Educationals from the world's archives

3,985–4,032 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 Evolution of an Ocean 1978 · Educational Introduced by Ian Gass, Open University ; Speakers: Dr Dan Mckenzie, University of Cambridge and Dr Hugh Jenkyns, University of Oxford Internet Archive Reconstruction: A Changing Nation,1865 - 1880 (1965) Educational · 23 min Reconstruction: A Changing Nation,1865 - 1880 Depicts major victories and defeats for the American forces during the Revolutionary War. Internet Archive The General George S. Patton Story Educational National Archives and Records Administration The General George S. Patton Story Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of… Internet Archive At the Winter Sea Ice Camp: Part 3 1967 · Educational A look at Netsilik communal activities. A ceremonial igloo is built with individual igloos in the community forming an alcove. The men return to their sealing… Internet Archive Deformation of Continuous Media 1963 · Educational Explains deformation and its resolution into component motions. Presents an analysis of deforming patterns, marked on a shear flow in a stationary reference… Internet Archive Round and 'Round 1978 · Educational Directed by Barbara Greene and produced by Tom Daly for the National Film Board of Canada An overview of a family self-help concept, the Minto Family Life… Internet Archive Short Circuiting Metal Transfer: A Gas Metal Arc Welding 1973 · Educational · 24 min Explains the techniques used in the short circuiting method of electrical arc welding Internet Archive The Constitution: Whose Interpretation? 1959 · Educational Dramatizes the fight of Franklin D. Roosevelt to prevent defeat of New Deal laws through Supreme Court decisions and highlites his efforts to change the… Internet Archive Magic Powder Called Portland Cement 1979 · Educational · 27 min Describes the cement hydration process and the production of Portland cement from raw materials to the finished product. Includes scenes from various cement… Internet Archive A Badger's Bad Day (revised) 1959 · Educational Follows a young badger who is sprayed by a skunk and discovers the many animals who live in the forest. Revised edition copyrighted 1977. Internet Archive The Sugar Mill 1970 · Educational Directed by Geraldo Sarno Documentary focuses on the traditional methods of sugar production still employed in the Brazilian Northeast. Shows the work done… Internet Archive Musical Satire Of Marshall Izen 1965 · Educational · 29 min Forgotten today, Marshall Izen, who died May 26, 2016 at the age of 90, was a magnificent pianist, Emmy-winning puppeteer (1972), author, animator,… Internet Archive Communist Imperialism 1961 · Educational National Archives - Communist Imperialism - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film contains the second… Internet Archive STAFF FILM REPORT 66-2A 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26969 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-2A VIETNAM - COMBAT AND OTHER ACTIVITY, DECEMBER 1965 - 502D BATTALION, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION, 1ST AIR… Internet Archive The Bill of Rights in Action: Freedom of the Press. 1973 · Educational · 22 min Considers the conflicts over freedom of the press between the public's right to know, guaranteed by the First amendment, and the duty of all citizens to… Internet Archive Infants School 1963 · Educational Shows ways of organizing primary groups so as to provide maximum learning experience for the individual pupil in the context of flexible but busy group… Internet Archive Suzhou 1980 · Educational Produced by Sue Yung Li and Shirley Sun Explores the Yangtze delta city of Suzhou, often called the "Venice of the East" and known for centuries as the… Internet Archive Roswell Reports, Volume 10 Educational National Archives and Records Administration Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. Office of the Secretary. Office of the Administrative… Internet Archive Art Scene: Newton Elementary Schools 1976 · Educational Produced by Judith Grunbaum Surveys a variety of elementary art teaching techniques in Newton, Massachusetts: open classrooms, art appreciation instruction,… Internet Archive France: The Faces of Love 1965 · Educational · 57 min With teacher's guide The joys and complexities of the typically French aspects of love are dramatized with help of three of the greatest French… Internet Archive The Armagnac Story 1982 · Educational Title from data sheet A foreign film (England) Intended audience: Ages 14 through adult Issued also as videorecording Presents a portrait of the Gascony… Internet Archive WHY SPACE 1957 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26630 WHY SPACE TRACES HISTORY OF MAN'S EFFORTS TO EXPLORE OUTER SPACE. DISCUSSES OVERALL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SPACE CHALLENGE AND… Internet Archive The Forgotten Art of Chancay 1970 · Educational Produced by the Museum of Modern Art of Latin America. Narrated by Paul Ritacco Examines some of the best and most famous examples of pre-Columbian ceramics… Internet Archive Worker to Worker 1980 · Educational Occupational