Educationals from the world's archives

4,033–4,080 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 Upright Vision Through Inverting Spectacles 1953 · Educational Presents scientic experiment proving that human vision is largely dependent on the impressions made by other senses, especially the sense of touch Internet Archive Castle Films Doolittle Raid Over Tokyo 1942 · Educational Castle Films Video 227 Castle Films Doolittle Raid Over Tokyo From the Pare Lorentz Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. MP… Internet Archive Prehistoric Animals of the Tar Pits 1957 · Educational Describes the tar pits at Rancho La Brea in the city of Los Angeles and shows the skeletons of some of the animals taken from them. Indicates methods used by… Internet Archive The River 1938 · Educational FDR Presidential Library Video 352 The River From IMDB: his short Depression-era documentary describes the importance of the Mississippi River to the United… Internet Archive Childhood Aggression: A Social Learning Approach to Family Therapy 1974 · Educational With film guide Written, produced and co-directed by Phillip R. Blake ; directed, photographed and edited by Steven D. McAdam ; program originator, John B.… Internet Archive Inside Hawaiian Volcanoes 1989 · Educational Smithsonian Institution Inside Hawaiian Volcanoes AVA19369VNB1, 1989 Narrated by Roger Mudd, this video is full of detailed, informative graphics and live… Internet Archive Alphabet: The Story of Writing, 1 -- The Making of Letters 1980 · Educational Shot on location in Italy and England Narrator, Susannah York; producer and director, Jeremy Bennett Calligrapher Donald Jackson presents an historical… Internet Archive Marketing the Myths 1977 · Educational · 25 min Presents a collection of 24 television commercials from around the world. Aims to assist in the study of television advertising and its influence on modern… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "J.B. Toots His Horn" 1973 · 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 Construction Safety: Choice or Chance? 1996 · Educational Occupational Health and Safety Administration Construction Safety: Choice or Chance? Number: VT01280 Material: video, 15 minutes Industry: construction… Internet Archive CPR for Infants and Young Children 1987 · Educational Title from data sheet Junior high school through college students and adults Using animation and scenes of a CPR class, demonstrates the respiratory and… Internet Archive Penn State Blue Band, Orange Bowl, 1969. [motion picture] 1969 · Educational · 20 min Pennsylvania State University's Blue Band visits 1969 Orange Bowl in Miami. Parade and performances; behind-the-scenes glimpses of practice sessions and… Internet Archive Basic Search and Rescue 1978 · Educational Also issued as super 8 mm. reel and super 8 mm. cassette, and as videorecording Philip Courter, Gay Courter, Jim Trevorrow, Sally Trevorrow Presents a… Internet Archive Everglades Region: An Ecological Study 1972 · Educational · 24 min Consultants, Oscar T. Owre, Raymond F. Dasmann Describes the ecology of four South Florida regions--the Atlantic Coastal Ridge, the Everglades, Big Cypress… Internet Archive Relocation and the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute 1981 · Educational Directed and produced by Victoria Mudd In 1974, Congress passed the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act, partitioning 1.8 million acres of disputed land in… Internet Archive Christians: 12 -- The Roots of Disbelief 1976 · Educational First released in England Examines the many causes for today's indifference to Christianity, asserting that the major reasons are the advance of science and… Internet Archive Some Are More Equal Than Others 1971 · Educational Produced by CBS Exposes injustices in the legal system, showing a frequent lack of adequate representation for the defendant, an inequitable bail system,… Internet Archive The Day Everything Went Wrong 1976 · Educational Based on material developed by The Consortia Producer, director, and writer, Peter Schnitzler; camera, Frederick Goodich; editors, David Lebrun, Martin Bram… Internet Archive Space Navigation 1967 · Educational National Archives and Records Administration - ARC 1257098, LI 255-HQ-116 - Space Navigation - DVD Copied by Nick Stoller. Series: Headquarters' Films… Internet Archive Moments of Joy 1975 · Educational · 24 min Shows the effect of new humanization programs now being used in some State mental institutions to promote the development and independence of mental patients Internet Archive Christians: 11 -- Missions Abroad 1976 · Educational First released in England Discusses the Christian revival of the 19th century, exemplified by the spread of missionary activity in Europe's industrial slums… Internet Archive Four Teachers 1961 · Educational · 58 min Credits: Producer, Julian Biggs; director, Guy Glover; script, Gudrun Parker Also issued in French under title: Quatre instituteurs National Film Board… Internet Archive The Novel: Early Victorian England and Charles Dickens 1962 · Educational With teacher's guide Producer, John Barnes; director, Douglas Campbell; editor, Robert Johnson Clifton Fadiman discusses Victorian England--the civilization… Internet Archive We Used to Call It Printing 1970 · Educational · 22 min Other versions issued: