Educationals from the world's archives

3,025–3,072 of 22,173 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. Nothing is left out for being sexual: sexual content and nudity are for adults, placed by what the archive files a film as, never by a word of its title alone (The Naked City is a police film). A film filed as pornography is listed for adults without its picture and plays nowhere yet, as the law where it would play asks for a proof of age this site does not have. A sexual depiction of a child, drawn ones too, is listed nowhere.

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 content, pornography, nudity and nudism, striptease, sexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, beheadings, atrocity footage.
Internet Archive Rembetika: The Blues of Greece 1982 · Educational Title from data sheet Narrator, Anthony Quinn Intended audience: Ages 14 through adult Issued also as videorecording Explores the music of Turkish… Internet Archive Psychling 1981 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Junior high school through college and adult Issued also as videorecording Chronicles the determination of John… Internet Archive Segmentation: The Annelid Worms 1962 · Educational · 16 min With teacher's guide Uses close-up photography to show representative types of annelid worms and to examine their segmented body construction and the… Internet Archive How to Get a Job 1979 · Educational · 59 min Title from data sheet Host: Bill Moyers Intended audience: Adult Also issued as videorecording Shows the work of the federally-funded Self-Directed… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "The Christmas Gift" 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 Ancient Lives: 5 -- Woman's Place 1986 · Educational · 23 min VHS format "FFH 865." John Romer In this program, the ceremonies of childbirth are the jumping-off point for a recreation of the rites simulating the… Internet Archive Bath waters [videorecording] 1980 · Educational · 53 min Narrator, Susan Stamberg Describes the excavation of the hot springs at Bath, England, and shows how the water was drained and the floor removed to reveal… Internet Archive Junkyard 1969 · Educational Images of a junkyard during the changing seasons culminate in a view of spring's transformation of wrecked automobiles and old furniture into a garden filled… Internet Archive Toolbox Ballet 1970 · Educational Producer, George Pal Animated tools perform an intricately choreographed ballet. For elementary grades Internet Archive Population Ecology 1964 · Educational · 18 min With teacher's guide Collaborators, Harrison Brown, Ralph Buchsbaum Examines some of the factors which limit the growth of plant and animal populations in… Internet Archive Folie a Deux 1952 · Educational Writer and director, Robert Anderson Demonstrates the symptoms in one of the less common forms of mental disease, folie à deux or induced insanity. Presents… Internet Archive The Heart of the Dragon: 5 -- Correcting 1984 · Educational · 53 min Documentary Anthony Quayle Title from container This shows the legal system at work, explores the social pressures at work in the new consumer society and… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Yellow, Yellow, Yellow" 1975 · 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 Options To Live 1979 · Educational Presents several choices a driver can make which will affect driving behavior. Emphasizes those options which will enhance a driver's chances of survival on… Internet Archive All Things On Wheels Aren't Equal 1966 · Educational · 13 min Portrays the problems of the physically handicapped and shows how a community can increase opportunity for them. Illustrates the extensive mobility wheel… Internet Archive The French and Indian War: Seven Years' War in America 1962 · Educational Also issued in b&w With teacher's guide Uses a large collection of paintings on the French and Indian War to offer a vivid and realistic picture of key… Internet Archive Fiddle-De-Dee 1948 · Educational Intended audience: Kindergarten through adult Interprets with color and abstract lines and forms the music "Listen to the Mockingbird" as performed by a… Internet Archive In Search of A Past 1968 · Educational · 53 min With study guide Three black students visit Africa to gain insight into their cultural heritage, and to compare life in America with life in Africa Another… Internet Archive Setting Up for Welding 1971 · Educational Illustrates mig welding techniques. Shows how the spray arc and short arc work, how to set up the equipment and adjust the shielding gas, welding wire,… Internet Archive The Dream Forest 1985 · Educational · 24 min Presents a fantasy story of a young girl and a raccoon, stressing ecological responsibility. Shot in Boulder and Estes Park, Rocky Mountains, Colorado. Avery… Internet Archive Concepts in transactional analysis : therapy in a group setting with Morris and Natalie Haimowitz : Bruce 1974 · Educational 823 feet Producer, John M. Whiteley, Joan Z. Cohen Bruce, a client focuses on parent-adult-child ego states, which constitute the structure of personality… Internet Archive Sneak Craft Educational Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Naval Observatory. (1942 - 09/18/1947) ARC Identifier 13092 / Local Identifier 80-MN-5132… Internet Archive Kremlin 1963 · Educational · 26 min Also issued in b&w Presents an overview and brief tour through the Kremlin in Moscow