Educationals from the world's archives

3,073–3,120 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 Security Risk 1963 · Educational National Archives - Security Risk - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This filmed teleplay, produced by… Internet Archive Motivating The Class 1950 · Educational A young student teacher discovers that his own enthusiasm for mathematics is not sufficient motivation for restless young students. He finds that only when he… Internet Archive South African Essay: 2 -- One Nation, Two Nationalisms 1965 · Educational · 26 min Produced by NET Traces the history of the Nationalist Party in South Africa and its policy of apartheid -- total separation of the races and absolute white… Internet Archive Soviet Union: An Introduction 1960 · Educational · 17 min Teacher's guide on container Educational supervision, Anatole G. Mazour An outline descriptive sketch of this massive land-locked North country Internet Archive A Day Without Sunshine. [Reel 2] 1976 · Educational · 32 min Producer and director, Robert Thurber; writers, Robert B. Stulberg, Nancy R. Thurber, Robert Thurber; narrator, James Earl Jones Documents the working… Internet Archive A Demand Schedule for Wumpets 1980 · Educational Defines terms used by economists, such as "demand," "change in quantity demanded," and "change in demand." Internet Archive Bags of Life 1978 · Educational · 54 min Shows the worldwide research being done in the field of phospholipid cell membrane exploration and discusses historical highlights pertinent to the subject Internet Archive Safety Gear: Foot Protection 1989 · Educational Part of the Sandler Films "Safety Gear" series. Other films in this series available on the Internet Archive: Safety Gear: Eye and Face Protection (LINK)… Internet Archive Pacific Boils Over 1952 · Educational · 26 min Victory at sea Episode 2. Pictures Hawaii and Japan in 1941. Tells how the Japanese sought ways to secure the oil of Southeast Asia. Describes the rendezvous… Internet Archive Burn Emergency 1977 · Educational Discusses thermal electrical and chemical burns and the proper first aid treatment for each Internet Archive Safety as We Play 1970 · Educational Demonstrates safety rules for pedestrians, bicyclists, and ball players. For primary grades Internet Archive Vienna: Stripping the Facade 1979 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Adults Issued also as videorecording Using photographs and archival film footage, portrays Vienna in the early… Internet Archive Achievement Place 1970 · Educational · 28 min Shows the activities in Achievement Place, a home for pre-delinquent boys in which foster parents grant privileges through a reinforcement system based on the… Internet Archive Age of Uncertainty: 9 -- The Big Corporation 1977 · Educational · 57 min Producer, David Kennard ; script, John Kenneth Galbraith ; photography, Phil Meneux, Henry Farrar John Kenneth Galbraith Part 9 of a series which deals with… Internet Archive The Search for Oil 1981 · Educational Producer, John Simmons Examines the history of oil exploration and presents the story of a modern seismic based success, the Forties founded by BP in the… Internet Archive LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH PAUL G. HOFFMAN 1951 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 95696 / Local Identifier LW-LW-5 - LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH PAUL G. HOFFMAN - TELEVISION… Internet Archive Romp, The 1971 · Educational · 3 min A wild film made by Simms’ Animated Art class at Hughes Jr. High in Woodland Hills, California, focusing on galloping, flying, and growling animals, and… Internet Archive Hobo At The End Of The Line 1977 · Educational · 22 min Portrays hobo life and reveals it as an element of Americana approaching extinction due to the changes in railroading. The film stars folk singers Utah… Internet Archive Electricity: 15 -- Resistor Color Code 1982 · Educational Consultant, James M. McGrath, Lane Technical High School, Chicago Covers identification of resistors in a circuit; explanation of color bands; examples of… Internet Archive The Polymer Age 1980 · Educational · 26 min Produced by the BBC for the British Open University A detailed study of two of the most successful synthetic rubbers, styrene butadiene random copolymer,… Internet Archive Aerial Torpedo Attach - High Speed Hig Altitude Educational Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Naval Observatory. (1942 - 09/18/1947) ARC Identifier 13042 / Local Identifier 80-MN-4378B… Internet Archive No Hiding Place Educational · 28 min · Subtitles No Hiding Place Reel 1 Reel 2 available here Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Presents a drama… Internet Archive Chinese History: 7 -- The Heavenly Khan 1976 · Educational · 22 min Produced by Wan-go Weng Surveys the cultural exchanges occurring between China and foreign countries during the peak of the T'ang dynasty, between 618 and… Internet Archive Energy and Living Things 1972 · Educational Evaluation Information: This material has been reviewed by Specialized Office 3 and judged appropriate for use with the learning disabled, emotionally… Internet Archive Sets: Construction and Display 1950 · Educational · 19 min Sets: Construction and Display Analyzes the principles of design in articles of everyday use, and presents seven guideposts for good design--function,… Internet Archive They Are Their Own Gifts 1978 · Educational Uses documentary photographs and interviews to present the lives and contributions of poetess Muriel Rukeyser, portrait artist Alice Neel, and choreographer… Internet Archive Velopharyngeal Function in Normal Speakers 1962 · Educational Uses animated drawings and X-ray sound motion pictures to describe the operation of the velopharyngeal mechanism in normal speakers. Deals with identification… Internet Archive Coal and the 19th Century 1973 · Educational · 25 min Produced by the BBC for the British Open University Studies the production of gas and chemical by-products from coal in 19th-century Great Britain. Discusses… Internet Archive I.F. Stone's Weekly 1973 · Educational · 1 h 2 min Presents a portrait of Izzy Stone, who created a newspaper to bring the truth to the common man Junior high through adult Internet Archive The Computer Programme: 9 -- In Control 1982 · Educational Produced by the BBC. Narrated by Chris Serle and Ian McNaught-Davis Looks at the everyday uses of computers and shows how future computers will be built into… Internet Archive Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence 1953 · Educational · 22 min · Subtitles Social-sex development of Bill and Mary and how they came to meet, fall in love and marry. Internet Archive Age of Uncertainty: 5 -- Lenin and the Great Ungluing 1977 · Educational · 28 min Also issued as videocassette Features economist John Kenneth Galbraith discussing some of the ideas and views on economics that are presented in his book… Internet Archive Chinese History: 4 -- The First Empires 1976 · Educational CREDITS: Producer, Wan-go Weng SUMMARY: An examination of the advent of China's imperial age with Ch'in and the expansion of the empire under Han (221 B.C.… Internet Archive Chuckie 1987 · Educational Director-animator, Robert Sheehy ; writer-producer, Ron Underwood ; music, David Kates ; narrator, Sterling Holloway Based on the book of the same title by… Internet Archive Infant Development in the Kibbutz 1973 · Educational · 26 min Producers and directors, L. Joseph Stone, Jeannette G. Stone A documentary on a kibbutz Baby House. Shows the babies shifting between activities with… Internet Archive Together They Stand 1989 · Educational Anthony Valentine Studies a colony of personable dwarf mongooses in East Africa: social organization, raising young, predators Intermediate through college Internet Archive Justice Under Law: The Gideon Case 1967 · Educational Relates how Clarence Earl Gideon, convicted of a felony in a Florida court, believed that a judge's refusal to appoint a lawyer for his defense violated his… Internet Archive Creation Of A Portrait 1950 · Educational · 10 min This film shows artist Abel George Warshawsky (1883-1962) demonstrating the steps involved in the creation of a portrait, including the beginning sketch, the… Internet Archive The Bolero 1974 · Educational · 26 min Réalisation, A. Miller, W. Fertik Rencontre avec les musiciens de l'orchestre philarmonique de Los Angeles qui, sous la direction de Zubin Mehta, se… Internet Archive A Boy Named Terryegan 1973 · Educational · 50 min A Boy Named Terryegan Documents a reunion of Iowa teacher Jane Elliott and her third-grade class of 1970, subjects that year of an ABC News television… Internet Archive Capital of Earth: The Maroons of Moore Town 1979 · Educational VHS Directed and produced by Jefferson Miller This historical documentary, filmed in Jamaica, focuses on the Maroons, direct descendants of escaped African… Internet Archive High-Grass Circus 1976 · Educational · 57 min Producer, Bill Brind; directors, Torben Schioler, Tony Ianzelo; photographer, Tony Ianzelo; editor, Torben Schioler Studies both the people and the mechanics… Internet Archive The Greatest Man in the World 1980 · Educational · 24 min Title from data sheet Also issued as videorecording Brad Davis, Carol Kane, Howard Da Silva, John McMartin Executive producer, Robert Geller; director,… Internet Archive Old House, New House 1981 · Educational · 27 min · Subtitles Title from data sheet Intended audience: Ages 14 through adult Issued also as videorecording Documents the renovation of Canada's Ecology House, a… Internet Archive Electron Microscopy 1963 · Educational · 23 min Electron Microscopy Through animated drawings and photography explains the hypothesis that electricity consists of unit elementary charges. Demonstrates the… Internet Archive EVOLUTION OF THE OIL INDUSTRY, THE Educational National Archives and Records Administration EVOLUTION OF THE OIL INDUSTRY, THE Department of the Interior. Bureau of Mines. Pittsburgh Experiment Station.… Internet Archive Survey of the Primates 1970 · Educational CLICK HERE TO SEE THE STUDY GUIDE FOR THIS FILM Defines the basic characteristics of primates, shows the geographic distribution of various primate forms,… Internet Archive The Tumbleweed Kid 1986 · Educational Cataloged from contributor's data Kindergarten through third grade Tells the story of six-year-old Davie who, using his imagination, finds himself…