intended audience: Ages 10-14 Issued also as videorecording A story about an… Internet Archive Behavior theory in practice. [motion picture] 1966 · Educational · 22 min Covers generalization, discrimination, positive and conditioned reinforcement, punishment and negative reinforcement, avoidance behavior, and intracranial… Internet Archive Pablo Picasso: The Legacy of a Genius 1981 · Educational Title from data sheet Longer version (88 min.) issued under same title Intended audience: Ages 15 through adult Issued also as videorecording… Internet Archive The Stone Carvers 1984 · Educational · 28 min Amidst the gargoyles of Washington (D.C.) Cathedral, some of the last remaining Italian-American stone carvers demonstrate their traditional skills and… Internet Archive U.S.S. IOWA JOINS THE NAVY [ETC.] 1944 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 39034, LI 208-UN-127 - U.S.S. IOWA JOINS THE NAVY [ETC.] - DVD Copied by J. Williams. Series: Motion… Internet Archive The Battle of Russia 1943 · Educational Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) ARC Identifier 36071 / Local Identifier 111-OF-5… Internet Archive Basic Electricity: 2 -- How Electricity Is Produced 1982 · Educational Consultant, James M. McGrath, Lane Technical High School, Chicago Covers batteries; electron flow; chemical action; the cell; current measurement;… Internet Archive Rise of Hitler 1971 · Educational In Spanish Also issued as videorecording Surveys the background of Europe prior to World War II, beginning with the Versailles peace settlement of 1919 and… Internet Archive Weather Forecasting 1975 · Educational Produced in cooperation with the American Geological Institute With teacher's guide Collaborator, Miles Harris Examines the history of weather forecasting… Internet Archive Trout hatchery. 1970 · Educational · 14 min · Subtitles Contrasts the life of wild fish and hatchery-raised fish. Shows the stripping of eggs and sperm from adult fish by hatchery workers, the embryos, and the… Internet Archive The Adams Chronicles: 5 -- John Adams, Vice President (1788-1796) 1976 · Educational · 59 min Title from data sheet Prepared in conjunction with Jack Shepherd's book entitled The Adams chronicles Also issued as videorecording Shows how John Adams… Internet Archive Volleyball drills and techniques. 1962 · Educational · 13 min · Subtitles Provides an analysis of correct techniques, demonstrates elementary and advanced drills, and shows game play Summary Shows elementary and advanced drills in… Internet Archive Freedom of the Seas 1918 · Educational · 7 min While the Battle of the Atlantic that took place during WWII is well known, the struggle to get troops, man and supplies to Europe from the USA during World…