French, German, Spanish Describes the diversity, style, modern technology, and career opportunities to be found in contemporary… Internet Archive Wood: Masterpiece of Creation 1966 · Educational · 28 min Producer, William M. Harlow Examines the various properties of wood including its complex components, different cuts, the distinction between hard and soft… Internet Archive Secondary Flow (1964) 1964 · Educational · 29 min Introduces the idea of secondary flow with the classical teacup experiment. Demonstrates secondary flow in a sink - vortex tank, a bend in an open channel and… Internet Archive Building More Effective Teams: The Organization Development Approach 1978 · Educational · 26 min Director, Michael Hobel; producers, Philip S. Hobel, Douglas Leiterman; consultants, Gilbert Levin, Warren Bennis Internet Archive Selecting an achievement test 1961 · Educational · 13 min Dr. S. Donald Melville points out some common pitfalls in test selection. He describes a method for analyzing achievement tests, placing major emphasis on… Internet Archive The Management of Time 1974 · Educational Presents one means of improving time management: eliminating non-productive activity by breaking each task into its individual components, and monitoring the… Internet Archive Trigger Films on Aging: "To Market, to Market," "Mrs. P.," "The Center," "Dinner" 1971 · Educational Presents five vignettes about aging, designed to trigger discussion: A cheerful elderly woman has a fine time in a supermarket until she hands food stamps to… Internet Archive Free to Choose: 6 -- What's Wrong with Our Schools? Part 1 1979 · Educational Milton Friedman, in the sixth segment of the series, deals with three basic questions: Just how bad is the public education system? Why are public schools in… Internet Archive Kalogeros. 1970 · Educational · 11 min Co-writer and research consultant, Katerina Kakouri; narrator, David Grozier Documents the Kalogeros, a community fertility rite surviving from the days of… Internet Archive The Reckoning 1979 · Educational M. Harvey Brenner Professor Harvey Brenner compares employment and health data in two British cities. His findings indicate a frightening correlation between… Internet Archive Which Energy? 1976 · Educational Compares different present and future energy sources by visiting field installations and research laboratories. Considers fossil fuels, nuclear fusion,… Internet Archive Right of privacy [motion picture] 1968 · Educational · 29 min CREDITS: Producer and writer, Warren Steibel; director, Donald Volkman; narrator, Philip Sterling SUMMARY: Reports on the governmental and business… Internet Archive Jerusalem of Heaven and Earth: City of a Hundred Gates 1983 · Educational Studies an Orthodox Jewish settlement established 100 years ago, known as Mea Shearim (the city of 100 years). It remains a self-contained community which… Internet Archive Tito: The Power of Resistance 1978 · Educational Title from data sheet Originally shown in Canada on the television program entitled Portraits of power Henry Fonda, Drew Middleton Director, Jeremy… Internet Archive Transactional Analysis: A Demonstration of Individual Therapy -- Pat 1973 · Educational · 35 min Presents an individual therapeautic interview with Emily Ruppert, who lets the client express his feelings and thoughts and guides him through the discussion… Internet Archive United States v. Aaron Burr 1977 · Educational Equal Justice Under Law United States v. Aaron Burr (3rd in a 4 part series). Dramatizations of historic decisions from the courtroom of America's great Chief… Internet Archive The Expandable Baton 1997 · Educational Federal Law Enforcement Training Center gov.ntis.ava20437vnb1 VP-030-97 The Expandable Baton This video reviews and demonstrates the proper techniques for… Internet Archive Felt Board In Teaching 1950 · Educational Suggests use which the classroom teacher may make of the feltboard. The feltboard is also known as the visual board, feltogram or flannelgraph. We digitized… Internet Archive Trees, Planting and Care of 1928 · Educational · 10 min Internet Archive Organic Reaction Type: Senile 1951 · Educational National Film Board Archive Collection Presents two patients suffering from senile psychosis, the most common form of organic mental disorder. Shows evidence… Internet Archive The Grievance 1955 · Educational Produced by the National Film Board of Canada Shows how an employee's grievance is processed through several stages of negotiation between union and… Internet Archive AC MOTORS 1969 · Educational Department of Defense PIN 39947 AC MOTORS 1969 AC MOTORS ARE SHOWN IN VARIOUS APPLIANCES AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TO EMPHASIZE THEIR WIDE USE AND IMPORTANCE.… Internet Archive Sea Lions and Fur Seals 1970 · Educational Researchers, George Bartholomew, Robert I. Bowman, Henry J. Thompson Focuses on two pinnipeds, the California sea lion and the Galapagos fur seal, which are… Internet Archive The Invisible Handicap 1975 · Educational Produced by CBS for "60 Minutes" Deals with the numerous problems associated with the widespread learning disability, dyslexia, making clear that this… Internet Archive Land Of The Bible: Life And Customs Educational · 12 min About how people lived in the Middle East during the time of the Bible. 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