with General Andrey Yakovievitch Vedenin as guide. Discusses highlights… Internet Archive Peanuts to the Presidency: The Jimmy Carter Campaign 1977 · Educational DVD; NTSC Videodisc release of the 1977 film "Staring [sic] the unknown peanut farmer with a dozen candidates"--Container Narrator, Joseph Campanella… Internet Archive Selling to Tough Customers 1981 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: College and adult Issued also as videorecording An illustration of the keys to selling to customers with four… Internet Archive The Heart of the Dragon: 6 -- Working 1984 · Educational · 57 min Documentary Anthony Quayle This examines the workers life in Datong's two main industries, coal mining and railways. The railway is run with military style… Internet Archive A Boy and His Car 1990 · Educational Director, Mark Ruzzin; writer, Anne Richardson; director of photography, Jim Fealy Ariel Sanchez, Chris Davis, and featuring The Choristers of the Cathedral… Internet Archive Age of Uncertainty: 8 -- The Fatal Competition 1977 · Educational · 57 min Also issued as videocassette Features economist John Kenneth Galbraith discussing some of the ideas and views that are presented in his book entitled The age… Internet Archive Cry of the Condor 1983 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Ages 12 through adult Issued also as videorecording Describes the plight of the condor, a species that has… Internet Archive Enzymes: Structure and Function 1981 · Educational Produced by the BBC for the British Open University William Lipscomb, Nobel laureate in chemistry, and George Harburn explain the principles underlying x-ray… Internet Archive Hong Kong 1977 · Educational Also issued as videocassette Narrator, Valerie Singleton A tour of the sights of Hong Kong, including Victoria Park, an Oriental amusement park, and the… Internet Archive Man of the Century: Churchill 1957 · Educational Produced by CBS Profiles the life of Winston Churchill from his birth in 1874 to his eightieth birthday in 1954. Includes his military experience in South… Internet Archive Evan's Corner 1969 · Educational · 22 min Shows through dramatized events in an African-American boy's life that we cannot live alone in a "corner", but must be willing to step out and help others.… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Animals That Build Their Homes: Beavers" 1977 · 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 Bronx Baptism 1979 · Educational Directed by DeeDee Halleck Records the batism service of a large, predominantly Puerto Rican, Pentecostal congregation in the South Bronx, New York City.… Internet Archive Pudovkin 1960 · Educational Depicts the art and life of Russian director Vsevolod Pudovkin. Distinctive features of his work are revealed through excerpts from [if]Mother, The End of St.… Internet Archive The Open Classroom 1973 · Educational Filmakers, Dave Bell, Wayne Threm, David Arnold ; executive producer, Jim Thompson Studies the various forms of open education in operation in several public… Internet Archive Putting Wild Bees to Work 1973 · Educational · 27 min Describes the Alkali bee and the Alfalfa leaf-cutter bee in relation to their suitability for alfalfa pollination. Explains methods of using bees as well as… Internet Archive Dialects 1957 · Educational Explains and demonstrates dialect differences in standard English. Calls upon five guests from different geographical areas in the United States who… Internet Archive Greek Lyric Poetry 1963 · Educational With teacher's guide Lecturer David Grene analyzes Greek lyric poetry, showing the place of poetry in private social gatherings, in the temples of the gods,… Internet Archive The Secretary: Transcribing 1955 · Educational Explains efficient procedures for transcribing from shorthand notes and using a transcription machine This film isn't in the public domain. The copyright is… Internet Archive Ancient Lives: 6 -- Dreams and Rituals 1986 · Educational FFH 866 John Romer This segment of Ancient lives contains the papyrus of Turin, showing normal and topsy-turvy life; the village oracle and his shrine; the… Internet Archive Development of the Child: Cognition 1972 · Educational Director, Glen Howard; authors, Jerome Kagan, Howard Gardner Illustrates the language process of a child in the first four years, including the development… Internet Archive What Is a Fish? 1963 · Educational Collaborator, Loren P. Woods Illustrates the major types of fishes; examines the anatomy of a typical fish; and demonstrates characteristic behavior patterns… Internet Archive North Carolina - golf state, U.S.A. 1975 · Educational · 14 min Describes North Carolina's numerous public and private golf courses and the many tournaments which are held in the state each year. Internet Archive STAFF FILM REPORT 66-17A 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26966 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-17A VIETNAM - COMBAT AND OTHER ACTIVITY, APRIL 1966 - 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, 1ST… Internet Archive Big Picture: Army Air Defense Command (ARADCOM): The Inner Ring Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 2569884 / Local Identifier 111-TV-706 - Big Picture: Army Air Defense Command (ARADCOM): The… Internet Archive Evolution of the Motion Picture 1940 · Educational · 21 min The story of the motion picture, showing how it gradually evolved from the inventions of numerous great men