Educationals from the world's archives

3,361–3,408 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 With Eyes Wide Open 1983 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Adults Issued also as videorecording An intimate view of a severely retarded young man named Richard Wawro who is… Internet Archive Casey at the Bat 1952 · Educational Relates the story of that famous batting star of the Mudville Nine Internet Archive Resource Geology 1983 · Educational Produced by the BBC for the British Open University A comprehensive overview of the rock cycle of the earth's crust, illustrating the natural forces at work… Internet Archive The Art of Silence: Youth, Maturity, Old Age, and Death 1975 · Educational One in a series of twelve films in which the great French mime Marcel Marceau performs some works from his repertoire. In his introduction Marceau calls mime… Internet Archive How Far Home: Veterans After Vietnam 1983 · Educational Copyright: Northern Light Productions. DCR 1983; PUB 7Aug83; REG16Oct84; PA248-080 Ages 16 through adult Cinematographer, Bestor Cram ; editor and camera… Internet Archive It Ain't City Music 1973 · Educational Producer and director, Tom Davenport; camera, Tom Davenport, Jan Welt; editor, Lee Stieg Presents a look at the meaning of country music to rural America.… Internet Archive Rise of Khrushchev 1963 · Educational Originally appeared on the television series, NBC white paper Chet Huntley Issued in 2 parts Traces Khrushchev's rise to leadership of the Russian… Internet Archive South America: A New Look 1985 · Educational · 24 min Peter Fernandez Edited by Geraldine Peroni ; photography by Sam Bryan, Clay Francisco, Cinemateca Chilena, Dan Weaks Previous edition issued in 1973 as… Internet Archive Television and Politics 1970 · Educational With study guide Outlines the history of political television commercials, beginning in 1948. Examines many campaign commercials that use Madison Avenue… Internet Archive The Back Street Six [motion picture] 1978 · Educational · 33 min Director, Andre Melancon Using the city as their playground, six children in search of summer adventures learn together, developing tolerance, self-reliance,… Internet Archive The Bill of Rights in Action: Freedom of Religion. 1969 · Educational · 19 min An open-ended film which shows lawyers arguing the constitutional issues concerning freedom of religion during an emergency hearing of a transfusion case in… Internet Archive Our Class Makes a Film: We Travel with Marco Polo 1975 · Educational · 13 min This film follows each step in the production of a 16mm film on the travels of Marco Polo made by seventh graders, and shows the motion picture the students… Internet Archive Play and Cultural Continuity: Part 4 -- Montana Indian Children 1975 · Educational · 28 min · Subtitles On the Flathead Indian Reservation and surrounding countryside, the play of Indian children ranges from the universal domestic activities and "monster" play… Internet Archive A Place in Time 1977 · Educational Narrated by David Schaffer 1000 ft Emphasizes understanding the significance and beauty of existing buildings and other community resources. Illustrates… Internet Archive Best Horse 1979 · Educational Title from data sheet Marte Post, Hersha Parady, Guy Boyd, Sandy Freemen, Tammy Taylor Producer, Stephen Gyllenhaal, Nancy Gregory; editor, Robert Leighton… Internet Archive Biological Rhythms: Studies in Chronobiology 1977 · Educational Producer, Bert Van Bork Uses time-lapse photography to focus on the natural timepieces with which most people synchronize their biological and mechanical… Internet Archive Tenement 1966 · Educational Produced by CBS A grim portrayal of a Chicago slum and the people who live there. The impartial eye of the camera exposes their drab lives and daily… Internet Archive The Secret Agent 1983 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Adults Issued also as videorecording Traces the history and use of herbicides 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T, known in Vietnam… Internet Archive The Fed Today 2001 · Educational Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia The Fed Today The Fed TodayJoin radio and television journalist Charles Osgood as he explains the workings of the Federal… Internet Archive Space Ship Takeoff, a Technical Fantasy 1937 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration Space Ship Takeoff, a Technical Fantasy Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. (09/26/1947 - )… Internet Archive A Third Testament: Tolstoy (1828-1910) 1974 · Educational Produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Filmed at Leo Tolstoy's family estate and at the site of his grave in Zasak Forest, this story of his life… Internet Archive Atom and Archaeology 1974 · Educational · 24 min With study guides Producer, Leo A. Handel; cameraman, Peter H. Mertens Shows how nuclear and radiation techniques, such as carbon-14 dating,… Internet Archive Atonement 1970 · Educational Producer, George Pearson; director, writer, and editor, Mike McKennirey; commentary, Ken McCready; commentator, Alexander Scourby; original music, Karl du… Internet Archive Booker T. Washington: The Life and the Legacy 1982 · Educational VHS