Health and Safety Administration Department of Labor United States Government Worker to Worker (1980) A film showing the many kinds of safety and… Internet Archive Koalas 1973 · Educational Producer, John Morris; director, script, photographer, John Shaw; sound, Julian Ellingworth; music, James McCarthy, [John Sangster] [Commentator]: John Shaw… Internet Archive Psychotherapeutic Interviewing Series: Part 4 -- Nonverbal Communication 1952 · Educational Demonstrates recognition of clues in nonverbal communications and its use in therapy and interview situations. J.E. Finesinger and F. Powdermaker Internet Archive The Great Cover-Up 1977 · Educational Uses live action and animation to present observations about dress, including its significance as a means of self-expression, its role as part of the total… Internet Archive STAFF FILM REPORT 66-21A 1966 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 26972 STAFF FILM REPORT 66-21A VIETNAM - APRIL 1966 - 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, 1ST CALVARY DIVISION, AND… Internet Archive Food: Green Grow the Profits 1974 · Educational CREDITS: Producer, writer, James Benjamin; director, Al Niggemeyer SUMMARY: A study of agri-business, the invasion of non-agricultural corporations into… Internet Archive Karl Menninger 1960 · Educational Produced by NBC Covers functions of psychiatry, relationship of psychiatrist with patient, significance of Freud's work and writings, and ways in which… Internet Archive The Middle East: The Middlemen 1984 · Educational Title from data sheet A foreign film (Canada) First in series of fourteen programs originally shown on television Intended audience: Junior high school… Internet Archive Women in the Workplace 1984 · Educational Carole Keller discusses with others employee assistance programs as opposed to other forms of help for women employees who have problems, including personal… Internet Archive Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record 1987 · Educational Master microform held by: ResP Microfiche Internet Archive Bertha 1974 · Educational Introduction by Eunice Kennedy Shriver Bertha, an adolescent slow learner, becomes a ward of the state. A panel of professionals discusses the question of… Internet Archive 1965 BELL TELEPHONE EDUCATIONAL FILM " WE LEARN ABOUT THE TELEPHONE " 10064 Educational Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This color… Internet Archive Minority Youth: Adam 1971 · Educational · 10 min An American Indian boy speaks about his cultural heritage and his place in contemporary society. Internet Archive Elie Wiesel's Jerusalem 1978 · Educational Also issued as videocassette Made in Canada Producer and director, John McGreevy Author Elie Wiesel takes the viewer on a personal pilgrimage through the… Internet Archive Here's Looking at You 1984 · Educational · 27 min PE 01 Title from data sheet Presents a realistic approach for addressing poor job performance and the problems that interfere with an employee's work. It… Internet Archive How to Conduct a Meeting 1979 · Educational · 18 min Title from data sheet Second ed. of the motion picture issued in 1969 under the same title Also issued as videorecording Adviser, Wil A. Linkugel Explains… Internet Archive La Divina 1968 · Educational A youth-made experimental film. Uses a juxtaposition of transcendental paintings and the activities in a car-washing establishment to satirize the… Internet Archive Free Press, Fair Trial 1973 · Educational · 29 min Executive producer, Carey Winfrey; host and moderator, Brendan Gill Examines the conflict between the constitutional right to a free press and the similar… Internet Archive Free to Choose: 2 -- The Tyranny of Control, Part 2 1979 · Educational Features a discussion among Milton Friedman and guests. Participants include Richard Deason of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and former… Internet Archive National Parks: An American Legacy 1992 · Educational National Park Service National Parks: An American Legacy AVA19377VNB1, 1992 The video chronicles the history of the early preservation movement and the major… Internet Archive Building Belief: Part 2 1974 · Educational · 29 min Continuing her work with the group depicted in Park 1, Heathcote poses three moral dilemmas, using drama to evoke focus and feeling. From the Dorothy… Internet Archive Conditioning Galvanic Skin Response 1957 · Educational Explains operation of equipment used for obtaining galvanic skin response. Demonstrates a subject's responses to variety of stimuli: visual, verbal, and… Internet Archive Roger Williams: Founder of Rhode Island 1956 · Educational With teacher's guide Recreates the conflict of Roger Williams with the Puritan leaders of New England, including his attempts to achieve separation of church… Internet Archive The Flightless Cormorant 1970 · Educational · 12 min Studies loss of function as exemplified in the flightless cormorant, the tropicbird, certain cave fish, and penguins. The life history of the flightless… Internet Archive The Friendly Game 1967 · Educational Presents a story about two men who sit to play a friendly game of chess that ends up not so very friendly