Narrator, Gil Noble Maurice Woods, Al Freeman, Jr Reproduced and captioned, with permission from Harpers Ferry Historical Association, 2002 Traces the… Internet Archive Ecology of a Hot Spring: Life at High Temperatures 1972 · Educational With teacher's guide Producer, Bert Van Bork; collaborator, Thomas Brock Describes the characteristics of hot springs as exemplified by the hot springs of… Internet Archive Energy In Our Rivers 1948 · Educational Demonstrates methods of harnessing rivers to provide electrical power, such as water wheels and modern hydro-electric turbines. animation and photography show… Internet Archive Information Systems and Data Bases 1979 · Educational Produced by the BBC for the British Open University Explains the main features of computer-based information systems through an examination of the work… Internet Archive Lautrec 1976 · Educational Director, Geoff Dunbar Presents a series of familiar Toulouse-Lautrec subjects, which are animated and linked with loose continuity and original music.… Internet Archive The Golden Honeymoon 1980 · Educational · 26 min Title from data sheet Also issued as videorecording Teresa Wright, James Whitmore Executive producer, Robert Geller; director, Noel Black Based on the… Internet Archive Way of Our Fathers 1972 · Educational · 33 min Way of Our Fathers Examines mathematical models designed to simulate real weather patterns in the earth's atmosphere and looks at the work involved in… Internet Archive Your Town 1981 · Educational · 25 min Writer: Elizabeth Longfellow Narrator, Orson Welles Previously released on VHS by Phoenix/BFA Films and Video, New York "Orson Welles tells the story of… Internet Archive Exploring Space: The Sun and Its Energy 1978 · Educational Revised version of the motion picture issued in 1958 under title: The Sun and how it affects us. Uses animation and telescopic photography to explore physical… Internet Archive Motion Perception 1: Two-Dimensional Motion Perception 1971 · Educational Illustrates how stimuli moving in two-dimensional space are perceived by the viewer. Use of computer-generated stimuli and movements of human subjects show… Internet Archive Nuremberg 1950 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 35957 / Local Identifier 111-M-7596 - Nuremberg - This film was made as an historical document… Internet Archive Whistle in the Wind 1983 · Educational Based on John H. Culp's A whistle in the wind A Bolivian folktale, told by a father to his son in their California home, represents the passing on of… Internet Archive The Romp; The Progress 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 Now the Chips Are Down 1978 · Educational · 53 min This film examines nuclear magnetic resonance, a relatively new technique used to analyze material spectroscopically and determine its molecular structure. By… Internet Archive Chinese History: 5 -- The Great Cultural Mix 1976 · Educational Produced by Wan-go Weng Narrates the disintegration of the Han empire, the rise to power in the north of nomadic tribes, and the eventual merging of cultural… Internet Archive Golden Age of Greece 1964 · Educational Eric Sevareid conducts a tour of the Parthenon and discusses it as a symbol of the great flourishing age of ancient Greece Internet Archive John Keats, Poet 1973 · Educational · 29 min With teacher's guide Longer version entitled John Keats: his life and death also issued Producer and director, John Barnes; writer, Archibald MacLeish;… Internet Archive Montaigne Dans Son Labyrinthe 1980 · Educational Michel Butor, professor of literature at the University of Geneva and one of France's foremost contemporary writers, historian Georges Duby, and art historian… Internet Archive Motion Perception 2: Three-Dimensional Motion Perception 1971 · Educational Made by James B. Maas Professor Gunnar Johansson uses computer generated stimuli and movements of human subjects to show to students of psychology how one… Internet Archive Properties of Light 1971 · Educational Describes the general properties of light, focusing on reflection and refraction. Includes coverage of the laser Internet Archive The Changing Middle East 1975 · Educational · 24 min Producer, Sam Bryan; consultant, Mounir Farah; animator, Michael Sporn; photographers, Sam Bryan, Julien Bryan; editor, Patricia Saunders Discusses the… Internet Archive Tough-Minded Supervision for Law Enforcement 1973 · Educational Based on the book Tough-minded management, by Joe D. Batten Produced and directed by Arthur Bauer; written by Vivian Swain Dramatizes Joe Batten's… Internet Archive Human Reproduction 1947 · Educational · 21 min · Subtitles Though this sex education film concentrates on presenting the anatomy and physiology of human reproduction in sober medical terms, its release kicked off a… Internet Archive The Barefoot Doctors of Rural China 1975 · Educational · 50 min Examines the work of Chinese paramedics working in rural areas of China. Shows how their work includes sanitation, reduction of pest problems, care for sick… Internet Archive The Case of the Missing Person 1983 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: College through adult Issued also as videorecording Uses a case study format to explore the effect of a manager's…